The Root of Dreams (A Raiz dos Sonhos) Painting

In my artwork I try to combine the visible and the invisible, my inner vision with the outer reality, recreating myself between Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, European Informalism, Arte Povera and Symbolism. Some of them give me the reality that I know very well, the others give me a fantasy world which I really need. Over the last 30 years I began a gradual foray into three-dimensional works on canvas, opting for mixed techniques with acrylic and oil, wood, marble powder, wire, cloth, gunpowder, various metals, furniture pieces, varnishes and numerous kinds of keys, materials and colors that help me convey emotion in my artwork. These last years I’ve found a new interest, combining photography with work on canvas, a digital artwork, a three-dimensional painting and a photo, both of my own, expressing my emotions through new techniques and taking my audience to surreal places, the icons of my artistic universe.