POPEYE
One day, my teacher gave me a picture of a bas-relief to be copied at home. When she looked at my drawing, she angrily told me that I had traced it. On hearing that, my best friend came to my defence, telling her that it was not true. Then she tested me, giving me another photo to copy, in class. I set about my task and once I had finished, the teacher loocked at it in disbelief, apologized and complimented me. My work comes from the observation of the reality that surrounds me. I am a curious observer and I paint what
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intrigues me. My characteristic is the meticulous rendering of details. I love painting with oil, acrylic and graphite pencil.
CONFUSION
I am a hyper realistic painter attracted by used world and abandoned objects that become my subjects like, for example, candy cards, crushed cans‌ or crumpled page of books, newspaper or comic books. You can see in many of my works the presence of comic book. These subjects are close to my life since I was a child. Even today I read comics because they help me to escape from reality and bad thoughts. One day I realized that while I was painting candy cards, I did not feel enthusiastic, and thought I had to change or add something to my canvas. I tried to include the