Esperanza was a master artist. Her paintings, watercolors and drawings can be stunning. She painted in various styles over the years, not in sequence but in parallel. Some of her paintings were in a simple style, some extraordinarily complex. I do not find all of her styles appealing. But her best styles rival those of the great masters. I had seen Rembrandt's masterpieces in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. His subjects' eyes and faces were stunningly realistic, but he was not so precise about their clothing. Esperanza's subjects' eyes and faces were equally realistic - and you could see the very weave of the fabrics: she did not stop at realistic eyes and faces. I first encountered her work at the 2012 Arte Americas exhibition in Fresno, California. Just seeing her watercolors as they hung nearest the entrance, I realized that this was an exceptional artist. This web page and the accompanying family tree are my way of honoring her memory. -- Wesley Johnston