Dominica Alcantara was born in Camjuani, Las Villas, Cuba. As a little girl her parents took her to live in the CanaryIslands where she studied painting, her life long passion, in a private academy. When she returned as a young lady she continued her painting studies, learning diverse techniques. As a cuban exile in America working as a teacher she still continued her artistic studies under the tutelage of the late great painter and professor from Madrid Ramon Lapayese.Her passion for the colors on the canvas as seen through her eyes do not overshadow the realism in her work, they simply let...more