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There has been tragedy in Margarito's life but he possess a character that remains optimistic and outgoing. He lost two of his children to illness and soon after his wife and brilliant painter, Maria Teresa Santiago. 

Margarito's reputation is founded on his carvings of cats rather than the dogs that roam the streets or the coyotes out in the land. His is clearly fascinated by them. But his cats are as much him as they are themselves. Or, his wife as much as he. Or, his children, nephews and nieces, neighbours and friends. Margarito remarried and his work is now painted by his wife Margarita Perez Ruiz. She continues some of Maria's painting styles but has added her own to give Margarito's work new life. She guards a tradition whilst making her own.