I make paintings that construct vibrant, imaginary landscapes, merging organic and architectural elements to examine home, memory, technology, and environmental sustainability. Each piece blends natural and built environments, forming surreal worlds that hover between reality and fiction.
In my most recent series, I conjure visions reminiscent of virtual realities or digital realms. Circular or window-like frames act as portals, drawing viewers into layered compositions where skyscapes, waterscapes, and distant horizons intersect. These imagined environments reflect utopian possibilities while exposing the fragility of ecosystems and the temporary nature of human constructs.
Brazilian modernist architecture informs my approach, integrating built structures with native flora to create a dialogue between human design and nature—an evolving relationship that continuously shifts, collapses, and adapts. Each painting embeds fragments of personal history: familiar landscapes, past encounters, objects once owned. By reconstructing these elements, I transform memory into layered visual narratives.
Growing up on an island in southern Brazil shaped my deep connection to spaces that exist between land and water, the built and the natural. Blending traditional techniques with digital tools to explore the changing relationship between humanity and the environment. My paintings invite viewers to reflect on how landscapes—both real and imagined—shape identity, belonging, and the fragile balance between nature and human intervention.
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“Off-Duty Militias”, 2008, arylic, pencil, ink, foam, photograph collage on canvas, 24" x 34" x 1/2" (60.96 x 86.36 cm)
"Oil Fields" , 2009, arylic, Ink, photograph collage, pencil, foam on canvas, 40" x 90" (101.6 x 228.6 cm)
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"Parachutes", 2009, acrylic, photograph collage, pencil, foam on canvas, 34" x 100" (86.36 x 254 cm)
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“Fags and Flags”, 2007, acrylic, photo collage, urethane, sharpie on canvas, 16” x 20”
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"Wonderland" , 2010, enamel, acrylic, ink, permanent maker, photograph collage on canvas, 52" x 120" (132.08 x 304.8 cm)
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"Operation Gatekeeper", 2010, acrylic, Ink, photograph collage, pencil, foam on canvas, 26" x 52"
“Crossing Tracks”, 2007, acrylic, sharpie, urethane, photo collage on canvas, 22” x 52”
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"Unloaded Guns" , 2009, acrylic, Ink, photograph collage, pencil, foam on canvas, 28" x 40" (71.12 x 101.6 cm)
"Down By The Sea" Site-specific Installation, Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MoCADA), 2010, acrylic, on canvas. 72” x 50”
"Settlements", 2010, acrylic on canvas, 50” x 35”
“Vista”, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 19”
“Silent Flowers of Prohibited Lands” 2015, acrylic on canvas, 19” x 24”
“Independence Hall” 2015 acrylic on canvas, 19” x 24"
"Meanwhile, a Butterfly Flies” 2015, acrylic on canvas, 19” x 24"