Tito Calidonio was born on October 6, 1954, in the Comecayo Canton department of Santa Ana, El Salvador. He considers himself an "empirical" artist with no formal art education. His motivations are many, including the search for a means to mitigate the pain of the losses of his wife and daughter. As a result, he has immersed himself in drawing and painting since 2005. The music of Pink Floyd, his reading of philosophy, particularly Nietzsche, and the accumulation of feelings against violence and religious manipulation also motivate him.

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