Night, Guarulhos Airport

Night, Guarulhos Airport, oil on card, 11.4 x 8.5 cm - discarded

The first of a run of paintings from my Easter trip to the Vale do Paraíba, which I shall post later this week.

I had a four hour wait for a bus at Guarulhos airport- a hateful place. But it is always soothing to paint.

Yard of a business selling fruit, Lagoa

Yard of a business selling fruit, Lagoa, oil on card, 10.3 x 8 cm

 

Painted down in Lagoa.

Nocturne: Itacorubi

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Nocturne: Itacorubi, oil on card, 12.5 x 9.3cm   VAILABLE

Painted from a hot dog joint near here: incredible how the atmosphere of a place changes at night- some places much more than others. 

This neighbourhood is "incomplete", with many blocks in construction. At night it has a desolate air, during the day it seems nondescript.

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Portrait of a reclining man

Portrait of a reclining man, oil on card, 13 x 11.2 cm  - available

I have been working such a lot teaching English that it has been hard for me to get on with painting. But in a few days will be the Easter break so perhaps I can get on and do something creative then.

A portrait of a young man

A portrait of a young man, oil on card, 9 x 11.5 cm

Lucas, again- he is a fine model, very hard to "catch".

For me, the most interesting models unconsciously reveal some element of their nature: they are not entirely in control of the messages that their faces and body languages transmit. The process of portraiture is not to affirm what is known and controlled, but to reveal "the unconscious life of the mind" - to transpose Knut Hamsun's words describing his writing to the practice of painting.

The Sun

The Sun, oil on card, 11.4 x 9.5 cm

Painted in Lagoa.

The Setting Moon

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The Setting Moon, oil on card, 9.7 x 11 cm  - available

Painted from my window: at times the was moon obscured  by clouds; later, as it set, by trees.

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