‘The light that remembers’: The art of Aidamaris Román.

Roman busy at work painting one of her fantastical portraits. By EVA LLORENS The hills of Arecibo, quiet and lush, shaped the imagination of Puerto Rican artist Aidamaris Román long before she ever held a professional brush. She grew up in the countryside, surrounded by what she still describes as an unseen magic. “I live in the country,” she says. “I feel it has so much magic. It inspired me to paint fantasy — like fairies and mermaids.” That sense of wonder, rooted in childhood, never left...

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