Juan de la Cruz Machicado Born in Puno, Peru, he started painting at age six. Earliest memories are of the day his father painted a mural of a bull on the wall of his house. When he saw it, he felt as if the bull was about to charge out of the wall to get him. From this early experience, he discovered the magic of painting. Today he paints his Inka heritage in his studio in Cusco, Peru