Values

"Many men can figure costs, but few can measure values..."

Acrylic on Wood, 36" H x 24" W

"Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's" Jesus Christ

Acrylic on wood, 36" H x 24" W

Enjoy

Time is an illusion, lunchtime even more so...

Acrylic on wood,24" x 36" W

Bird of Paradise

" If you don't look, you won't find."

Acrylic on wood 24" H x 36" W

Division

Imagination is the beginning of creation...

Acrilic on wood,24"(H) x 32"(W)

Contemporary VII

The only limit to the mind are those we believe in...

Acrylic on Wood, 36" H x 80" W

Purple Catleia

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you sow...

Acrylic on Wood, 36" H x 24" W

Passion Rose

" Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination."
( Voltaire,1694-1778)

Acrylic on Wood, 32" H x 34" W

The glance of Aslan

Acrylic on wood, size 24”(H) x 36”(W)

Passion for Acrylic Medium and Textures

Since I started to work with acrylic paints, about 10 years ago, in my home country, Brazil, I became passionate about this medium. Despite many people not liking this medium because it dries too fast, I used this fact to my own benefit. I was highly motivated to learn and explore the possibilities that media could provide me.

It was a challenge, I avoid being in the comfort zone and being bored with making Art. I like to be searching for the unknown, for the undiscovered.

Then, I started my search for the materials behaviors and choose the best surfaces to work on. At this point I discovered the texture. I have been developing them for all these years. My textures have body and I use acrylic molding paste adding glue to obtain more flexibility and avoid cracks. I have the same purpose when I choose to build my works on wood (Particularly Eucatex _ from Brazil).When I really had experience and knowledge to use these materials and techniques I was able to develop my own visual language with acrylics.

In my present works I am showing my best results with the textures and acrylic paints. The textures help me to define shapes, light and shadows, transparency and luminosity ,enriching the work’s dimensions with volume. The use of acrylics paints makes possible works with layers, cleaning some areas and darkening others. These contrasts are my resources to involve the viewers in my work’s dynamic provoking them the interest in searching beyond visual elements.

My artworks with acrylics are my challenge, my passion, my search and mainly my unique and own visual language.