After graduating from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, Enrique Guerra studied with Robert Lougheed and Tom Lovell in New Mexico. Lougheed is the artist who Guerra admires the most because of his ability to transform an insignificant subject into a truly brilliant work of art. Guerra works in both oil and bronze. Most of his paintings depict the vast desert and brushlands of Northern Mexico and South Texas. He enjoys painting street scenes in semi-abandoned towns, or capturing the images of farmers with their livestock as they till their land. Because he has spent the greater part of his life in these very surroundings, this is the subject matter that continues to captivate and shape the images of his work.

In 2016, Guerra installed a life-sized sculpture entitled The Vaquero in the sculpture garden of The Briscoe Western Art Museum. The commissioned work features an early Spanish settler, as he drives two Longhorn cows, yoked together with a rope. Guerra’s research revealed the specific way in which ropes with wooden bobbins were used as a yoking mechanism to secure wild cattle as they were driven between destinations. The cattle were further deterred from escape by braiding their tails together, as depicted in this early Texas ranch scene.

In 2019 Guerra completed a sculpture of Juan Seguin, which is now installed at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas

Guerra lives on his family’s cattle ranch near McAllen, Texas. His work is featured annually at the Night of the Artists at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas.