SWING CAROUSSEL

Circus and amusement parks are themes that I love to paint. This is an oil on canvas, 40X60 cm and is not finished, of course.

DARK VOICE LIKE TINTED GLASS

Oil on masonite 20x20 cm

"Anger as soon as fed is dead-
'Tis starving makes it fat." Emily Dickinson

I think this is not finished. I intend to light the lips and to darken the veil.

MEANWHILE IN AMERICA...

Oil on canvas, 60X80 cm based on Timothy Horn's Bus Stop

According to the Iraq Body Count (http://www.iraqbodycount.org/) 81,639 - 89,110 documented civilians (strictly 'non-combatant') got killed in the Iraq war and occupation. 16 yesterday.

BUMBA-MEU-BOI

My mother is naïf art lover. She asked me for a painting characterized by a childlike simplicity.

I decided to paint the Bumba-meu-boi or Boi-bumbá, a folkloric dance originated in the northeast of Brazil circa XVIII century. The dance basically tells the story of death and resurrection of a fantastic bull and is very popular at the Amazon Rainforest where they (I used "they" because I live in the south-west of the country) have a very big annual celebration called Parintins Folkloric Festival helded in Parintins, Amazonas. Despite the importance of the celebration to the Amazon region (only Carnival in Rio de Janeiro draw more participants) is not widely known in other parts of the country. In three days more than 100,000 people dance the Bumba-meu-boi.