Mendigo Painting

The canvas to me is a friend, with who I am totally free, with whom I am "me". With my canvas I share my very special moments, feelings, desires, moments of sadness and despair, of longing, of needing, of missing, of enjoying and sharing my thoughts and interpretations of topics, close to my heart. I don't paint pretty pictures. I paint what makes me feel pretty within. To me reaction to what is portrayed becomes more important and endearing than the technique. My paintings almost always make a personal statement. It may not always be a social topic, in fact rarely so. I don't paint Dreams; I like to live in a real world. Born and brought up in Goa Yolanda de Sousa Kammermeier holds a B.F.A.(painting) Degree from The University of Bombay.Yolanda's style of creating a ceramic like effect on canvas with relief and high gloss has become her trade mark She enjoys working in watercolours and linear drawing too .She selects her medium as per the feeling of the subject. Her works are in collections in India and abroad.