By Isdanny Morales. The Sergio of Memorias del Desarrollo, like the Sergio in Alea’s film, wanders as an autistic in the city. He watches, touches and analyzes everything; however, beyond himself̷…

Por Yanet Martínez Bazabe. En la obra de Reynier Llanes, la representación de la figura humana es un entrenamiento constante. En esa versatilidad de medios pictóricos, en ese cómodo desandar que va de…

By Phillip Valys. Reynier Llanes creates images using Cuban coffee. Video by Barbara Corbellini Duarte. Music «Dark was the Piano» by Cagey House / Creative Commons. Call him a painter with perks̷…

By Adam Parker. Reynier Llanes, a Cuban artist living and working in Charleston, has curated a show called “Contemporary Artists of Pinar Del Rio, Cuba”, which can be seen on the third floor of City H…

By Steve Palisin. Other expressions emanate nearby from “Voices of the Island: The Cuban Art Collection of Reynier Llanes,” with walls of 55 works by 18 Cuban artists. Goodwin said the exhibit gives i…

Kyle Drapeau – For The Sun News. What does it take to inspire art? A kind word from a friend can set the wheels of inspiration in motion. A chance meeting with an idol can be the impetus for cre…

I was born and raised Pinar del Rio and I am the youngest of four children. When I was a child everyone looked up to my other relatives who were in the field of medicine and encouraged me to study the…

By Donald Miller. Some artists work their whole lives without being truly inspired. Others find their medium of expression through an accident. So it is with Cuban artist Reynier Llanes, who has been …

Reynier Llanes a professional artist and educator who graduated from the school of art in Cuba is a scholarship recipient of an Artist in Residence Award with Jonathan Green Studios in Daniel Island, …

By Kristen Gehrman. WHERE LOCAL ARTIST REYNIER Llanes grew up, the cultural importance of coffee has little to do with drive-through or to-go cups. In his home of Pinar del Rio, Cuba……