Annalisa

"Annalisa on the Chess"

Annalisa is a girl from Italy, who I've met a few years ago in Amsterdam.Even thought I have never seen her again after she departed from the Netherlands we continued at some point maintaing contact and because she likes what I paint she comissioned me a painting where she's lying on the beach.

When I paint I always try to get information from people, so my paintings have always a meaning, a deeper meaning, and that usually works better when I know the person and/or I already know what I want to paint and have the drawing in my head.

With this painting, I had to follow different pictures and try to see the meaning of "Annalisa"

So I've been working on these last two paintings lately:

The first one, reflects a girl, laying on a floor, a beach maybe, together with her " chess game". her life is a chess game, and she must move pieces correctly.

The second one, is a girl laying among Lisbon, among my city, being absorved by the city trams, by the walls, the streets.

International book of Art

Recently I have been trying to give my career a boost, it's not enough to be a good painter, but you also need to be part of a system that allows you to sell more often..One day, while thinking about this, I received an email that was inviting me to be part of a Annual book of artists, and which the advertisement is "Artists from all over the world present their works in a museum quality art book".

I always try to see if there are any scheme behind it, for artists who want to sell and have an illusion that they will make a living out of it, it's not hard to get them into participate in Exhibitions in which they have to pay everything, without no guaranty that they will actually get something in return. Once, I have spoken to an Art Consultant who "warned"me about the "dangerous"those Galeries can be, etc , etc..

And so I was thinking about participating in this book, getting all the info. I could about it..All they ask is for me to buy 2 pieces of the book, and they will place my art and a small resume in one of their pages.

http://www.incoartists.com/index.html


There site looks nice, information is clean and accurate, and it seemed a good deal for me to participate. As I said before, you need to be part of  a system to be able to get known and to sell you work more regularly.

So I'm waiting to see the outcome of it.

Im now busy with diferent paintings, one of them being this that I represent here..We see 2 girls, one holding a book, where fishes come out, and the otehr sleeps with a book in her hand..That can represent culture, or maybe the girl holdng the book is just trying to get rid of things she does not like or does not feel identified anymore.Nevertheless, there is some sort of "wheel of fortune"that spins in the same direction for both girls..