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State Of The Art 


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State Of The Art 

Artist’s Book - Volume II 


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State of the Art - International Artist’s Book 

ISBN: 978-989-98331-0-4 

Copyright 2013 Galeria Aberta 

Publish by 

Galeria Aberta 

Av. Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, 236, 1. esq. 

2775-611 CARCAVELOS, PORTUGAL 

Galeria Aberta 

All signed texts are published under written authorization from the authors who retain the copyright. All biographic information was provided by the 

respective artist under their sole responsibility. All photographs of artworks were provided by the respective artist and licensed for this publication. 

All artists featured in the “State of the Art - Artist’s Book” retain the copyright© for each of the individual images. No part of this book may be 

reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without written permission from the copyrights owners. All rights reserved. 


Contents 

Foreword 

Prologue 

Note from the publisher 

Alexandra Costa Gomes 

Alik Vetrof 

Ana Flores 

Ana Maria Malta 

Ana Palhas 

Ana Pedro 

Anita Kovacevic 

Anna Zacchi 

Antonieta Martinho 

Bruce Burt 

Bryan Stacy 

Christine M. Vorwerk 

Claudio Cassuto 

Dália V. Rêgo 

David 

David Ronald Jones 

Dulcídio 

Ed Ribeiro 

Elsa Oliveira 

Filomena Sousa 

Frank Mann 

Gabriela Casinhas 

Gulnar Sacoor 

Henrik Brondsted 

Inês Terrahe 

Irina Corduban 

Isabel Souza 

Isaura Xavier 

Jan Jansen 

João Galhofo 

Jorge Vilaça 

José Fortunato 

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Juchul Kim 

Lance W. McClurg 

Leida Rodríguez Vila 

Leila Ullmann 

Leyla Aysel Munteanu 

Lúcia Lupenny 

Lucie Boswell 

Luís Liberato 

Luís Rebelo 

Luisa de Souza 

Manuel Alexandrino 

Maria Claudino 

Maria Lucia Veiga 

Maria Manuel Pires 

Maria Tereza 

MariAn Simpson 

Marvel 

Meliza 

Miguel Relego 

Nicolau Campos 

Paula Pereira 

Paulo Tercio 

Paulo Themudo 

Pedro Charters d’Azevedo 

Regina Affonso 

Rui Nery Monteiro 

Ruth Stirnimann 

Sandra Borges 

Sara Vieira 

Sarvin Haghighi 

Shawn Shannon 

Shiva Aini 

Sônia Castro 

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Foreword 

Welcome to volume II of State of the Art, Artist’s Book. You might question was there really a need to release another 

volume so soon after the publication of the first one in 2013? Clearly yes, the demand exists both from the artist seeking 

representation and wider exposure, and for the public, whose thirst to uncover the work of the wealth of artists from 

around the world, remains unsated. This book also satisfies the need of the artist to be seen alongside his contemporaries 

and to explore their work, so it is indeed, an artist’s book! 

Here we have a volume which dips into a huge ocean of artistic talent and has succeeded in landing a catch of precious and 

rare pearls of the art world. 

The artists represented here are concerned with the visual message, they don’t rely on wordy descriptions or concepts, 

instead they rely on portraying their idea and message through the use of paint as has been the case from the time of the 

first cave paintings. A code, developed over the ages through education, instinct, culture and the subconscious, equips us 

with the knowledge to decipher these pictures. The artist is content for the viewer to interpret the work without recourse 

to knowing the innermost feelings or intentions present in the artist’s mind at the time of its execution. Often the image will 

mean different things to different people and this is a reflection of life where we all see things from our own viewpoint: the 

story can have more than 2 sides. We shouldn’t try to classify or categorize too strictly as this will inhibit the appreciation of 

what the eye beholds. This is not to say that we should suspend our intellectual process, rather we should allow it to expand 

to include that which is beyond verbal description in the way that we accept feelings which defy explanation. Who of us can 

say why they prefer blue to red and who is qualified to say that they are right or wrong? 

Without being in the presence of the artist we are challenged to enter the painting in an effort to comprehend the meaning 

behind it. This takes time so, whilst it may be considered important that the artwork is forceful enough to make us want to 

stop and look more closely, we can often overlook something which is deserving of closer scrutiny and, once we start to pick 

at it, we can unravel the most marvellous of representations. 

MariAn Boyle Simpson 


Prologue 

Fine Art is a form of communication encompassing vision, touch and sound. 

It is communicated in many forms demonstrated through using different techniques developed over time since those first 

expressed in the caves of our ancestors. 

This 2nd Edition of State of the Art | International Artist’s Book, edited by the Galeria Aberta / Art Vip Gallery, shows us a 

global collection of contemporary works of art which combine to offer a profound knowledge of existing artistic heritage, 

each artist serving society at the behest of beauty, culture, customs and tradition. 

The promotion of artists by art critics, exhibitions, social networks, or through any other medium, is important for their (re) 

cognition as artists and as a forum for the reception of their artworks. 

Galeria Aberta, through staging exhibitions, producing books and other initiatives, provides this service, ensuring that the 

work is presented at a level of quality capable of creating a social impact within the art world. 

This book is not a dictionary, but a compilation of artists interested in promoting their work with a trusted organization 

which is interested in protecting the needs of the artist. 

There are many artists for who art, as well as being their profession, is a way of life: they live and breathe their art and, 

through study and talent, strive to achieve recognition and success. 

This publication is essentially a global group exhibition revealing itself to a world-wide audience sensitive to the aesthetic 

qualities shown here in a multitude of formats. A group of diverse, self-motivated artists all communicating through common 

elements, namely – colour and design. 

One may question whether this book is a suitable form of communication for marketing artistic achievement, but these days 

all forms of communication are valid and Galeria Aberta is a principled organization with the best interests of the artist being 

its primary objective. 

The artists featured in this publication should be considered as artists from the upper echelons of the world of fine art. 

State of the Art | International Artist’s Book Vol. II, edited by the Galeria Aberta / Art Vip Gallery, continues with the same 

strong personality of the first volume with a team that identifies and maintains the visible face of ART! 

