ABEL ROBINSON AGUILAR RAMIREZ

I have born on May 23, 19759 in the Pucallpa city (Perd), my parents are Justino Aguilar Ch. and dona Flor Maria Ramirez Vela; I am the first son and I have a brother Marlon and two sisters Dapne, Jackeline, and I am living with them in a humble townward called Market Ng 3. near the Usko-Ayar Amazonian School of Painting.
Pucallpa is the industrial capital of the Amazon region and for its nane is called Red Earth too, that is very rich in flora, fauna. It has a very hot temperature sometime till 38 or 40 degrees above 0.
I started my first studies in 1980 in El Trebol primary School near my home. In 1987 I started my high school in the Faustino Maldonado where I was one of the bests students in the classroom, and there I had dicovered skills to draw.
In 1992 I knew for first time about Usko-Ayar for some friends so and I decided to study painting to represent nature. The objective of giving to the world through an artistic documentation and how to preserve the environment. The purposes of the school are based on study, respect, understanding, discernement, wisdom, intelligency, honesty, etc. things that people living on the world does not mind about it.
I like collecting any kind of ideas personally, and also to listen to the music of differents regions of my country and especially of this region. I like to read books and some computer programs. Of foreigners I like their films. Till now I did not have any exhibition but I am painting and studying English.

ABRAHAM MARTINEZ N

I have born on December 11, 1978. My parents are Carlos Martinez Zumba and Maria lbone Navarro Martinez.
I have 4 brothers. I have studied my primary studies and then I started with the high school that still I am studying it.
When I was 14 years old I knew about the Usko-Ayar Amazonian School of Painting, a friend invited me and then I started to study first drawing and then painting, doing beautiful things and also I understand now what an amazonic most value all what is around me so it is wonderful what I am learning in Usko- Ayar for giving small talks about differents subjects and do Pablo Amaringo make of us as one sculptor can do with clay or wood for being good artists in future.
I am learning teatre in the school with the help of a Colombian actor who is studying and teaching theatre in Usko-Akar that is also so beautiful.
In my free time I write my diary and my hobby is to collect bracelets and I play football and basketball.
My mother has died two years ago I miss a lot to her and I would like to her been with me but I can not, I have many friends and I like to be always happy, and making jokes but I hate lying. When I start painting I Inspire myself to make a beautiful painting with much love and enthusiam.

ANDERSON DEBERNARDI (1968)

"Andy" was born in a little jungle settlement near Contamana, the fourth of twelve children in his family. In 1987 he heard of Pablo Amaringo and went to visit him to ask for help with his art. Pablo accepted him as one of the first pupils of the Usko Ayar Amazonian School of Painting. Today Andy is one of the teachers at the school.

Having traveled with his father, a fisherman and boat builder, along Amazonian rivers, Andy knows the jungle very well. He likes to paint the normal activities of the people-fishing, hunting, cultivating and preparing food, and so on. He has an eye for detail and is able to work patiently on one painting for a very long time. He likes to work at night, listening to music. His character is spiritual and he is religious. He is admired in the school for his beautiful sketches of plants and animals.

The students do often large collective paintings found today in various public places in Pucallpa and in museums. When this happens, Andy is usually in charge of the overall composition directing the individual artist.

Together with his teacher Pablo Amaringo and fellow students Dennis Rengifo and Teresa Miranda, Andy was invited in 1992 to attend a cultural festival in Tampere, Finland, and to spend some time at the International Museum of Children's Art in Oslo.

Andy worked for some time as the administrator of the school. He found this work harder than he thought and is now learning business administration to be able to assist the school as a professional.

ARTURO CUMAPA SALINAS
On May 25, 1971t I have borm in Pucallpa and my parents are don Arturo Cumapa Taricuarima, a worker and dofia Antonia Salinas Arirama a housewife, they have 5 children two girls and three boys.
I learn to work when I was 5 helping to my dady every down to work in his tricycle and also sometimes helping to my mother at home. I started to study in a primary school when I was 7, because I was ill till the 14, then I continued studying the high school till I was 20 in 1991.
In 1992 1 started to study First Aid, the same year I knew about the Usko-Ayar Amazonian School of Painting through some cousins who came from Lima looking after his father, so he brought me to don Pablo Amaringo's humble home. Since that time I became a student learning about the amazonic art and all what is concerning to the flora and fauna of the amazon.
In 1993, called me and to other students and don Pablo Amaringo the Director said since now you will be teachers, for me it was a real happiness I was wanting to cry of emotion and now I am going ahead. So I continue studying nursing and I come to the school when I have some time. In 1993 I started painting on Lanaquarelle it was difficult because I felt never I could finish it but then I did it with time.
I am acquiring more knowledge all the time I am painting because, I discover new useful things doing it.
Studying in Usko-Ayar for me is very important to be more pacient and I learn here things that never learn in other parts during my whole life. and we have the spiritual education that is very important in humans life.

CARINA LIZ GUERRA S

I have born on May 18 1976 Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. in Gervacio Santillana Street, in Huanta, province of Huanta and Ayacucho Department. It is situated in the southwest of Peru in the highlands with a dry and warm weather.
Ayacucho is the union of two Quechua words: Aya=muerto, Cucho=Rincon or corner of the dead in memory of the glorious battle for the Peruvian independency and America (December 9 1824).
My parents are Don Alvaro Guerra and dona Nora Jesus Saavedra Vila both of Peruvian nationality. I come from a medium class family and we are children and I am the third one. Since I was a child I was very shy to speak but I was very curious to investigate about things and to see them and then to analyze them where they come from and so forth. My curiosity was so big that a day I have opened my doll to see how sings and how its eyes were open and close.
My father has moved to the east Amazon Region where he found a better job. My mother was working hard for giving our food and thanks to her and my grand parents I grew well. My mother was sacrificing herself for going very early to sell in the market vegetables and fruits. She gave us much love instead she always was tired after working hard. She taught me goodness, to be honest, to respect the neighbors and also to study as a whole person in life has.
For selling in the market she learned to speak Quechua language and when I was small she was telling me some stories in Quecha that sometimes I was afraid of them. I am a quiet person; my mum told me that when I was a baby I was many hours along without crying.
I my childhood was playing with my brothers and a nana who helped me in my education. I liked to read books and my dream was to have a big library. On January 1989 my father arrived from Pucallpa so then my whole family moved to live in Pucallpa because in that that Ayacucho was a dangerous place for the terrorism, getting there all was different the people, weather, it was like a new life for my family.
On 1990 in the high school I have heard about Usko Ayar from a friend when I told her that I like to paint and as I come from a painter's family and the encourage of Melody Toledo my friend was important and in 1992 I became a student of Usko Ayar which means Spiritual Prince I saw how people was giving me friendship as a family I started drawing and then painting.
I am learning and other things from don Pablo Amaringo and I am learning theater with the Colombian teacher who is in Usko Ayar and his name is Hernan Gomez Decactro. I had some shows last year with the theater group of the school about legends of the jungle.
Usko Ayar is a very comfortable place and don Pablo our director, gives us daily wise advice about life that are important in the human behavior.
When I paint as is the style of the school I do by the sky first, then the water, the mountain, the trees and the animals, etc. To paint is beautiful because one puts a bit of yourself and one values the time using in each painting because is a part of life and time how marvelous is to learn about this beautiful things that nature gives us.