Steagall-Conde -

I would love deeply to be able to explain what I create on my canvases but I have never managed to come even close to capturing what it truly is.

I paint Sensations.

It is the Content.

I do not paint Subjects.

Things that are not what the "figures" or "scenes" might suggest at first glance.

It is nothing like what someone might perceive, if they are looking right at it, and even if it appears obvious and recognizable.

I understand that, for the vast majority of people, an Orchid, a Woman or the Chrysler Building would simply be seen, well, as a Flower, a Face and, well, a Façade...

But I did NOT paint a Façade, a Face or a Flower:

I painted Deep Satisfying Memories that hold a profound, abyssal allure for me without any intention of explaining or justifying any of my Artworks.

I paint simply because I must.

I understand that Curators look for striking moments that captivate them, hoping, perhaps, to “consider” my Artwork, well, let’s say, significant.

But the nice people who own my canvases (about 75 of them worldwide) acquired these pieces for the Artworks themselves.

And it brings me great pleasure and huge fulfillments that this is the case.

And they all are VERY SIGNIFICANT Artworks.

I already exist in a deeply p...

Artist + Architect + Urbanist + Designer + Husband + Father Of Twins Daughters + Brazilian + Renaissance Man + HandWORKER

I am often invited to individual exhibitions of my work over time, having been honored by an approximate audience of 45,000 people in the last 15 years.