Alfredo ArreguinBorn in Mexico in 1935 and a resident of Washington State for nearly five decades, Alfredo Arregun has long been recognized as a major force in pattern painting. His canvases are tapestries that mingle diverse and interpenetrating influences and images: the traditional crafts of his native Michoacn; the lush rainforests of his homeland and of the Pacific Northwest; Japanese ukiyo e prints; sacred and endangered animals; gods and and totemic figures;