Roberto Torres Lameda was born in 1956, in Paraiso, Cuba. He is a member of the 'Grupo Bayate' collective of self- taught artists in the Village of Mella, near Santiago de Cuba. Torres Lameda paints lovely, minutely-detailed landscapes and natural scenes. When not painting Torres Lameda works as a driver and an electrician. He has been in numerous group shows in Cuba and the United States. His first visit to the United States was for the Por Un Mundo Mejor exhibition at Indigo Arts Gallery in October and November 2002, and his work was included in the 2009 show, Visiones 2: New Art from Cuba.