CAMILLE CLAUDEL
Series of watercolor paintings inspired by the work and life of French sculptor Camille Claudel, muse of Auguste Rodin and one of the greatest exponents of 19th century sculpture.
The work was developed from episodes of Camille's life, as well as some of her personality traits such as passion for life, painful waiting, loneliness and the psychic illness detected at the time.
A woman ahead of her time, Camille faced the price for her emancipation and for her passion for the arts, in a time admittedly of male dominance.
This series of works is also an ode to all women who fought and are still fighting for equal opportunities and gender.
Painting and drawing for over 25 years
PAINTING AND DRAWING FOR OVER 25 YEARS
I was born (b.1972) and studied in France. I currently reside near Aveiro, Portugal.
I attended painting and drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Porto.
My love for drawing and painting began when I was a child, becoming activities that followed me until then.
Self-taught until the age of 42, I developed artistic skills that crossed graphite, charcoal, oil, pastel, acrylic and finally watercolor works. This last technique is more versatile and better response to my current creative needs
My works are figurative, dominated by the human element with all the expressiveness that emanates from it.
My compositions are inspired by the strength of the strengths of Lita Cabellut and Nathan Ford's characters, Caspar David Friedrich's spirituality, Alberto Giacometti's sculptural constructions, Graham Dean's and Eric Lacombe's technique, and the merger of Kehinde Wiley's standards.
