Chimini Bague

"I was born in Colombia on January 15, in the historical year of 1968. I graduated as a lawyer after a studying for a period in Military School, and I also worked in a bank. Through it all, through all my studies and forays, my passion for painting has been the one constant thing in my life. <br><br> "When I was a child, I enjoyed painting portraits and coloring-in all types of drawings. I collected all sorts of magazines and leaflets featuring frescoes. I would scribble the name of my favorite artists, their dates of birth, their nationality, themes, etc. My favorite hobby was looking at all the famous paintings I cold find in books. I admired Renaissance works just as much the paintings of Picasso and Dali. I would spend hours on end looking at their self-portraits, landscapes and figures. <br><br> "I come from a family of painters and musicians. My maternal grandfather was a born artist specializing in traditional scenes of landscapes and murals. His main theme was bullfighting. My paternal grandfather was a renowned musician. <br><br> "I traveled extensively throughout South America, but I chose to make Brazil my home. I am now blessed with the arrival of my son! <br><br> "My paintings express links with our ancestral forefathers - beings in a state of life and death. My work manifests our origins, sculpted and designed in various mystical places throughout the world."