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Contemporary artist working out of central Portugal x

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Never Gonna Waste The Dawn

Lemon

I'm Lost

I Was Made For Loving You Baby X

Greta Fernandez

Til I Hear It from You

The Cool Night Air Is Curious

Love Me Not

Arrival

i need it

There's Plenty More Fish Online

Blood Is The New Black

On The Telephone Line I Am Anyone

Tiger Claws

Lost In The Riddles Of The Modern Man

Roses

Folly

Strawberry Stealers

all about the girl

I'm StillTrying To Figure It Out (how to keep the dogs at bay)

Fox

Brocolli Dreaming

be you x

Never Gonna Waste The Dawn

Lemon

I'm Lost

I Was Made For Loving You Baby X

Greta Fernandez

Til I Hear It from You

The Cool Night Air Is Curious

Love Me Not

Arrival

i need it

There's Plenty More Fish Online

Blood Is The New Black

On The Telephone Line I Am Anyone

Tiger Claws

Lost In The Riddles Of The Modern Man

Roses

Folly

Strawberry Stealers

all about the girl

I'm StillTrying To Figure It Out (how to keep the dogs at bay)

Fox

Brocolli Dreaming

be you x

mural

I don’t know what the narration of this piece is or maybe what my subconscious is trying to tell me. all I know is that I fancied painting a big canvas, with a kid on a horse and a big sky for some reason. I’m curious to see how this one unfolds as the conversation continues x

I don’t know what the narration of this piece is or maybe what my subconscious is trying to tell me. all I know is that I fancied painting a big canvas, with a kid on a horse and a big sky for some reason. I’m curious to see how this one unfolds as the conversation continues x

The screens turned the world into visual grammar,
Reality feels scripted and updated by the hour,
The TV tells me the world is about to end,
And AI blurs the lines between real and pretend,
So when my high emotions are running low,
I hold onto letting go,
My music and my dog and an arsenal of paint,
This love, this hate,
The external and it’s nonsense, by the door it can kindly wait. x

The screens turned the world into visual grammar,
Reality feels scripted and updated by the hour,
The TV tells me the world is about to end,
And AI blurs the lines between real and pretend,
So when my high emotions are running low,
I hold onto letting go,
My music and my dog and an arsenal of paint,
This love, this hate,
The external and it’s nonsense, by the door it can kindly wait. x

A view point I pass everyday when walking the dog. I’ve always fancied painting it, so one day I did.
I watch this view change through out the year as the seasons cycle. I made this photo around spring while all the yellows were in bloom.

I love where I live and our little dog walks, the big blue skies with the silhouette of the Serra da Estrelas as a backdrop, the little village of Meruge snuggled down in the valley between the hills. it all feels very dreamy for the most part.

A view point I pass everyday when walking the dog. I’ve always fancied painting it, so one day I did.
I watch this view change through out the year as the seasons cycle. I made this photo around spring while all the yellows were in bloom.

I love where I live and our little dog walks, the big blue skies with the silhouette of the Serra da Estrelas as a backdrop, the little village of Meruge snuggled down in the valley between the hills. it all feels very dreamy for the most part.

some of my happiness times in life is being alone in the studio, painting, listening to music, sunlight pouring in the windows and my dog by my feet. x #studiolife

some of my happiness times in life is being alone in the studio, painting, listening to music, sunlight pouring in the windows and my dog by my feet. x #studiolife

Here is the 2x2 metre canvas I painted recently for my village of Meruge and their celebrations. It has two of my favourite birds in it, the Blue Tit and the Robin with the bridge from the village.
They are the same birds I used in my first mural I did for Meruge so it was a nice experience revisiting and painting another version of them some years on.
I didn’t have alot of time to complete this painting so i kept the top half quite minimal in detail, but i think it helps silhouette the bridge at the sametime. Anyway I loved working on this project and I always have a lot of fun working on large scale paintings.

Here is the 2x2 metre canvas I painted recently for my village of Meruge and their celebrations. It has two of my favourite birds in it, the Blue Tit and the Robin with the bridge from the village.
They are the same birds I used in my first mural I did for Meruge so it was a nice experience revisiting and painting another version of them some years on.
I didn’t have alot of time to complete this painting so i kept the top half quite minimal in detail, but i think it helps silhouette the bridge at the sametime. Anyway I loved working on this project and I always have a lot of fun working on large scale paintings.

