About

 In the last few years my work as an architect became entangled with my work as an artist. Over time, I let my art take over. I needed a different way to relate to the world and expressing myself through painting has given me the freedom to recreate the world around me with color, texture and the contrasts that I have seen growing up in Brazil and now living in California. At the root of my work is a deep love for nature and environmental responsibility. Landscapes are not just the pristine views of the ocean and the deep green forests. I cherish those, but I also love the big cities and urban landscapes, with their grit and chaos and surprises. My work weaves through and brings together these two, at first very dissimilar sides of our world. The free flowing natural environment is juxtaposed with disjointed man made places. Sometimes these connections present themselves in what I call “mindscapes”, my own interpretations and representations of how I see the world. In the end, I seek the connections that show that at the center of these very different constructs, it all stems from the complex entanglements and human desires to seek meaning in place and a sense of belonging.