Article: Painting life to the full.(Main cover: Fernando Botero)(Cover Story)

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 exclusive interview with the artist in his New York apartment.

Readers familiar with the life of Fernando Botero may express surprise at our selection of him as the cover story for this issue. ...

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