Angelo Vaz (art critic and curator) 


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Note from the publisher 

Once again new artists, alongside established ones, have the opportunity to show their art in the State of the Art - Artist’s 

book Vol. II. Selecting contemporary artists based on their most recent artwork is never an easy task. My goal is to present 

a wide range of contemporary quality artists. 

Galeria Aberta has an extensive experience of promoting art and artists; a mission which it has undertaken for the past 

thirteen years. I believe that we’ve struck the right balance and have succeeded in how casing a wide variation in terms of 

origins, styles and careers. From Naïve Art to Modern Art, the selected works demonstrate a recognizable high quality and 

innovation. 

In the “State of the Art - Artist’s Book Vol II”, are represented 70 artists from 23 countries. 

I want to thank Angelo Vaz, Bela Xavier, Paulo Themudo, Margarida Serra and MariAn Simpson for their team work and 

commitment to the project State of the Art. 

António Dulcídio 

(T. Dul) 

Galeria Aberta/Art Vip Gallery 


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Portugal 

Trained as an engineer, his professional life was developed in the area of State financing and in the sector of international economic relations. The 

passion for painting was constantly present in a particularly absorbing professional life and it assumed a key place after 2000 thanks to systematic 

training at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes. 

His plastic work reveals great sensibility to the Earth and the landscape. There is an understanding that culture is affirmed and that an ongoing and 

fruitful dialogue takes place between roots and the present. If culture is associated with sowing the seed in the Earth, art is, in its essence, the cult 

of the understanding of nature and humanity. He has participated in numerous collective exhibitions and has recently had individual exhibitions at 

the Centro Nacional de Cultura and in the Gallery of the Casino Estoril. 

aigdc@mac.com 

“Universo deslumbrante II” 

60x80cm - acrylic on canvas - 2010 

“A Montanha e o seu retrato I” 


“Anywhere is my land” 


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“Casas no ocaso” 

65x80cm - acrylic on canvas - 2007

Ukraine 


The work on the paintings Vetrof makes references to specific places, even some plants, and 

reducing their hyperbolizing, opening space, manifested silhouettes become more abstract. 

Communications of examining the relationship between man and the urban infrastructure. 

Daily interaction with underground passages, communications, bridges and streets, people do 

not pay attention to them, hardly notice them. 

Without claiming to be the new style so not having a conceptual artist reveals the new dark 

places. It was at dusk, at night, these objects come to life with great power and passion, 

exposing its essence and poetry, hiding during the day for the gray and dull colors. Vetrof uses 

a technique in the style of the early Renaissance, processing it in an abstract impressionist style 

and embodying in a unique conceptual style copyright. 

http://www.portalart.co.uk/subsection.htm?sectionId=2&artistId=3 | vetrof.a@gmail.com 

“The slope of the estuary” 

50x50cm - oil on canvas - 2014 

“The first snow” 


“Peresypskyi mist, Odessa art-tunnel” 


“Hrushevskoho Street Kiev Ukraine” 

45x5 cm - diptych oil on canvas - 2014 


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Ana Flores 

Portugal/South Africa 

Ana Flores was born in 1964 in Lourenço Marques (now known as 

Maputo), in Mozambique. She moved to South Africa in 1974 where she 

now lives and works. 

The hidden sensuality of bygone times, together with present-day 

customs and life-styles, are Ana’s artistic inspiration. Africa runs in her 

blood! She describes her relationship with this mysterious and striking 

continent as that of mother & daughter. 

An internationally recognized artist, she is represented in many public 

and private collections. Her work has been featured on international 

television, in newspapers, in trade magazines and in coffee-table art 

books. 

Ana works in various techniques and mediums but her preference is for 

oil on canvas. 

www.facebook.com/ANAFLORESART 

AnaFloresArt@gmail.com 

“Transcending Nomadic Love - Kalahari Desert” 

101,5x76,5x4cm - oil on canvas - 2014 

“Mntwana we Afrika na Macansi” 

76 x76x4cm - oil on canvas - 2010 

“Raul Flores” 

122x95x4cm oil and gold & silver leaf on canvas - 2013 


“Zebra” 

150x100cm - mixed media on canvas - 2014

Portugal 


Ana Maria Malta was born on the 26th March 1949 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. She 

has participated in over 300 collective and individual exhibitions throughout Portugal, 

Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, Japan and the United States. 

Ana Maria has received several awards and she was honoured in Vila Franca de Xira 

with the Medal of Cultural Merit. Her work can be found in both public and private 

collections all over the world. She is also featured in several art publications, both 

national and international. 

tecnalidade@netcabo.pt 

“Primeiras Chuvas III” 

42x29,7cm - watercolour on Canson paper - 2011 

“Primeiras Chuvas IV” 


“Primeiras Chuvas A” 



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Ana Palhas 

Portugal 

Ana Paula Bruno Palhas was born on 3rd March 1961, in the small city of 

Grândola in Portgual’s Alentejo region. 

She has always been fascinated by the arts especially by painting. 

After some years of self-tuition she attended the Alencores Painting 

School. There, under the tutelage of Professor Charles Hejnal, she 

discovered the magic of colour and gained the necessary techniques 

to help her develop her work. For Ana, realism is the style which most 

satisfies her ambitions and which she loves most. 

Ana enjoys the privilege of living in a region close to both the beauty of 

the sea and the colours of the Alentejo countryside which provide the 

motives and the inspiration for her painting. 

Since 2005 she has participated in single and collective exhibitions. She 

was awarded the gold medal in the 3rd Salão Internacional de Arte da 

Galeria Aberta in Estoril. 

ppalhas1961@gmail.com 

“Óbidos com o seu encanto” 


“Merecido descanso” 

60x50cm - dry pastel - 2014 

“A aguardar um novo dia” 

60x50cm - dry pastel - 2014 


“Ribeira entre duas margaridas (Grândola)” 

120x90cm - oil on canvas - 2012

Portugal 

Ana Pedro 

Ana Pedro, was born in Angola in 1975 and came to 

Coimbra in Portugal to complete her studies. She is a 

retired technology education teacher and lives in Porto. In 

2010 Ana began to exhibit her works and has participated 

in 26 collective exhibitions in Portugal, Spain, Belgium, 

Italy and France and in 7 solo exhibitions in Portugal. 

Several of her works are represented in both public and 

private institutions. She is a member of the association 

forum ARTS-Coimbra-Portugal. 

anapedro7@gmail.com 

“Composition 11” 









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Austria 

Anita Kovacevic is a Canadian internationally published and exhibited fine 

art photographer, working primarly in monochrome and occasionally in 

warm tones and color. 

Born in 1975 in Slovenia and after many years of wandering in many 

countries, she is currently living in Salzburger Land in Austria. 

Anita creates fine art photographs, but she also has interest in street 

and photojournalistic photography. Her images are to be found in private 

collections in the USA, Canada, Germany, France, etc., and she has 

been published both in print and online as well as exhibited in various 

countries. 

www.fineartbyanita.com | info@fineartbyanita.com 

“Opening to You” 

3648x2736 pixels - digital black and white photography - 2013 

“Perfect Sense III” 


“In the fog” 



“Perfect Sense IV” 

3166x2661 pixels - digital black and white photography - 2014

Brazil 

Anna Zacchi 

Anna Zacchi, a Brazilian, is dedicated to being an artist, architect, urban planner and designer. 

As an artist she enjoys nature and seeks to portray her taste in simple paintings. Anna’s hands draw what her imagination sees, it’s the freedom given 

to the mind where the pencil takes care of the drawing. 

Since childhood she has had an interest in art and science & technology, collecting awards along the way. She has participated in exhibitions of 

architecture and design and, even before she graduated, received a prize for New Talent in Architecture graduating as the third best student in the 

college. 

www.annazacchi.com | info@annazacchi.com 

“Dawn (nature collection)” 

16,54x22,05in - watercolor pencil drawing - 2013 

“Seasons (nature collection)” 

16,54x22,05in - pastel with natural leaves - 2012 

“The construction (nature collection)” 

16,54x22,05in - watercolour - 2012 

“The small house to play (projects collection)” 

16,54x22,05in - watercolour - 2012 


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Portugal 

Antonieta Martinho was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She graduated 

in medicine from the University of Lisbon in 1974. Antonieta has always shared her 

life with art and has a special affinity with painting. She started to learn how to paint 

in 2006 and is currently improving her knowledge of the techniques of oil painting 

at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon. Her artistic output begins with the 

exploration and deconstruction of selected images: she manipulates the various 

forms as they emerge, transforming them into new, abstracted metaphors. At 

times, some of these allegorical images impress on the imagination an expression, 

an atmosphere and an intensity where the symbolism creates a language which 

becomes our own. 

baiao.antonieta@gmail.com 

“Diwali II” 

100x100 cm - oil on canvas - 2011 

“Diwali I” 


“Do Imaginário I” 



“Do Imaginário II” 

100x100 cm - oil on canvas - 2012

Puerto Rico 

Bruce Burt 

Bruce Burt, graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, with a masters 

degree in Painting. While residing in New York City, he worked with the Guggenheim 

Museum as teacher of painting and film. In 2001, he moved to Puerto Rico, having 

exhibitions at the University of Mayaguez, Museum of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, 

Museum of Alfredo Ramirez de Arellano, and the Museum of the Americas, San Juan, 

P.R., while also participating in many Galleries on the West Cost and San Juan. His 

paintings are conceptualization of subject matter, the Pop Art series convey positive 

energy with a symbolic message and his boldness of color in a realistic way. 

www.bruceburtartist.com | albru@prtc.net 

“Archives of Happiness” 

40x60in - acrylic on canvas - 2013 

“Pier 91” 


“Lady of the Night” 


“Desert Heat” 



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Bryan Stacy 

USA 

My legal name is Bryan Stacy (AKA: 

LEAF) and I have been making art 

for as long as I can remember. After 

battling the rough world of street-life 

and underground graffiti culture for 

many years (and loving it), I eventually 

got serious when I met my late mentor 

and learned to hone my craft. I now 

practice many types of art out of my 

Tattoo Parlor/Art Factory (Anvil & Ink) 

in Wilmington NC, and travel as much 

as I can to paint murals, tattoo, and 

meet other artists. Go big, stay up, 

and stay inspired by the world around 

you, enjoy the leaves as they change 

and never forget who you are... 

http://www.bryanstacyart.com 

bryanstacyart@gmail.com 

“LEAFILLONE (Rebel Alliance)” 

14 foot - florescent light fixture with welded frame and rag 

paper, mixed media - 2013 

“Deadman’s Hand” 

42x14in - bench-top - enamel and acrylic - 2013 

“Demon Pig” 

2x3.5 foot - chalkboard, enamel, acrylic, and airbrush - 2014 


“Wishmaster” 

20x32in - glass window - enamel and acrylic - 2013

Germany 


Christine M. Vorwerk is a German artist, whose work consists of drawings, 

abstract paintings, and photography. 

The common topic of the images belonging to the cycle “EQUINOX” is that 

state in nature when, twice a year, day and night are of equal length all 

over the earth, marking the beginning of spring and autumn. It is a state in 

which all dynamic powers of nature appear balanced and stable, referring 

to mental and emotional balance: equanimity. 

Thus, for example, the ram’s horn in EQUINOX II alludes to the beginning 

of spring, called first point of Aries. At the same time the influence of past 

seasons is still present, represented by autumn’s pears and the winter 

bleakness of the stones. 

www.artcmv.com | Christine.vorwerk@googlemail.com 

“EQUINOX I, Amaryllis” 

40x60cm(15.7x23.6in) - mixed media drawing on Fabriano Cardboard - 2012 

“EQUINOX II, Ram’s Horn” 

60x40cm(23.6x15.7in) - mixed media drawing on Fabriano Cardboard - 2014 

“EQUINOX IV, Pears with Bumblebee” 

40x18cm(15x7.0in) - mixed media drawing on Fabriano Cardboard - 2013 


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United Kingdom 

There is doubtless a word in Italian for the mood that pervades Claudio’s work. 

