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Chromo-Clouds 35
Mixed Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas
130x170x5 cm diptych, 2023

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Chromo-Clouds 33
Mixed Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas
90X90x5 cm , 2023

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Chromo-Clouds 31
Mixed Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas
90X90x5 cm , 2023

ChromoClouds_32_silverframe

Chromo-Clouds 32
Mixed Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas
90X90x5 cm , 2023

Chromo-Clouds 18
Mixed Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas
110x170x5 cm diptych, 2020
Private Collection

Chromo-Clouds 18 (details)
Mixed Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas
110x170x5 cm diptych, 2020
Private Collection

simulacao chromoclouds 21d

Chromo-Clouds  Exhibition mockup

Chromo-Clouds 19
Mixed Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas
60x120x5 cm diptych, 2020
Private Collection

Chromo-Clouds 20 
Mixed Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas
80x126x5 cm diptych, 2020
Private Collection

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Chromo-Clouds 21
Mixed Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas
130x160x5 cm diptych, 2021
Private Collection

Chromo clouds 21 simulação mockup
Chromo clouds 21b simulação mockup

Chromo-Clouds Exhibition mockups

Short video of Chromo-Clouds creation process

 

 

"In this series, I bring direct references of the two cultures related to my origins:
- The Japanese culture through silver and gold colors, also the compositional elements of waves and clouds, featured in the Japanese Traditional Painting yamato-e.
- The Brazilian culture through the poetics of my mother tongue, Portuguese, by the poem of Fernando Pessoa (Lisbon, 1888 - 1935):

Like clouds in the sky
The dreams pass throughout me.
None of the dreams are mine
Although I dream like this…

I transcribe this poem repeatedly and intricately with a permanent acrylic marker along the fullest extent of the canvas. The poems can only be read when we get closer to the work, because at a certain distance we can only perceive colors and textures.
The compositional part in silver, sometimes resembles waves, sometimes clouds, also refers to the contour lines of imaginary topographic maps. The lines are embossed layers made of acrylic paste and are modelled, carved and polished by hand, giving to the painting a definition that I call sculptural-painting process.
The organic forms featured inside the compositions are like plant structures or something related to cnidarians: multicellular marine species, with their soft and fluorescent colors. They are like organ-poetic species: anemone-maps, chromo-corals, Portuguese man o 'war-poems, etc ... They transform, adapt and modify themselves according to the movement of the observer's look and incidence of the light.
The numerous layers and references of Chromo-Clouds represent two universes that form a third space: a place / a map / a home that exists only in-between: in the duality between appearance and essence, and in the ambivalence that permeates the origins of those who live in hybrid and migratory environments.

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"Trago nesta série referências diretas das duas culturas ligadas às minhas origens:
A cultura japonesa através das cores como o prata e o dourado, e dos elementos composicionais de ondas e nuvens, presentes na pintura clássica japonesa yamato-e. E a cultura brasileira, através da poética da minha lingua materna, o português, através do poema de Fernando Pessoa (Lisboa, 1888 - 1935):

Como nuvens pelo céu
Passam os sonhos por mim
Nenhum dos sonhos é meu
Embora eu sonhe assim…

Transcrevo o poema repetida e minuciosamente com caneta acrílica permanente em toda a extensão da tela, que só é passível de leitura ao nos aproximarmos bem do trabalho pois à uma certa distância observa-se apenas cores e texturas.
A parte composicional em prata que ora lembram ondas, ora nuvens, remetem também às curvas de nível existentes em mapas topográficos. São camadas em relevo produzidas com massa acrílica e são modeladas, esculpidas e polidas manualmente, tornando o trabalho uma pintura escultórica.
As formas orgânicas presentes no interior das composições são como estruturas vegetais ou como os cnidários: espécies marítimas multicelulares, com suas cores suaves e fluorescentes. São como espécies orgâno-poéticas: mapas-anêmonas, chromo-corais, Portuguese man o' war-poemas, etc... que se transformam, se adaptam e se modificam de acordo com movimento do olhar do observador e da incidência de luz.
As inúmeras camadas e referências de Chromo-Clouds representam dois universos que formam um outro espaço: um lugar/um mapa/um lar que só existe no entre-meio, na dualidade entre aparência e essência, e na ambivalência que permeia as origens daqueles que vivem em ambientes híbridos e migratórios."