
Margarita Cano was born in Havana, Cuba in 1932. Cano is a self-taught naive artist with a very personal view that reflects her Cuban roots. She is currently working in one of a kind art books as well as painting wooden boxes with themes derived from her paintings.
In 1993, Cano retired as Coordinator of Community Relations and Art Services Department from the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Since, painting became her full time job. Her work has been seen at several solo and group shows. She has also written and illustrated several children’s books.
She is listed in “Who’s Who in American Art"...