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Lizard

From the series “In the absence of God”, oil on thick paper, 28 x 40 cm, 2020. Original sold. The medieval illustrators represented animals that they had never seen, described by others, or derived from mythology. This generated monstrous creatures. From here comes the idea of a common set of animals, which are deformed with the help of redundant decorative codes. These artworks are made on paper overlaying subsequent layers of oil painting and pencil drawing (I often use graphite not only to emphasize the traits but as a colour itself, to fill and darken entire areas of the drawing).

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Lucia Stewart 02 Mar 2021

Wonderful work!

Maria Anna Machado 25 Feb 2021

beautiful work...