Carlota Keffel Garcia

1945 BORN IN PORTO ALEGRE, RS, BRAZIL. OVER 30 YEARS WORKED IN THE EXPORT BUSINESS AND RAISED FOUR CHILDREN. STARTED IN THE ARTISTIC LIFE ONLY AFTER RETIRING.PAINTING AND TRAVELLING ARE MY FAVOURITE THINGS.To paint is to dream with the hands.It is not having limits.Nor rules to follow.It is freedom.It is self realization.It is meeting with my I.- Through my work I search to represent a new look over the landscapes and the cultures I have visited and photographed. I love to work with digital photo transfers where I interfere by sketching and painting on them, sometimes adding or hiding some elements.- Colourful images appear by making little strokes and/or dots with the nbr zero brushes. It is like a slight impression of impressionism.- Starting with curved lines suddenly human figures appear. Family scenes. Strong colours translate the joy of the moment.

2008Started drawing classes in Clara Pechanskys Atelier- Porto Alegre RS Brazil2008Watercolour with Sylvia Hallgreen Odissey Art at Sea; USA2007O sculo XX na Arte: uma apresentao- with Maria Helena Bernardes Koralle Porto Alegre- RS - Brazil2005Watercolour with Mrs Gene Center for Arts & Entertainment, USA2004Painting with Marilyn Hahn Center of Arts & Entertainment Studies, USA2003 since 2003 private artistic lessons under Vera Wildner coordination - Atelier Estaggio - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil,