I love people and I love nature. My work as an artist and as a citizen of this planet it is focused on building relationships that care about these two together. I think that education is the way to bring awareness and compassion among people, just as communities are essential to get us close.
The Nature of the City - This project is part of my artistic research and was the subject of my master's degree. Its intention is to make people aware of the nature that exists around us, especially in the cities, through art and artistic practices.
Heliconia - Color pencil on paper, size A3.
Flowers from the Brazilian Rain Forest.
Collaboration with Yasmim Flores and Julia Quintanilla - Paper, Light and Movement – Installation by Yasmim Flores; Rotterdam, November 2022 Concept and direction: Yasmim Flores Performer: Julia Quintanilla Camera and edition: Xica Negra Music: Theo de Blasis and Rafael Durão Acknowledgment: Growing Space Oriole; Wilma Kun, Kamiel Verschuren, Carmen José, Wal, Corpo Foundation, Everything in Charlois.
Drawing Nature - Master Education in Arts - Piet Zwart Institute.
Activity with children that raises awareness about Nature/ De Stad Uit Organization - Rotterdam, 2021
Plain Air - In the summer of 2021, in the Kralingse Bos and Euromast parks in the city of Rotterdam, Holland, I drew the landscape. It was a wonderful experience of connection and art between me, nature and passersby.
Everything is possible - Painting selected for Publieke Werken 2021.
Blauwborst - These two drawings are part of a series in which I portrayed the birds of the Netherlands, this one represented in the drawing is called Bluethroat, in Dutch is called Blauwborst..
Corumbê View - In this work it is possible to recognize the great diversity of species in the Tropical Rain Forest of Brazil. Gestural solutions portray each of these species and create an aesthetic atmosphere of the forest with the sea.
Carnival in Brazil - series of 20 acrylic paintings on the carnival of my hometown that is famous for the big dolls.
Rain Forest in a Sunny Day - Oil on paper; size A2.
Year of production 2018.
