Honduran Footprints

EMILIO ESPAÑA
Painter, Ceramist and Sculptor

Francisco Morazán was born in Ojojona on June 15, 1997. Francisco is a Honduran painter, ceramist and sculptor. From an early age, he took his first steps in art, steps that led him to study at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (E.N.B.A.). He was a founding member of the COLECTIVO CICUMBA and Founding member of the COLECTIVO NAHUAL. His work has a lot of influence from the impressionist school. With his spatula, he represents natural landscapes that reshapes and give movement in his artwork. His pictorial themes are inspired by landscape, social and natural problems. During his artistic career, he has made 4 individual exhibitions and 15 collective ones in different areas of Honduras.

He has participated in 2 Cultural Art Management Diploma courses. He was part of the group of renowned Honduran artists. He participated in the project “Pintando Guanaja” in the Guanaja Island. It is worth mentioning that he gave a workshop to approximately 50 children from the Cayo and Sabana community. In 2016 in Azacualpa, Santa Barbara, he was part of the artists collective, painting a Monumental mural in the historic center of the city of Yuscaran. In 2017, Emilio España was the winner of the visual arts contest “Doble Laberinto” in tribute to Armando Lara, with his work “Luvia de Oro Verde.” Nowadays, he is working and studying new techniques and different materials.

The Maestro Marco Baltodano is a singer-songwriter greatly respected and admired by the Honduran community. He was a member of the Rolands de la Ceiba, Los Gatos Bravos, and Banda Blanca musical groups. He was the owner of Progreso Band, with his success “La Semilla”. He has 35 years of musical career and every Sunday performs his live show in the Honduran restaurant, Rincon Progreseño. His last record was “Caricias,” a romantic-bachata disco.

GABRIELA FAJARDO
Painting & Drawing

I am an artist with very strong roots of Santa Barbará, where my mother was born and from whom I feel extremely proud. I am grateful to God for placing in my hands the blessing of painting and seeing the world full of color from a different perspective. Since very young, I felt a strong inclination to draw and scratch everything that was within my reach. It is so that as a teenager my exploration of space and image was very strong, finding in my subconscious the need to make art. I started my painting career in a basic painting course at the Fine Arts School.

My themes varied from portraits, painting, landscaping, drawing of the human figure, to decorative art on different surfaces. The experimentation of the different techniques such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, graphite are the ones that I have developed in a more evident way. The support of everyone has undoubtedly been a great incentive in my life, but trust in God has been my greatest strength. People who have opened spaces so I can show what I do and manage to talk a little about the ways I achieve with graphite when drawing human anatomy, for example. In my life I am a person with a great motivation, with an entrepreneurial spirit, I am currently the Director of GRUPO ARTISTICO CICUMBA created in 2012.

ROBERTO VENTURA
Carving and Sculpture in Wood

Roberto Ventura is originally from Azacualpa, Santa Bárbara in Honduras. In his childhood, he developed a special passion for wood sculpting art.

In 2008, he asked his brother to give him a basic wood sculpting course and he has spent several years practicing art in wood and also obtaining his education in different educational centers in the country.

Maestro Marco Baltodano
Musical Performance

The Maestro Marco Baltodano is a singer-songwriter greatly respected and admired by the Honduran community. He was a member of the Rolands de la Ceiba, Los Gatos Bravos, and Banda Blanca musical groups. He was the owner of Progreso Band, with his success “La Semilla”. He has 35 years of musical career and every Sunday performs his live show in the Honduran restaurant, Rincon Progreseño. His last record was “Caricias,” a romantic-bachata disco.