Chuva de Prata Artwork

After leaving home at the age of sixteen I struggled with compounded survival issues including not only where to physically go, but also whom to trust and just exactly how to embark on this life I’d chosen. I was on a path to freedom with neither compass nor map. Art provided me with direction and purpose as a means of expression that continues to fulfill and guide me to this day, allowing me to work on several bodies of work. As a self taught artist since 1998, I have worked intensively and rigorously to craft my skill and search for beauty amidst materials that have been cast aside. I simultaneously examine my life experiences, my immediate and global environment as well as topical issues addressing our society as a whole. This is a physically engaging organic process of creating and an opportunity to present myself with something paradoxically strange and familiar without restriction. My work allows me to view my environment where we struggle for Power, Greed, Territory, Love, Respect, Religion and Freedom. The “Lords Of War” series resonates spiritually with current struggles of freedom and corporate slavery. The series is a reflection of the real world we live in, our society and our daily struggles for surviving in an almost collapsed environment. We are Lords of War fighting in this everyday battle called life. It is my hope that the work has a similar effect on those who view it perhaps also altering the way they see their world. Each work is deliberately left open-ended allowing viewers to read it through the richness of their own experiences. As humans we dominate the earth. Lords of War addresses all kind of violence directed against women, men, children, and especially against our planet. My goal is to promote healthy relationships between mankind and nature in this sacred SPACE that we inhabit.