PICO Painting

This large format oil on canvas painting is based upon my own photographic work performed during my world travel experiences. In this case, I came across this amazing huge Portuguese cow while on trekking activities by the footsteps of the Pico Volcano, located on one of the Azores Islands. The singular expressionistic brush strokes and color pallet (tones and values) are the result of being strongly influenced by masters in Fine Arts, and by my own impulses to render a very contemporary outlook that depicts the way in which I see life and nature around me. I want the viewer to be persuaded into plunging in depth into my reality, and feel compelled by the immensity of my work representing too the immense power of nature. I want the viewer to be inflicted by a piercing force: The force and energy of all that nature has created for us.