Portland painter Orlando Almanza was born in the Cuban countryside and spent his childhood listening to his grandfather’s stories of the spirits that lived in the forests and river near their home. When he moved to Havana to attend the college of fine arts, he buried his past, attempting to fit into the city’s urban culture. But eventually he discovered these childhood stories carry great power.
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