As long as it’s seen to be fun, then he is happy. So let’s just say “Commedia 

dell’Arte”. Whatever inspiration he discovered was gleaned from found and stored 

objects, which suddenly came to life when restored and recycled. In Napoleon’s 

Famous Words illustrated here, old wooden printing blocks in the colours of 

the French flag suddenly become reality. The mirror effect allows the viewer 

to read it backwords.! Nature’s Bounty shows reconsctructed flowers made 

using both miniature clothes’ pegs, paper shredding and a piece of tree bark. 

Double Vision is a mirrored effect composition using partly glass bricks. Recently 

Claudio came second out of over 1.500 artists in the EAC Art Awards with this 

composition “Napoleon’s Words”. The award ceremony took place at the House of 

Lords in London. This artwork attracted great attention and some comments can be 

seen below: “This is an extraordinary piece of contemporary artwork. The subject 

is very unique, with fabulous creativity. I hope that many people like myself get to 

appreciate his talent and geniality.” Sara de la Torre 

“Technically hard to construct, it is very well made, poetic and dynamic, vibrant 

colours it entertains and delights... a sculpture, it’s a youthful, happy piece! Great 

Claudio! Whitechapel gallery maybe?” Imogen Milward 

cassuto@btinternet.com 

“Double Vision” 

14x12x7in - mixed media - 2013 

“Napoleon’s Famous Words” 

22x5x4in - mixed media - 2012 

“Nature’s Bounty” 

15x11in - mixed media (private collection) - 2013 


Portugal 


Born in Lisbon, Dália V. Rêgo has 

been a teacher for more than 

thirty years. She studied decorative 

art and, in order to consolidate 

her practical skills with a deeper 

knowledge of the art of painting, 

she has since completed a painting 

course at the Sociedade Nacional 

de Belas Artes in Lisbon, 

Taking the various sensations she 

experiences, she interprets them 

onto the canvas through coloured 

abstractions that suggest harmony 

and equilibrium. Dália interprets 

movement and everyday objects 

and their relationship to each 

other; she imbues them with the 

colour and form suggested to her 

by the impressions they make in 

her considerations of them. 

daliavalerego@gmail.com 

“La Coruja” 

100X81cm - acrylic on canvas - 2014 

“Máscara Africana” 


“O Jerbo” 


“La Passionata” 



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David 

Portugal 

Born in 1953 in Lamego, David is a self-taught artist who has participated 

in several exhibitions in local communities. 

He has some of his works in the Netherlands, France and Germany. 

david.rib1953@gmail.com 

“Costa da Caparica - 1960” 


“Descarregando o moliço” 


“Lemes de moliceiros” 



“Canal Central ‘Aveiro’ - 1960” 


USA 


David’s drawing style developed as a young boy, He was born in St. Asaph, 

North Wales and went to school in the area until moving to England to 

earn undergraduate honors degrees in Mechanical Engineering and 

Economics from the University of Birmingham. Subsequently David 

moved to Paris, France and lived there for six years during which he was 

honored to have his first art show of his Indian ink and brush drawings on 

Canson paper. This Paris exhibition depicting “The Body as Architecture” 

was sponsored and curated by Dr. Caroline Boyle-Turner, the noted 

art historian, who later became the curator for the Rijksmuseum and 

subsequently founded The Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in 

Brittany, France. David moved to the United States in 1980 and spends 

his days and nights creating works of art he hopes will speak to people in 

the depth of their being bringing light to the imagination, the mind and 

the eyes. He is very proud of his recently completed series of large oil 

paintings titled “The Cycle of Life”. These paintings depict the seven 

stages we all go through as we experience life which are: Special; 

Invincible; Pressure; Vulnerable; Fragile; Acceptance; and finally Wisdom 

and Preparation. 

www.davidronaldjones.com | davidronaldjones@gmail.com 

“Pressure” 

40x30in - oil on canvas - 2011 

“Provence” 


“Spooked” 



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Dulcídio 

Portugal 

Dulcídio defines Art as communication, dreams, emotions, protest, aestheticism, and the ultimate human realization. “The good things in life are 

made with art”. The need to communicate and personal fulfilment are what drive him to create. Dulcídio is essentially driven by his emotional 

responses but, more importantly, he finds his personal balance when creating a painting. Dulcídio exposes his inner sensitivities for the viewer 

to analyse and understand, welcoming their responses and evaluation. Should the viewer fail to react then he experiences a disturbing sense of 

disappointment. 

Much of Dulcídio works are thought provoking, 

laced with social comment; crying out to be 

regarded as a serious alert to the problems 

faced by today’s society. In other works we 

see his fascination with light and surrealism 

often realised through his depictures of 

creatures from the sea. As a keen scuba diver, 

Dulcídio has often immersed himself in the 

surreal world of these alien-like forms and his 

fascination with them is plain. 

Pulsating life forms propel through the 

blackness and we can almost feel the 

movement as they resonate on the canvas. 

Seen within a dark space, light penetrates the 

darkness both from the outside and from the 

life forms themselves which glow with an inner, 

energetic luminosity. Each organism radiates 

its own light and illuminates the shadowy 

world in which it thrives. 

This darkness is not threatening; it is more akin 

to a comforting cocoon nurturing its progeny. 

The joy of the beauty of the subject matter felt 

by Dulcídio is evident, transmitting freedom 

and abandonment to the elements which give 

them life. 

Other images are more thought provoking, 

juxtaposing unfamiliar elements which become 

unified within an eerily lit, serene environment 

often reminiscent of the work of Dali or Max 

Ernst but transmitting tranquility rather than 

disquiet. 

