Horses

Finally, my webiste is ready for the public.After 2 months of hard work by 2 guys who, with their simplicity and will to help, could prepare everything for it to be ready on time.
I would like to thank specially to Cristovao, a person who became my friend throughout these past months.His indications, suggestions, tips, etc were decisive for the website.

Thank You.


Nevertheless, time does not stop, and here I am ready again to new paintings, new exhibitions.I will start soon a serie of paintings with horses.Adapted to my own vision and style, horses can and should be painted.They are terrific animals, handsome,strong and noble.\

Oils Oudt Hollandse

In all these years I've been an artist (not that many yet..) I have came across different materials, types of oil colours, brushes, etc.I always try to look for the best quality materials, the ones who provide the same colour effect .
Of all the ones I've used, it's undeniable the great and extreme quality of the OUDT HOLLANDSE oil colours.


The first time I came across this brand was here in Holland, but if we take a look to their website, we can see that they export to more than 50 countries, and they are even use to restauration purposes by museums worldwide.

As to me, I can say it's worth it every cent of hat it cost. Some tubes og 160ml can reach 160 Euros, and even thought maybe it's too much for amator artists, or at least to use it has a hobby, to use in your daily basis is a remarkable experience.

Here I leave you with their website, where you can see the process of making it, as well as the history of the company based in Driebergen.

http://www.oldholland.com/about/history/1980-to-present-day/

  

              

I decided to start a new serie of 8 paintings.

This one, about a social subject that caught my attention: the "burcas". "A burqa (Arabic pronunciation: [ˈbʊrqʊʕ, ˈbʊrqɑʕ]^a; also transliterated burkha, burka or burqu' from Arabic: برقع‎ burquʻ or burqaʻ) is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies when in public."

I believe it's a lso a way to cut liberty and freedom of expression from women who can't or are not allow to express themselves , to culture themselves, or even to show themselves in a public.
With my paintings I want to show the "burqa' , but worn by women who have nothing to do with islamic culture.

For instance, a woman from Portugal, or from Mexico, or from Argentina, but all of them become " the same". or become " invisible" by wearing that piece of clothes in their heads.What I try to express with this is the anguish, the lack of expression they have, even though they belong to different countries.

As for now, I'm working on my first one:

"Abraçando Lisboa"

                                                    
                                                     "Abraçando Lisboa" 120x100 cms


My latest work.powerful, depicts a woman being embraced with her city , Lisbon.The streets come out of her,  and she feels the sounds of " Fado" nearby.

her reality is being surrounded by her past..and I am her. before in Lisbon, now in a distant land, but always feeling it inside...My city, the streets, the river, the air.