: About Me

"I was born in Cuba and I grew up just painting my heart out. Things like paints were not available, so I can remember when I was nine making my own paints with white toothpaste and colored pencils which I pounded into powder. All I wanted was to paint and I would have done it with mud if I had to."

Her favorite subject matter for watercolor medium is Irises and Basset Hounds, but she prefers using acrylics to express her more surreal paintings. Zurama feels a passion for painting. It allows her an avenue of expression for her love of Cuba with all the memories and images she will never forget. Her home is now in America, and she regards this her country. She is grateful to God for the gift of painting and the release it gives back to her is her salvation and peace.
Writing is one of my passions too. I have written several articles, stories and I am working on a science fiction novel.

My passion is ...

painting, writting

I know too much about ...

Autism and Art

My parents always told me ...

Stay true to yourself

My childhood ambition ...

to live in America

My favorite memory ...

My grandparents farm

Why I write ...

because I need too

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am lisengin to Di Blasio

My inspiration ...

Life

Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Biography: Hans Christian Andersen

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As a young girl, reading was something I did regularly to escape from reality and Fairy Tales, in particularl, were my favorites. I remember: I didn't have many books of my own, but I would borrow them from a friend who had large amounts. I read the stories over and over until I practically memorized them. My all time favorite story was "The Tin Soldier". I lost count of how many times I read it, but every time, it made me cry. What would children's life all over the world be like without Fairy Tales to tickle their imagination and teach them to dream, and what would the world be like with...

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