Glass House
In contrast to my focus on a single elemental structure, the line on series like "Procession", in the "Glass House" series, comprised mostly of paintings on paper and wood, I explore the addition and subtraction of matter as a compositional element. I use pure single-pigment paints, layered with progressive opacity, and shape the images by removing layers with various tools. The process involves the accumulation of time, layers, and the removal of matter in its application.
Painted largely from memory, over successive memories of the same space, I'm drawn to places that I inhabit for an extended period of time, witnessing their transformation and reorganization. I seek to understand what lies within and beyond things, underneath and above, and all the things that I know are there due to my multisensory and historical experience of a place, which flows into the gestures I develop.
During the lockdowns of 2020-21, I spent time drawing my home as if it were a landscape, fragile and transparent, mirroring the fragility of life itself. Here, the boundaries between drawing and painting dissolve even further, to the point where I sometimes don't know where to place them.
Night of Saints, 2018
Oil on canvas150 x 100 cmAmeixoeira I, 2018
Oil on canvas120 x 120 cmUpstream, 2019
Four-part Serigraph polyptych on paper70 x 200 cm (each part 70 x 50 cm)Quiaios, 2019
Aquatint Etching on paper"Fugue" series70 x 50 cm (sheet size)The Alexandria Cycle, 2019
Wood Lithography (Mokulito) monoprint on paper100 x 70 cmMinus Seven, 2018
Vinyl on paper"Fugue" series70 x 50 cmFlash (Pedro), 2018
Oil on primed paper"Fugue" series76 x 56 cmIncandescence (after Delacroix), 2019
Stone Lithography on paper50 x 70 cmSomething's Off!, 2018
Oil on primed paper70 x 50 cmMinus Three, 2019
Aquatint etching on paper"Fugue" series70 x 50 cm (sheet size)Self Portrait at Age 25, 2019
Oil on primed paper"Self-Misportraits" series100 x 70 cmThe Garden, 2019
Oil on Canvas"Fugue" series160 x 90 cmReunion I, 2017
Stone Lithography on paper70 x 50 cmBlack River, 2019
Stone Lithography on paper70 x 50 cmProcession I, 2018
Charcoal & pigmented inks on paper"Procession" series100 x 70 cmYour Chaos Is My Order, 2017
Aquatint Etching on paper"Fugue" series70 x 50 cm (sheet)The Valley, 2017
Stone Lithography on Paper50 x 70 cmThe Falls' Dellirium, 2019
Charcoal & pigmented inks on paper"Procession" series150 x 300 cm (triptych)
The Falls' Dellirium, 2019
Charcoal & pigmented inks on paper"Procession" series150 x 300 cm (triptych)Second, Blue, 2019
Oil on board"Glass House" series100 x 60 cmProcession XIII, 2019
Charcoal & pigmented inks on paper"Procession" series100 x 70 cmEvening, 2020
Oil on canvas"Fugue" series100 x 70 cmProcession XII, 2021
Charcoal and sumi ink on paper"Procession" series100 x 70 cmProcession IV, 2021
Charcoal and sumi ink on paper"Procession" series150 x 100 cmTeste
70 x 50 cmGloom, 2021
"Glass House" series60 x 40 cmUntitled, 2021
Sumi ink on handmade hemp paper70 x 50 cmPantry, 2021
Oil on board"Glass House" series100 x 60 cmProfile, 2020
Stone Lithography on paper70 x 50 cmEarly Flight, 2019
Oil on primed paper"Fugue" series70 x 50 cmFulgor, 2021
Charcoal and sumi ink on paper100 x 70 cmRita's Birthday, 2020
Oil & vinyl on canvas"Fugue" series80 x 120 cmStefan's Room, 2021
Oil on board"Glass House" series60 x 40 cmStudio Interior, 2019
Oil on board"Glass House" series40 x 30 cmMirror Mirror, 2020
Oil on board"Glass House" series35 x 25 cm




























