"Panarama: A letter of love for Panama" is referred to as the exhibition of paintings by Rogelio Calvo, currently being presented at the Juan Manuel Cedeño gallery of the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) up to July 14 this year and with an entrance free to all public.

At the exhibition, Calvo shows in his creations about Panama earlier and today that they can be appreciated in twelve paintings, created simultaneously with the aim of having a visual unit, nuanced by everything that brings us life in the isthmus.

Panarama, are the rooftops, urban landscapes and strata of the city, is the Casco Antiguo and the new city, and everything that's between the Panama of the past and today's one explain the complainant, who was inspired by the works of the Panamanian teachers, Al Sprague, Julio Zachrinson, Guillermo Trujillo and Alfredo Sinclair.

"That's my version of the Terruño, as have some that have preceded me, this is my belong. To the streets, to people, to everything that has nourished me as a person and an artist. Also here are my wife's poems, written and based on the paintings, still inspired by Panamanian tradition," Calvo said.

The artist's information

José Rogelio Calvo was an artist and teacher. He was born in Panama and moved to the United States to study at the University of Arkansas. He received his master's degree at Fine Arts at the University of Towson, where he worked at a foundry building bronze pieces. He returned to Panama for a while, where he was a curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art and an art teacher at the Panama Canal Community College.

Life brought him back to the United States, where he currently became director of the art department at Mitchell Community College at Statesville, North Carolina.

The best means of Calvo are: drawing, engraving and oil. At this moment, it's focused on painting scenes of the world and solving life's questions with painting on canvas.