Reynier Llanes, artist from Cuba Reynier Llanes, 22, left his home and family in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, and launched himself into an uncertain future in the U.S. Now, he’s working out of Capomaestro studios at the Boardwalk in Naples and with Jonathan Green, who has a gallery in Naples. More Art / Music / Theatre / Events / Etc. A woman’s body fills the page, sketched in cool blues and purples with dashes of red. She is turned to her side, and it looks like she is falling or floating. Her eyes are closed and her hair and dress flow around her. Reynier Llanes kneels on the gallery floor beside her. He was flipping quickly through the drawings in his sketchbook, but when he sees her, he pauses. Her nickname was Juli, he says in Spanish, his words quiet and slow. She was a friend and, like him, she tried to leave Cuba three times....
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