Inspired Artist on a Mission

It is the most inspired time of my journey as an Artist. Painting is a true connection to the Divine Creator and a total joy. My work is abstract in quality and technique but the current themes are Prophetic. Since starting to paint abstract, the Painting Angels surfaced, along with spiritual revival themes like the pouring of living waters, the movement of the Spirit and the presence of the Lord. All of the current paintings are rich in story as I practically paint while in Spirit and receiving guidance and messages from above. A five year journey, painting angels along with other works, guided me to the completion of the Painting Angels Book with the whole Angel collection and its vignettes and accompanying Scriptures. The goal was to release it in 2019, and here we are, book in hand!

Before graduating in Fine Art from UCSB, I spent a year in Venice, Italy at the Accademia di Belle Arti completely immersed into painting and art under the influential abstract painter, Emilio Vedova. It seemed clear that my career was headed into abstract oil paintings and miniature abstract watercolors, until in my final year back at UCSB, I was prompted to take the class in Traditional Japanese Papermaking, under Contemporary Master Papermaker, Hiromi Katayama, and my destiny got completely diverted into Tropical and Coastal Utopias. I redefined the paper making technique in my own unique approach and after a long stretch of success there, I came back around to where I started…ABSTRACT PAINTING, but it gets even better because its all done with palette knives and it is a beautiful rhythmic experience moving all that paint around just so.

From Papermaking back to Painting

My tendencies with the Paper were tropical in nature. The play of color and texture was an overnight success story. For twenty five years and with the influence of my Brasilian upbringing, the tropical landscapes created a popular long standing theme, Escape to Paradise. This artwork was seen extensively at the top Art Festivals in California as well as Florida and New York.

The Poster market enhanced my reach into the world, bringing wonderful surprises from those that found them in their Hotel rooms or Restaurants. In the course of this time, I learned an artist’s most valuable lesson: you cannot be a true artist when you are in an uninspired place. It was a long period doing this work and I had become stuck. I got stuck in several areas of my life and renewal forced me into a very long and eye opening Sabbatical. I used this time to heal myself through art, experimenting and combining other medium with the beautiful papers I always made. I moved out of the Tropical niche that so defined me and did many new things with my art. But I knew I wanted to try my hand at painting again as I love abstract art. I now enjoy the more energetic experience of expression through painting and especially palette knife painting.

The journey through art after a long Sabbatical

In hind site the Sabbatical was an artist’s dream even though the timing of it was hard. Significant changes happened to my art as well as to my life. Renewed strength and new found purpose were part of the destiny, thank God. Passion for what I do is evident. Moving several times was challenging although a great experience for the future. Starting over was difficult but now I’m a Pro at it, and maneuvering in this world these days has more relevance as I grew by way of the Prophetic Art. Success is determined by the vast amount of experience and inspiration an artist gets.

The artwork surely has ample amounts of vignettes to go along with them and those stories were important to me but I also found several worth sharing, so I wrote a Book, The PAINTING ANGEL COLLECTION. My artwork accompanies every step of my spiritual growth and maturity and I get a chuckle of how I was moulded for a much different purpose. The best is yet to come. We live in exciting and trying times. I hope my work inspires and brings you closer to the Father through Yeshua, expresses the joy of the LORD and encourages you to develop your own profound relationship to HIM.