Summer is here,
and your media consumption is a dietary choice. x

Summer is here,
and your media consumption is a dietary choice. x

This is one of the paintings I did recently for my village of Meruge.
It’s the church I can see from my bedroom window, the one I hear singing its chimes on the hour, sat peacefully ontop of the rock in the centre of the village.

Making this piece made me think of my days in graphic design class in high school. A lot of straight sharp lines and a bit of perspective, not normally how I work. It was a challenge keeping the lines clean but good fun in making the texture of the rock. It’s something a bit different but I like how it turned out in the short time I had to make it.

This is one of the paintings I did recently for my village of Meruge.
It’s the church I can see from my bedroom window, the one I hear singing its chimes on the hour, sat peacefully ontop of the rock in the centre of the village.

Making this piece made me think of my days in graphic design class in high school. A lot of straight sharp lines and a bit of perspective, not normally how I work. It was a challenge keeping the lines clean but good fun in making the texture of the rock. It’s something a bit different but I like how it turned out in the short time I had to make it.

I wish I could remember more intelligent stuff I heard on podcasts so I could repeat it in conversations,
God is my favourite designer,
I humanise animals and plants,
Astrology is available for belief on full moons and birthdays,
I love the middle section in Lidl’s,
Baby blue is my favourite colour,
Spring is my favourite season,
I love watching my dog drink water,
I love lighting candles and incense sticks and putting flowers in jars,
And I love being in the studio with my four legged assistant, rolling out canvas ready to start a new painting.
swipe right x

I wish I could remember more intelligent stuff I heard on podcasts so I could repeat it in conversations,
God is my favourite designer,
I humanise animals and plants,
Astrology is available for belief on full moons and birthdays,
I love the middle section in Lidl’s,
Baby blue is my favourite colour,
Spring is my favourite season,
I love watching my dog drink water,
I love lighting candles and incense sticks and putting flowers in jars,
And I love being in the studio with my four legged assistant, rolling out canvas ready to start a new painting.
swipe right x

Dad on Nights

Introducing Dad On Nights action figure, with flappy arms and rotating heed. I made this dude one afternoon, fannying about with some scrap wood I found.
It’s based on a memory I’ve had since when I was a kid. Cannae mind how old, like primary school age or something.

All I mind is..

I was at my friends house playing in his room and laughing and having a good time, ya know, just kids being kids.
When all of a sudden, out of nowhere, his Dad bursts through the door.

Now, I always mind his parents being fel strict, compared to what I was used to anyways. Sometimes even walking up the stairs ‘too loudly’ would trigger one of them off into screaming to ‘keep it down !’ or not being allowed to go play out in the snow because you would ‘get wet.’ They just seemed a bit miserable about life to be honest.
but aye, so anyway…

His Dad comes fleeing in the room like a gorilla on heat. Rocking only a pair of Y fronts and covered head to toe in wirey body hair, arms flapping and screaming, shut the f*** up!! I’m on nights !!

Apparently he’s been trying to sleep in the next room after being on the night shift and the sweet sound of child’s laughter has awoken this beast and he ain’t happy.
He proceeded to chase my mate around the bedroom trying to skelp him.

Seeing a fully grown hairy ass man, in underpants, screaming and chasing your mate around a tiny wee bedroom, when you are pretty tiny wee yourself, left an imprint on me that day.
I mind thinking, this kinda stuff doesn’t happen in my house.

It was always strange getting a glimpse into other peoples realities when you were little. From the smells in the house or on their clothes, to the meals you would have if you stayed over for tea, or just watching the way they would batter their child.

Mental.

Anyway this little wooden dude is based on that memory.

He’s called Dad On Nights 🙂 and it makes me laugh everytime i look at it x

Dad on Nights

Introducing Dad On Nights action figure, with flappy arms and rotating heed. I made this dude one afternoon, fannying about with some scrap wood I found.
It’s based on a memory I’ve had since when I was a kid. Cannae mind how old, like primary school age or something.

