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9. In which ways, do think your art work has helped to improve the community?

It has helped in a way that the local population can identify themselves with their roots, remember their ancestors and the way in which the culture of the region has developed. Then, for visitors, they can understand our culture and share it with us.

10. How or when does your painting skills or art projects were born?

I have been working in a gallery for 5 years. In there, I learnt a lot of things about painting and art. Also, in that place, all of my projects were born next to my partner.

11. What was the greatest goal you achieved in the path of painting?

They best goal that I achieve in the path of painting is the living impregnation of our costumes and traditions in the wall done in Nicoya

12. What was the most difficult situation you lived while working?

The most difficult situations that I live while working was in a mural in Nicoya. I spilled paint on a finished part of a work, so I had to start all over again. There was I lot of time missed because of that.

13. What projects do you have for the future?

To continue painting mural in Nicoya, for the work to be meaningful as art in the region.

14.Would you like to keep on painting for your community or other places in the country? Why?

Off course I would like it, because painting cause society to have a deeper sense of things.

15. Do you work alone or do you have a working partner? Tell us about it.

As I said before, I work with a partner who is the main artist, his name is Ruben Sosa. He has many skills besides being an excellent painter. Ruben has his own business which is an art center and gallery; where drawing classes are given and all the painting techniques; also, the service of restaurateur of works and service of framing