"Yolanda" by Mike Rivero (Cuba/CA, b. 1959), acrylic on board, signed and dated 2013, unframed - 24" x 2" x 36"
 
Born in Cuba, Rivero and his family left Cuba in 1970 and lived for the next five years in Madrid, Spain. Essentially a self-taught artist, Rivero's painting has been influenced by the likes of Picasso and Martano Rodriguez. He studied paitning with California impressionist painter Michael Dancer and California expressionist painter Neil Nagy.