[4] His paintings also documented the customs, lifestyles, and scenes from daily life of the people in San Juan Comalapa and surrounding villages.
Andrés Curruchich spawned a colony of Kaqchikel painters in San Juan Comalapa, which has become a centre for Mayan naïve art in Guatemala.
[1] Muchachas Carriando Agua, 1963, oil on canvas Curruchich depicts woman from San Juan Comalapa getting water from the fountain.
[4] Plaza de Comalapa Venden Camaron n.d. oil painting on canvas Features a man sitting under a tree, selling dried shrimp with a scale in hand.
[5] In the 1950s, Curruchich's work was featured in Guatemala City and in galleries in the United States, such as “El Museo del Barrio” in New York.