Manuel Reanda is a self -taught Tzutujil painter who lives in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. Manuel was born in 1948 and, though he was orphaned at six years of age, he had already begun drawing on the walls of his home with pieces of charcoal each day before going to school.
Manuel committed himself to a lifelong pursuit after finishing elementary school. During this formative period of his life, he apprenticed for five years under the city's first "master" painter, Juan Sisay. As an adult he studied mural painting in Mexico City with Juan O’Gorman, a student of the famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. In the years since, he has passed on his knowledge of painting to many students of various ages.
