Urubici: two recent paintings

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Urubici, boys playing football, oil on card, 14 / 14 cm   AVAILABLE   

Urubici, ploughed field, oil on card, 12 / 13 cm   AVAILABLE

I spent the last two days in Urubici, in the mountains. I painted eight pictures, I'll show the rest tomorrow.

Something I like about Urubici is the fact that it has a street life, with children playing football or in groups conversing. I like the people who seem unpretentious and industrious, and are a relief from the people of the island who are rather fond of themselves. I also love the smell of woodsmoke drifting down the town's solitary high street, and I love the towns mysterious setting among woods and surrounded by mountains.

And, as a painter, Urubici is great for having an especially sharp clear light: you occasionally get that in Florianopolis but it's much less common. 

I guess these are the most German Expressionist influenced pictures I've done for a while. I'm playing about with new methods: working more quickly, but also discarding more, the idea being to maintain a sense of energy within each picture.

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