All I mind is..

I was at my friends house playing in his room and laughing and having a good time, ya know, just kids being kids.
When all of a sudden, out of nowhere, his Dad bursts through the door.

Now, I always mind his parents being fel strict, compared to what I was used to anyways. Sometimes even walking up the stairs ‘too loudly’ would trigger one of them off into screaming to ‘keep it down !’ or not being allowed to go play out in the snow because you would ‘get wet.’ They just seemed a bit miserable about life to be honest.
but aye, so anyway…

His Dad comes fleeing in the room like a gorilla on heat. Rocking only a pair of Y fronts and covered head to toe in wirey body hair, arms flapping and screaming, shut the f*** up!! I’m on nights !!

Apparently he’s been trying to sleep in the next room after being on the night shift and the sweet sound of child’s laughter has awoken this beast and he ain’t happy.
He proceeded to chase my mate around the bedroom trying to skelp him.

Seeing a fully grown hairy ass man, in underpants, screaming and chasing your mate around a tiny wee bedroom, when you are pretty tiny wee yourself, left an imprint on me that day.
I mind thinking, this kinda stuff doesn’t happen in my house.

It was always strange getting a glimpse into other peoples realities when you were little. From the smells in the house or on their clothes, to the meals you would have if you stayed over for tea, or just watching the way they would batter their child.

Mental.

Anyway this little wooden dude is based on that memory.

He’s called Dad On Nights 🙂 and it makes me laugh everytime i look at it x

if you don’t mind I’m gonna sit here a minute and catch me a breeze or 2 x

if you don’t mind I’m gonna sit here a minute and catch me a breeze or 2 x

Barcelona 2017 / sail the seas of consequence.

some years back @josepinastudio passed by my studio and snapped these. haven’t seen all of them until recently.

In this period of time I had just moved into an art studio to live and paint full time.

Most days I would eat lunch at a Sikh temple as I was broke and this meant I would get at least one meal in me a day - I would pray in one room then join everyone else in another room sat on the floor and we would eat from a metal tray. It was a surreal environment but I had some of the tastiest meals ever there.

At night I would dumpster dive normally at the bakery around the corner from my studio. I would collect the unsold sandwiches and cakes they would chuck out - this always played with me mentally, I felt embarrassed sat on the street waiting for the bins to be put out. Always had to get my head around the fact I was hungry and there was food in them bags, why are you complicating the matter with external judgement.

I would swap paintings for yoga classes,

Skate to the beach with my dog Sonja in the daytime,

Steal groceries and paints to keep going,

I would sell artwork on the streets and try to avoid the police,

And then I was picked up by an Art Gallery and started selling paintings internationally for more money than I had ever made in my life - this was a game changer for my self belief.

I also worked temporarily in the best pizza restaurant in the world- until me pretending I could speak and understand Spanish way better than I actually could became a problem- I thanked the owners for taking me on with a painting.

Although I don’t miss city life and its grind, I’m glad I tasted it, along with all its ups and downs.

I’m grateful to all the characters involved in this chapter of my life. It was chaotic and emotional but it all goes into making a life and some artwork. x

Barcelona 2017 / sail the seas of consequence.

some years back @josepinastudio passed by my studio and snapped these. haven’t seen all of them until recently.

In this period of time I had just moved into an art studio to live and paint full time.

Most days I would eat lunch at a Sikh temple as I was broke and this meant I would get at least one meal in me a day - I would pray in one room then join everyone else in another room sat on the floor and we would eat from a metal tray. It was a surreal environment but I had some of the tastiest meals ever there.

At night I would dumpster dive normally at the bakery around the corner from my studio. I would collect the unsold sandwiches and cakes they would chuck out - this always played with me mentally, I felt embarrassed sat on the street waiting for the bins to be put out. Always had to get my head around the fact I was hungry and there was food in them bags, why are you complicating the matter with external judgement.

I would swap paintings for yoga classes,

Skate to the beach with my dog Sonja in the daytime,

Steal groceries and paints to keep going,

I would sell artwork on the streets and try to avoid the police,

And then I was picked up by an Art Gallery and started selling paintings internationally for more money than I had ever made in my life - this was a game changer for my self belief.

