Mexico

A simple pen and ink drawing with probably the background squares done with an airbrush, so is his 'Mexico'. He loved Mexico, the colors, the music, even the food. He lived in Mexico city, toured through Mexico, lived in Tijuana in 'a cardboard' house. He painted the bullring in Tijuana. That was the time when Sinatra send his chauffeur to go and fetch Tony, bring him over with his portfolio and then he would choose one or two drawings. To Tony Mafia Mexico symbolized a life with more togetherness, when a man was still allowed to be macho, when being an artist was grand and bullfighting was a way of life.