Jorge Jose Sandino Romero

AGE: 23 years old

He lives in San Jose km 54

He always loved drawing since he was a child, when he will watch cartoons on TV, because the colors mesmerized him. His first drawings were Dragon ball characters. Later, he will draw other cartoons, and became interested in portraits.

He learned by looking at tutorials online and practicing every day to accomplish what he learned.

His parents have been a great support, they helped him by buying his painting materials and with the paintings he sold, he has been able to study Graphic Design and Computing in the university, which he is still studying.

He started painting with colors when he was 13 years old. He never studied art, it was all self-taught, with a lot of practice. He never thought it will be a way of living, but people in his town will ask him to make portraits of their children. At first, he was a little scared of doing it, he didn’t feel very confident about his abilities, but he did the best he could. Thankfully all his clients have been very satisfied and kept asking for more.

Most of his work orders are portraits but he is also passionate about magic realism.

In his black and white night sky and mountains painting: He wants to represent that dream most of us have to reach for the sky, to always go up and do something more in life.

In his planet and sailboat painting: he wanted to paint a planet with different colors, because he has a passion for color. And the sailboat on the ocean was added because he likes to paint listening to music, and at one moment he heard a song that he really likes which says: “And he left, and he named his boat Freedom” it also says “it makes wakes in the sea”. This inspired him to make paintings with songs with lyrics he would like to turn into an art we can see, and not only listen to.