Nique Chalarca was born in a small village in the Country of Colombia. At a very young age she lost her father(Miguel Angel) , what cause her mother “Maria Cielo” to move to the United states and search for a better future for her daughters, leaving Nique and her sister Sandra at the care of her grandmother Ana Lillia and Aunt Blanca Gloria. Her aunt became a huge influence on Nique, since she is a painter herself. While growing up Nique would wake up to the smell of oil paint of beautiful flowers and figures being painted into a canvas almost every day. Nique moved to...more