Painting life to the full.(Main cover: Fernando Botero)(Cover Story) From: Latino Leaders | Date: February 1, 2003| Author: Collins, Michelle | COPYRIGHT 2003 Ferraez Publications of America Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Fernando Botero artist

"The great public recognizes the fat women, fat food, fat houses, fat mountains, fat generals, fat bishops, fat babies that delight us in the paintings and sculptures of Fernando Botero." So spoke noted Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa upon presenting the Americas Award 2002, this past November, to the famed Colombian artist and champion of the pleasingly plump. After the award ceremony, LATINO LEADERS Publisher Jorge Ferraez conducted an exclusi...