Cenia Gutiérrez Alfonso began painting as a small child and continues today to create folk paintings and ink drawings in Cienfuegos, Cuba. She is self-taught and represents her community in her paintings through their legends, popular beliefs, fiestas and religions. She is particularly known in her community as the “painter of guijes,” or fairies and mystical figures. Of her work the artist says, “it is about materializing dreams, reflecting the world that surrounds me, where urban and rural life intermingle in a macro world of poetry and experiences.”