It is difficult to describe how enjoyable it is to be painting by the lake. In special, during the Summer and Fall, I can get busy while also having time for kayak trips and late swims in the lake.
The necessary sauna purification daily ritual and fre…
These conflicting sensations take over my artistic soul again.How do I dare to want to be cute?Yes, I was told more than once that if I wanted to be an artist I could not produce “cute” things.However, the naked truth is that I like to be cute.
For the last months, I have started dozens of artworks but I have not finished any of them. They seem to be waiting for my attention at the studio to awaken from a static state as suspended in time. These paintings and plates are pulsating in my mind,…
There are times when the shift happens and the subject is perceived as looking at me instead of me looking at it. These are magical moments in art making. These are moments when I get into the “zone” and images come freely into my mind, well defined as t…
Lately, I have been dividing my time between Canada and Sao Paulo. Therefore, I have tried to integrate the two places into my life style and schedules making sure I have a studio to work either here in Toronto or in Sao Paulo. I also try to have a kitch…
Getting organize has been my mantra for the last months. Everything that I wanted to make depended on getting the materials and equipment. All took time to find, get over the Canadian border, to be assembled and teste. It helps a lot to have that my hu…
I have been working on my landscapes series for about 8 months. Testing the ImagOn performance on alternative supports to copper, as plexiglass when not exposing the plate to etching produced surprising results.The “Church from the Bridge” print has…
While the process is quite important when working with photo-imaging, the imaging part of it became my main focus lately. As I further got control over the process, in terms of preparing the copper plates and having the image registration imprinted, I…
Since I finished my colour investigantion in Intaglio I have been working to improve my skill on processing images with ImagOn.
By being able to compare perfomancees…
I have been working on grey tones for most of the Summer. It has been a great summer and painting at the cottage, close to nature, is very inspiring.
The project Color Investigation in Intaglio is almost complete and the color references for the Graphic Chemicals’ oil inks are already displayed at the print studio at the Visual Studies Department. Hopefully, it will help students and the direct visual…
