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Sugarcane Fields 15, acrylic on canvas, 44 x 52 inches

Sugarcane Fields 15, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 52 inches

Sugarcane Fields 18, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Born in Brazil and living in New York City since 2003, I’ve been painting for almost 18 years. Painting, to me, is basically an intuitive process, I always find myself guided by intuition and led by emotion. As opposed to wide and long heavy brush strokes, I used to have, I now tend to adopt more of a bleeding technique to achieve the same sensation and connection with my inner self. Most certainly that has been due to the need of adapting to smaller working space in New York City. Even though some of my paintings have a strong link to my cultural background, New York has greatly influenced my perspective. Adopting acrylic and new ways of paintings in order to adapt represent the essence of evolution in my work without losing my identity and artist calligraphy. I see each one of my work as a surprise with its own personal and intuitive meaning. After brainstorming feelings and memories, they evolve freely and independently. As opposed to being in charge I’m almost as taken by the strokes, free, at the same time unaware of what’s coming next.

E-mail: Fernando Araujo [Email address: efearaujo #AT# yahoo.com.br - replace #AT# with @ ]
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