Paris 1

Small board. 18x24cm

First I thought I could draw some beautiful doors I ahve taken pictures, in such small formats..but then I copied a landscape...also from a photo, from the same places I have taken the doors...

I don't think it's too good, but it matches with the 'vue from ota's window'

the colours...the few shadows...i have to work bether with the shadows...and more naturally...

outside paintings...or sth to give more life to it.

Self Portrait 1 - Gouache on wood - Dez / 2008

Self portrait is the last drawer.
The ex shoes drawer that became a cupboard (by me breaking it and by Fer realinzing the idea and painting the new cupboard), and three of the drawers have left.
The first one was the first contemporary painting... the one I glued objects on the board. The second one was the first Pollock’s experience. And the third one was the self portrait, me juggling, with a sea over my head. It came from a photo of mine (when used to be a hippie travelling in the north of Argentina – in San Juan at the time of the photo), and the sea on the background is from a photo of a friend of mine with her boyfriend on the beach, with this beautiful landscape behind…I suppose it does not look like a landscape…but that does not matter too much…first because it is whatever u want it to be, and second because I’m telling you it is a landscape.
I’m tired of that contemporary art thought that it is what u see. No, it is a landscape, and if u do not see it as one, read my text and find it out…instead of trying to find it out by yourself.
Fast drawing.
Fast painting.
The drawing was made some months ago, 2 or three…I cannot remember. But I do remember it was made really fast.
The first thing I did before starting to paint was to redraw the face. It got better…It was too small when I first made it…kind of funny…It is not my intention to make caricatures.
About the colours: it was the first time I used the Fauvist colours thinking naturally about contrasting them…and not looking at the basic and elementar coulours circle, wondering which one contrasts better with another.
It came naturally…thinking like…this blue is too dark to contrast with this green…or the yellow is too light to contrast with the orange, or even with the red.
The purple keeps meaning nature! And the green keeps meaning sky! I do not wanna to stuck on the green sky…although the one I’m making now, I’ve decided already I will keep the sky green…But I do wanna make the sky colourful…like Derain!
I have to remember the first painting. Vue de la maison a Rainha do Mar. It was made without a draught, and leaving blank spaces.
Believe in the blank space. Do not care about what people think. (They usually think blank spaces mean not-knowing how to paint) (But they do not know, that knowing how to paint does not exist!).
Better signature. More personal. More personality.

Portrait like the Fauvist used to do. I love the colourful faces...Matisse paing Derain, Derain painting Vlaminck, Vlaminck painting Matisse!

Expressionism Abstract Bleu 2 - Latex sur Toile - 80 x 50 cm - dez / 2008

Abstract Expressionism
Abstraction Gestual
Action Painting

Many names for the Pollock’s invention.
It must be written in English. It is the only recognized american artistic movement.
I changed some emails with a guy from the US, an expert in Pollock. He, after asking me if I were a real artist, said to me he used to paint with Latex paint or Enamon…what hell is Enamon?
The first experience was a disaster, gouache on wood….it works but not for action painting…the painting is all cracking…well…nevermind…nobody is going to buy it anyway.
But now I got the right paint. Latex seems to be perfect to that. Mixed with some little water makes the painting quite fluid in order to do the right movements.
Blue was the chosen colour. The original idea is to paint six of these, with the six basic colours, then paint the last one with the six colours.
By the way, the first expressionism abstract – the on with gouache – is with the six colour.
This one got good, and maybe it will b sold. Cross my fingers….heheh..looking forward to selling the first painting.
There is balance, there is not too much painting as the first one. The paint dried really fast and seems to stay for long. Will cross my finger…hehe
The board has a good size, but it was a bit expensive…36 reais just the board, and 15 the can of painting, which is good, coz it came 900ml of it, which means that I can paint about ten of this..hehe…and sell them all and got rich forever!!!!!!
What else?
I can say that the process of making it is very pleasant…one has to concentrate in order to give the right balance…it is not just about throwing the paint on the board…it’s about felling the balance and discover how the different movements with the sticks produce different lines…
I hope I can make more of these soon…money will tell.
One painting per day is the aim.
I’m achieving it so far.

p.s. after 20 days studying Geography and not painting or drawing a single line…finally I’m done with shittie Geo and back to the art!!!
p.s.2. The black one is Pollock. Isn't it obvious?