While his early influences were Southern folk artists, he is currently described as “modern-primitive”, (Kathy Kemp, Birmingham News, 2002). He has shown nationally and internationally including the upcoming exhibit, enCHANTment at the Mennollo Museum of American Art in Orlando, Florida, scheduled for May 2014. Trés’ work can be found in several collections including Dupont Pioneer of Des Moines, IA, Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art of Savannah, GA, and is publicly displayed at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham, AL.