Self portraits

I'm back! I had a long vacation from blogger!

In the meantime I've been working a lot, experimenting different techniques and materials.

I intend to show you in a series of posts some of my new works, paintings and objects.

These works are two self portraits.

They are made using photo prints on canvas and acrylic paint.

Dimensions: 70 cm/1,2 m

Before/After

I felt like continuing this painting and I'm showing you the result. I believe this time it's finished.

Ladies

The Ladies series continues with this small artwork made with acrylic on canvas.

Dimensions: 40/50cm

It's my "poem" for femininity.

"Abstract"

This is a work that I've really enjoyed creating. Painting "abstract" really suits my moods.

Dimensions: 1, 70/ 1 m

Acrylic on canvas.

Ladies

Passing by the high tree where the men gather every afternoon is something she has carefully prepared for a long time. Since she was a little girl her mother would add a new ring to her neck every year and she has traded her skills for bracelets to cover her arms with: one to bring her good luck, one to keep her safe from the evil eye, one to attract the affectionate eyes of the man she likes, some more on her ankles to make her steps sound like music to the eager ear. And now, as she passes by the high tree, she doesn't even have to turn her look towards him to know he will be following. Text by Selma Dragos Another two works made lately that continue the "women" series. Acrylic on wood. Dimensions: 50/50 cm, framed.

Ladies

One of the games I used to like as a little girl was dressing up like a lady. What makes a lady? She certainly is taller than a girl – all the ladies we knew: our mothers, our grandmothers, our neighbours. So a girl will need long legs or at least high heels and long dresses (the short ones came a lot later when we wanted to look like women, which are a different breed from ladies) in order to be a lady. Then, in order to look like a lady, a girl needs a hat – she has to climb on a chair (or even two chairs on top of each other) to reach the shelf where her mother keeps the most fluffy hat she owns (she's never been seen wearing it, so it must be really precious). Then she only need a mirror or, even better, some friends to admire her attire.

Text written by my good artist friend Selma Dragos. Thanks Selma!

These are the works I worked on lately. I'm discovering the magic of women in painting!

They are made with acrylic on wood.

Dimensions: 55/120 cm

Happy Easter to all of you and a big hug to all of my followers!

Andreia

home deco

Hi guys!

I'm around here! Watching you, being constantly inspired by you!

I want to present you the other side of my job, the furnitures refurbished together with my partner, Cris. I hope you like them!

decorative objects

Mean while my paintings are enjoying their metamorphosis!