Mural Location: Mural Alley, on 10th Street
between I and J Streets

Artist Andres Iglesias, popularly known as Cobre, started painting at the age of 14 in his hometown Santa Fe, Argentina. Painting in those days was an adventure, an escape from the pressures of high school.
As Cobre continued his education, he moved to Granada, Spain, where he studied 2D and 3D animation, 3D modelling and filmmaking. He completed his studies in Barcelona where he studied screenwriting and advanced animation. This academic and artistic background equipped Andres with the tools and skills needed to tell a story with a single image.
Iglesias never ceased painting for enjoyment. He developed his technique from simple characters to 3D letters, caricatures and, finally, to the hyper-realistic portraiture that characterizes his contemporary work. Portraits are his strong suit. Obsessed with detail, he challenges himself to make them appear alive, with that special, ineffable twinkle in their eyes. His work has been described as hyper-realistic muralism, with a touch of illustration in his color pallet. In recent years, Andres has traveled the globe to share his art. Holland, Spain, Brazil, Uruguay, and the United States are a few of the places that have hosted Cobre’s large-scale, high-impact pieces. A stickler for completely original art and sourcing, Cobre depicts a woman posing as Princess Leia, a nod to Modesto-born George Lucas who went on to create Star Wars.