I also worked temporarily in the best pizza restaurant in the world- until me pretending I could speak and understand Spanish way better than I actually could became a problem- I thanked the owners for taking me on with a painting.

Although I don’t miss city life and its grind, I’m glad I tasted it, along with all its ups and downs.

I’m grateful to all the characters involved in this chapter of my life. It was chaotic and emotional but it all goes into making a life and some artwork. x

Buddy just said to me:

the sun is in space, so why is there light on earth but no light in space?

and I don’t know how to answer him.

Buddy just said to me:

the sun is in space, so why is there light on earth but no light in space?

and I don’t know how to answer him.

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Baby’s On Fire

60 x 100 cm

mixed media on canvas

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Baby’s On Fire

60 x 100 cm

mixed media on canvas

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I Need It, I Feel It

89 x 116cm

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I Need It, I Feel It

89 x 116cm

Never Gonna Waste The Dawn

60 x 73 cm

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Never Gonna Waste The Dawn

60 x 73 cm

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the subtlety is the blossoming in disguise

the subtlety is the blossoming in disguise

working progress: this week in the studio I’m painting this canvas that will be used in the festival in my local village. it’s kind of a remix of the first mural I did for Meruge but with the bridge included that crosses the river Cobral that flows through town. I hear they are doing a special kind of dance at this festival and my painting is going to be used as the backdrop, sounds kinda cool. i look forward to all the pieces coming together.

working progress: this week in the studio I’m painting this canvas that will be used in the festival in my local village. it’s kind of a remix of the first mural I did for Meruge but with the bridge included that crosses the river Cobral that flows through town. I hear they are doing a special kind of dance at this festival and my painting is going to be used as the backdrop, sounds kinda cool. i look forward to all the pieces coming together.

Lost In The Riddles Of The Modern Man

96 x 193 cm

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Lost In The Riddles Of The Modern Man

96 x 193 cm

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and we are finished 🐰❤️ happy birthday to me x

and we are finished 🐰❤️ happy birthday to me x

beautiful day on the mural. the locals and people passing by are super cute, stopping their cars to take photos, give compliments, wave or just show love. it warms my heart, thank you. I’m super grateful to get to listen to my music all day and play with paint.
I’m still nervous on the high bits but I enjoy the challenge.
tomorrow will be my last day painting then I get to see it without the scaffolding 🙂 I’m excited. I’m seeing it as an early birthday present to myself. lots of love and thanks for the support x

beautiful day on the mural. the locals and people passing by are super cute, stopping their cars to take photos, give compliments, wave or just show love. it warms my heart, thank you. I’m super grateful to get to listen to my music all day and play with paint.
I’m still nervous on the high bits but I enjoy the challenge.
tomorrow will be my last day painting then I get to see it without the scaffolding 🙂 I’m excited. I’m seeing it as an early birthday present to myself. lots of love and thanks for the support x

what’s that thing you do in between sleeps ?

what’s that thing you do in between sleeps ?

Call Me Zen

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Call Me Zen

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my mural in Meruge x

my mural in Meruge x

Only Now

acrylic on canvas

100 x 200 cm

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Only Now

acrylic on canvas

100 x 200 cm

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THIS WAS MEANT TO BE PUBLISHED IN APRIL, BUT SOMEHOW IT'S NOW JUNE x

THIS WAS MEANT TO BE PUBLISHED IN APRIL, BUT SOMEHOW IT'S NOW JUNE x

THIS WAS MEANT TO BE PUBLISHED IN APRIL, BUT SOMEHOW IT'S NOW JUNE x

some images from the studio over the past few months

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JANUARY IN THE STUDIO 2023 x

JANUARY IN THE STUDIO 2023 x

JANUARY IN THE STUDIO 2023 x

studio happenings of January 2023

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MAY IN MERUGE: MY NEW STUDIO/HOUSE x

MAY IN MERUGE: MY NEW STUDIO/HOUSE x

MAY IN MERUGE: MY NEW STUDIO/HOUSE x

different paintings being played with in my new studio. some older pieces, some fresh ones, some in progress and some finished x

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