Dulcídio is the founder, manager and president 

of the Galeria Aberta - Artists Association. He 

is represented in several collections in Portugal, 

Spain and Denmark. 

by MariAn Simpson 

www.dulcidio.com 

antoniodulcidio@gmail.com 

“The crab in love with the flower” 

60x40cm - oil on linem - 2014 


Portugal 

Dulcídio 

“Jellyfish I” 


“Jellyfish II” 


“Jellyfish V” 



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Dulcídio 

Portugal 

“Ladybug and the flower” 


“Ladybug II” 

61X50cm - oil on canvas - 2010 


“Ladybug III” 


Portugal 

Dulcídio 

“Deconstruction of a still life” 


“Loose notes” 


“St. Matthew Passion” 

80x80x4cm - oil on canvas - 2012 


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Ed Ribeiro 

Brazil 

Today, Ed Ribeiro is renowned for his unusual art of allowing paint to drip and flow 

to help create images which reflect elements taken from both African culture 

and the ancient Orixás, deities from the Yoruba religion which signify energy and 

nature. When contemplating the work of this artist, we are able to feel the energy 

and strength that Ed Ribeiro delicately and passionately conveys to each canvas. 

Defined through positive energies and an inner force, each work of art is 

unequalled, occupying a unique position in the art market whilst maintaining 

an awareness of its overall standing and purpose. 

https://www.facebook.com/artistaedribeiro 

edribeiro@edribeiro.com.br 

“Iemenjá” 


“Xangô” 



“Oxóssi” 


“Ogum” 


Portugal 

Elsa Oliveira 

Elsa Oliveira was born in Montalegre in Portugal and graduated from the 

University of Coimbra with a degree in Biology. She was a teacher, author 

and labour activist. In 2002, Elsa began her art training at the studio of 

Zoran/Teresa Trigalhos and, since 2006, she has exhibited regularly in 

Portugal’s central region including its capital, Lisbon. 

Elsa is now resident in Sao Paulo in Brazil and, in 2013-2014, she had 2 

solo exhibitions there and participated in 2 projects in the Gallery of Casa 

de Portugal. In conjunction with the Anjos Art Gallery she also took part 

in the 2014 Seville International Fair. Elsa’s work is represented in both 

public and private collections. She is a member of SNBA, IMARGEM and 

the GROUP ARTEFACTO. 

elsaoliveira014@gmail.com 

“Movimento I” 


“Romance” 


“Movimento II” 


“Simbioses” 



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Portugal 

Filomena Sousa is a Portuguese artist whose essentially abstract works are based entirely 

on the fruits of her imagination inspiring her to create fluid works guided by instinct. 

She applies colour directly to the paper by brush or with her hands in the manner of 

the fauvists and the expressionists. Her painting is instinctive, lyrical and expressionist 

where colour is left to create the form. 

Filomena is represented in the BANIF (Portuguese bank) private collection and has 

participated in numerous exhibitions with a number of well-known and respected artists 

such as Santamarina, Alice Racer, Mario Silva and Pedro Albuquerque. She is a member 

of several contemporary Portuguese and Spanish art groups. 

ecomenica@gmail.com 

“Flôr” 

80x60cm - pastel on canvas, hand painting - 2013 

“Categórico” 

80x80cm - acrylic on canvas, hand painting - 2014 

“Orgasmo” 

100x80cm - acrylic on canvas, hand painting - 2014 


“Majestoso” 

100x100cm - acrylic on canvas, hand painting - 2014

USA 

Frank Mann 

Born in Washington, D.C., Frank Mann has exhibited widely with major exhibitions in New York, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona, and Berlin. His work has 

been included in exhibitions in Asia, including Seoul, Taipei, and Tokyo, in the United States, in New York, Miami, and Seattle, and in South America, 

in Buenos Aires, and Sao Paulo. A recent installation of his paintings was exhibited at La Chappelle des Salelles, St. Maurice D’Ibie, (Ardeche) France, 

as part of the International Festival D’Art Contemporain. He lives and works in New York City. 

www.oculusonline.net | fm@frankmann.com 

“Oculus nº 1” 









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“O náufrago” 


Portugal 

Gabriela Casinhas was 

born in Lisbon in 1984 

where her passion for the 

arts manifested itself at an 

early age. She studied at 

the Faculty for Architecture 

and Fine Arts in Lisbon 

where she gained both 

her Bachelor’s degree 

and Master’s degree in 

design. Since 2004 she has 

dedicated herself full time 

to painting and design. In 

2013 she opened her own 

art studio printing textiles 

and producing promotional 

items. Gabriela has taken 

part in dozens of exhibitions 

and has produced more 

than 100 works of art. 

arte21galeria@gmail.com 

“A teia” 



“Flor do campo” 


“O paraíso” 

40x80cm -acrylic on canvas - 2011

Portugal 

“Série Diálogos - Mondrian-Rothco n. 15” 

40x50cms - mixed media - 2011 



Gulnar Sacoor 

‘’Arte tells the unspeakable, expresses 

the inexpressible and translates the 

untranslatable - Leonardo da Vinci’’ 

This self-taught artist was born in 

Mozambique and has lived in Portugal 

since 1974. She began painting in 

1984 since when she has attended 

many painting, drawing and art history 

courses in different Portuguese art 

schools amongst them the National 

Society for Fine Arts and Lisbon 

University. Gulnar has participated in 

many solo and collective exhibitions 

since 2000 and is represented in public 

and private collections in Portugal 

and abroad. In the process of her 

development, she has experimented 

with many different techniques but 

she is currently concentrating on 

the use of acrylic, mixed media and 

collage. 

Gulnar is a member of The National 

Society of Fine Arts in Portugal and 

Galeria Aberta. Her complete portfolio 

may be viewed at www.ggsacoor.com. 

ggs@netcabo.pt 



“Série paisagens nº 7” 



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Danmark 

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Henrik Brondsted bought his first Leica M3 at the age of 

15 and got a commission of three portraits. 

Henrik explores the human face to get beyond the surface\and his pictures can be 

described as poetic realism 

taking inspiration from the french filmtradition of Marcel Carné and Nouvelle Vague.\ 

Henrik has been a teacher at the University of Copenhagen\lecturing in visual media. He 

has received a gold medal in an international photo competition for best black and white 

portrait. 

www.henrikbrondsted.com | henrik@henrikbrondsted.com 

“The athlete” 

film (photography) - 2013 

“Marie” 


“Pernille” 



“The poet” 

film (photography) - 2014

Portugal 

Inês Terrahe 

Inês BF Terrahe is a Portuguese resident who was born 

in the Netherlands in 1986. During her adolescence, 

she embarked upon a voyage of discovery of the arts 

including drawing, poetry, photography and music. 

However, it wasn’t until she was 17 and she started an 

introductory course at the Portuguese National Society 

of Art, that she discovered her real love of painting. Ever 

since then she has embraced art as her main pastime, 

using oil and acrylic to express herself through colour, 

whilst still maintaining her love for photography. 

http://nesbf.deviantart.com 

ines.terrahe@gmail.com 

“Fogo ardente” 


“As cores da música” 


“Red&you” 



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“Gentle touch” 

4499x6720px - 2014 

“Tortured artist” 

3168x4752px - 2014 


Irina’s digital art is a body of work which she embarked 

upon following her decision to abandon her more 

traditional easel painting. She is now struggling to 

understand her fundamental condition as an artist by 

evaluating and analysing her past work. She subscribes 

to the view that creative work is a process of failing 

repeatedly until you find the answer. 

For Irina, creativity is the individual expression of 

one’s needs, desires and existence. The world, in all 

its beauty, generates ideas and the observation of 

its magnificence inspires her to take risks in order to 

further her creativity. 

Irina deems that the power of inspiration can 

concentrate the mind enough to make one immune 

to internal and external pressures. She believes that 

one can harness energy from duress and, coupled 

with desire and ability, channel this potential into 

creativeness. As an artist she is informed by, and 

experiments with, emotions and sensations which give 

rise to her creative depictions. 

Irina’s artistic path has been heavily influenced by her 

religious upbringing. She finds parallels in traditional, 

religious paintings of penance, torture, pain and 

punishment endured for the sake of one’s beliefs, to 

the struggles experienced in creating one’s art. 

She also finds stimulation and inspiration in the 

contradictions in her mind. Images taken from many 

sources such as her childhood, her dreams, days and 

nights, good and evil are all exposed through her art like 

the reflections in a shop window merging the outside 

with the inside. The real world is combined with the 

invented world leading us to question the deceptions 

so prevalent within the environment in which we live. 

http://irinacorduban.wix.com/art-and-tuition 

ina_ornament@yahoo.com 

“Chinese” 

3658x3801px - 2014 


“Angels of destiny” 

3168x4752px - 2014

Brazil 

Isabel Souza 

These works are part of the “Olhares do Brasil”, a solo exhibition 

of artist Isabel Souza, to commemorate the 125 th anniversary 

of Méier, the neighbourhood where the artist lives and works. 

The artist has recorded her observations of a Brazil that has 

been influenced by many nationalities, making the country a 

rich environment for the study of the traditions and beliefs 

that have been absorbed into its culture. 

ma.isabelsouza@gmail.com 

“Crianças do Brasil” 


“Senhora de Copacabana” 


“Avante!” 


“Sou brasileiro” 

50x70cm - oil on canvas -2012 

“Carioca sim senhor” 

oil on canvas - 2012 


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Isaura Xavier 

Portugal 

Isaura Xavier was born in Porto, Portugal, on March 

the 12th 1947. Despite her love of art and a great 

desire to make a career of it, she followed advice 

from her family and her English teacher and took 

a degree in German Philology at Lisbon University. 

However, after she was married and whilst she was 

teaching English to 10 year olds, she attended art 

school and began to realize her longed for dream 

of painting. Her first exhibition was in Ermesinde, 

near Porto in 1986. Since then, she has had 20 

solo exhibitions and has also participated in 

several collective ones throughout Portugal and, 

in 2010, took part in one in Denmark. Art for her 

is steeped in the values of her childhood and her 

deep feelings for her country’s history, traditions 

and landscape. Isaura believes that art is the most 

engaging way of meeting God and his creations; it 

is the fundamental project of her life to use art to 

help others discover the beauty in the world. 

www.paintingsilove.com/artist/isaura 

isaurax@gmail.com 

“Convite à Esperança” 

100x90cm - óleo sobre tela - 2011 

“Mar Português” 



“Ao Luar” 


Denmark 

Jan Jensen 

The mainstream of modern art reflects our busy 

schedules - continually on the move. The ability 

to keep pace with this fast-moving current means 

adopting a competitive edge - it’s about being 

in front. In the international world of art the 

constant flow of images is immense. Artists who 

continue to express themselves through painting 

find themselves frustrated as they furiously try 

to accumulate broad, expressionist marks on 

kilometres of canvas. Jan doesn’t bother. He starts 

where the others left off. For Jan, time is not a thief, 

but an expansive source allowing him to practise 

his perceptive craftsmanship. His pictures are not 

modern - they are timeless! 

www.jan-jen-sen.dk 

janjensen1049@gmail.com 

“Robinson Crusoe” 

210x130cm - acrylic on wood - 2013 

“Balkanibal” 


“Ragnarok” 


“Cloth-art” 



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Portugal 

João Galhofo was born in the south, in the 

village of Redondo, Evora, in 1962. From 

an early age showed great aptitude for the 

arts. 

He began his artistic activity in the 1980s, 

joining the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon. 

Here was a pupil of the painter Luisa D’Orey 

in the areas of Drawing the Human Figure 

and Anatomy and student of Prof. Dr. Arthur 

Ramos in the areas of Drawing and Painting, 

Body and Portrait teachers that marked his 

artistic career in the areas of Painting and 

Sculpture. Completed in 2103 about 200 

exhibits. 

www.artesgalhofo.com 

joao@artesgalhofo.com 

“Praça do Rossio” 


“Marquês do Pombal” 


“Amália Rodrigues” 



“Torre de Belém” 


Portugal 

Jorge Vilaça 

Jorge Vilaça’s relationship with 

art began at an early age in 

Santo Tirso in Portugal’s north 

where he was born, and it 

continues to develop through 

the constant interchange 

inspired by all the places he 

visits. His passion for painting 

and photography dawned 

in 2006, since when he has 

pursued a vigorous and 

coherent path, marked by 

his participation in various 

exhibitions and publications. 

His approach reflects his 

buzzing, inquisitive, artistic 

personality, driving him to 

study, explore and experiment 

with various techniques, mixing 

them and making them his 

own. His works exude a great 

sensuality, but also show a shy 

teenager seeing the world for 

the first time. 

www.jorgevilaca.eu 

vilaca.jorge@gmail.com 

“Adam” 


“Eve” 



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Jorge Vilaça 

Portugal 

Who is Lilith ... 

Lilith is primarily the search for his own statement. 

She is also the tempting, seductive and alluring by their disturbing 

powers. 

She is silent and secret. 

She is one that men fear though feeling attracted to her ... 


“Lilith” 

61x26,5cm - oil on canvas - 2013

Portugal 


José Manuel Fortunato was born in 1946, 

at Oporto, Portugal, and graduated as 

Mechanical Engineering at IST, Lisbon. 

He is a self taught painter and has long 

used oil pastel, water colour and water 

colour graphite. He started painting with 

oil on canvas in 1997. 

Fortunato was a former Associate 

Member of ISMP – International Society 

of Marine Painters (A non profit US 

Corporation). 

He is an effective member of Galeria 

Aberta. 

Fortunato joined several Exhibitions, 

at Marina de Lagos, Algarve at “Ordem 

dos Engenheiros”, Lisboa and “Museu da 

Marioneta”, Lisboa. 

He published several serigraphy’s, is 

represented in art books and has some of 

is art works in private collections. 

www.artwanted.com/fortunato 

josemfortunato@gmail.com 

“Amo-te minha Floresta” 


“Luz Coada” 


“Outono Escaldante” 



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Portugal 

“Bosque da Alegria” 


“Bosque da Ilusão” 


“Ena a Lua” 



“Princesse de Mérida et sa chienne” 


Italy 


Joseph Virgone was born in Italy in 1946 and lives in Tullins in the 

Rhône-Alpes Region of France. This international, contemporary master 

has devoted all his life to art, creating several thousand paintings and 

sculptures. He has had many exhibitions in galleries, sanctuaries and 

museums including; Southern Nevada Museum in Las Vegas, USA; 

Museum of the Americas in Doral, Florida; Museums Alatri and Monreale 

in Italy; Macclesfield in the UK; and the Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor, 

Egypt. Joseph Virgone’s art is expressed with passion, mystery, poetry, 

originality, spiritual tumult, and rich imagination providing a glimpse into 

a fascinating universe. 

http://www.virgone.com 

joseph@virgone.com 

“Bataille des Dieux” 


“L’Impassible” 

76x110cm - acrylic on board - 2013 

“Le Génie” 



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Juchul Kim 

South Korea 

A few years ago, Juchul Kim became fascinated with bridges and began to wonder about their function. She started to see the bridge in terms of its 

history, its cultural exchanges and as a means of communication. 

In the October of 2011, Juchul Kim spent time in Europe and New York and it was during these visits that she observed many more bridges. She saw 

them immersed in the landscape, directing the focus of her work and linking all the essential elements. When she paints bridges, she is reminded of 

Simon and Garfunkel`s song, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. Now, sensing the arduous journey of life in the 21 century passing below a bridge, she 

is inspired to try to paint a picture of it. 

www.godart.kr | kjc0530@daum.net 

“Incheon Bridge, Korea” 


“Gwangan bridge, Korea” 

194x130,3cm - oil on canvas - 2014 


“Tower Bridge, London” 

72,7x60,6cm - oil on canvas - 2014

USA 


Lance W. McClurg is a urban photographer who has recently relocated 

back to the United States from Toronto, Ontario Canada. Lance has been 

taking photos now for almost 4 years, and his style and visual artistry has 

evolved into something quite distinctive. His talent for capturing different 

architectural aspects of buildings, and in cityscapes imbue his portfolio 

with a sense of the epic, majestic and the bold. His success derives from 

the pursuit of all the unique moments that are generated from the energy 

of the bustle of city life. Lance has also recently been named 1st and 5th 

place winner in Category 47 – Manipulated photography- Landscape or 

still life, in the 2013 American Art Awards. 

www.lancewmcclurgphotography.com 

lancemgphotography@gmail.com 

“Fly” 

567x320 pixels - digital photography - 2012 

“Flowers 5” 

1024x782 pixels - digital photography - 2010 

“Quiet” 

1153X2047 pixels - digital photography -2013 

“Gargoyle” 

1082X1082 pixels - digital photography - 2012 


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Puerto Rico 

Leida Rodríguez Vila, was born 

in San Juan in Puerto Rico and 

graduated with a Bachelor of 

Arts from the Inter-American 

University of Puerto Rico. 

This artist is defined by the 

Museum of Contemporary 

Art of Puerto Rico as an 

abstract impressionist painter, 

skilled in watercolour, pastel, 

acrylic and oil. Whilst she 

was studying at the school 

of fine art in San Juan, her 

development and education in 

the visual arts was influenced 

by artists such as Fran Cervoni, 

Dieppa, Jaime Suárez, Myrna 

Báez, López Del Campo and 

Antonio Martorell. In 2009 she 

became greatly involved in the 

development of arts projects 

and she established the Artists’ 

Coalition of Puerto Rico. 

www.leidavila.com 

arte@leidavila.com 

“El Ladrón” 


“El Roble” 

22x30in - watercolour on cotton paper 140Lb(300gr) - 2014 

“A la deriva” 



“El Manglar” 

48x36in - acrylic on canvas - 2014

Brazil 

“Alegria” 


“O brinco” 

60x60cm - mixed media - 2014 

Leila Ullmann 

This Brazilian artist was born in Rio de 

Janeiro and her work clearly reflects 

this. She has held a great number of solo 

exhibitions, some of them on a permanent 

basis, both in her native Brazil and in the 

U.S.A. 

Aside from selling many works into private 

collections throughout the world, Leila 

Ullman is represented in several museums. 

The private collection of Jerry Shover boasts 

over 50 of her works in the U.S.A. and Rio 

de Janeiro and, in addition to this, she has 

more than 25 works in the private collection 

of Teodoro Euclid in Rio de Janeiro and 

over 22 works, including portraits, with the 

private collector Paul Cade, also in Rio de 

Janeiro. 

In October 2011, Leila won “The Best in 

Show Award” at The African American Fine 

Art Society held in Philadelphia, U.S.A. 

leilapoderosa@yahoo.com.br 

“Africanidades” 


“As cores da idade” 



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Canada 

Leyla Aysel Munteanu was born in Hunedoara, Romania in 1967 and moved to Canada in 1998. 

She has an impressive list of academic achievements including B.Sc., BFA, B.Ed., and MFA. 

Leyla works in many different media but enjoys mixed media the most. Her work appears in 

private collections all over the world and she has received awards for her art in many national 

and international competitions. She is also featured in many publications, from the USA to 

Italy. Leyla is interested in expressing situations and feelings, which we experience as human 

beings, using a wide variety of both traditional and innovative materials. 

www.finearts-leylamunteanu.com 

lmunteanu@cogeco.ca 

“Fire Land 1” 

32x32cm(12x12in) - encaustic on board - 2013 


32x32cm(12x12in) - encaustic on board - 2013 

“Christiano painting” 




32x32cm(12x12in) - encaustic on board - 2013

Brazil 


To write about this artist is no easy task. Lúcia Lupenny Rodrigues, considers 

herself to be an eclectic artist who has been gracing us with an honest 

interpretation of art that has found a way to facilitate the meaning of 

that which does not translate. 

This artist is able to compose and create images which reflect what goes 

on behind the scenes. She loves the smell of the paint and she sees 

the colours as givers of life and energy.They bestow on her the gift of 

silence, a friend that never betrays. It is the silence that Lúcia creates in 

her work that makes her a creator of dreams. 

The displayed artworks are private collection. 

lupenny_rodrigues@hotmail.com 

“Arianrhod” 


“Anitie” 


“Lucy” 


“Bacco d’Joval 73” 



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Lucie Boswell 

USA 

Lucie Boswell was born in 1968 in San Francisco and from an early age knew she wanted to communicate 

to the world as an artist. After studying art at UC Santa Barbara and photography at the renowned Santa 

Fe Photographic Workshop, she moved to Los Angeles in 1996 where she has built an impressive resume in 

various mediums from photography to painting to mixed media. Her work has been shown in galleries both 

nationally and internationally, and published in numerous books and publications. Boswell is also an avid 

patron of the arts, supporting artists, museums and programs around the world. 

http://www.lucieboswell.30art.com 

“MDMA” 

25x59in - 3 panel airbrush paint on canvas - 2013 

“Liquid Fascination” 

20x20in - airbrush paint on canvas - 2014 

“Chinatown Gateway” 

15x10in - digital photography - 2013 


“Slick” 

28x22in - airbrush paint on canvas - 2012

Portugal 


Luís Liberato, a self-taught artist, was born in 

Guinea-Bissau in 1955 and currently resides 

in Lisbon. In 2010 he began to devote himself 

exclusively to painting and since then he has 

exhibited in both individual and collective shows. 

His work is based on memories and he 

superimposes a variety of media to add depth, 

intrigue and interest to his painting. Luís Liberato’s 

captivating images leave the completion of the 

concept to the beholder by enticing them to draw 

on their own imagination and memories. 

liberatoluis@gmail.com 

“Mar vivo” 

97x130cm - mixed media on canvas - 2014 

“Água viva” 


“Mar novo” 


“Borda d’água” 



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Luís Rebelo 

Portugal 

“...very strong. His painting has an organic spirit, it is alive, it moves, it is restless, it 

carries us along ... and the use of the palette knife has a certain allure which unlocks 

a vision of alternative cities, lands, culture, making the old seem new, playing with 

the paint, stirring it, living it, loving it and even hating it, it becomes a living organism 

suspended in a fantastic formalism movement. “ 

Manuel Bontempo in “O Despertar”, 9th January 2009 

www.luis-rebelo.com | rebelo.painting@homail.com 

“Slow down, the silence” 


“Night brings to life new color” 


“The pollen of desire” 



“The night makes us lose to meet” 


Portugal 

Luíza de Souza 

A versatile and creative artist who plays with large, expressive brush strokes, Luisa depicts 

flowers, landscapes, and seascapes with warm and meaningful imagery full of charm, light and 

colour. 

Her colourful and sensitively depicted flowers, expressed with blocks of intense colour, create 

images somewhere between reality and fantasy. Her whimsical landscapes of a sweet, summer 

afternoon are created with colourful, contrasting hues, and her powers of observation, together 

with her strong personality, provide the link between colour and imagination. 

João Pedro Marques 

luisamarquesdasilva@hotmail.com 

“Buganvílias” 


“Violetas” 


“Menina no rio” 


“Latada” 



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Portugal 

Unable to indulge his zeal for art during his active professional life, Manuel 

Alexandrino was not about to deny his passion in later life and so, having taken a 

painting course at Lisbon’s Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (National Society of 

Fine Art), he has decided to concentrate on the qualities of the colour and texture 

of paint on canvas. It may be due to his late start and the sheer pleasure he takes in 

creating art that accounts for the great diversity of his work. 

His participation in the “State of the Art - Artist’s Book” has generated contacts in 

London, Rome, Palermo and Florence. 

Manuel was born in Sabugal, Portugal and wishes to dedicate this page to his 

birthplace and his mother. 

alexandrino1948@gmail.com 

“Alentejo” 

100x80cm – acrylic on canvas - 2012 

“O piano” 

89x115cm – acrylic on canvas – 2012 

“Terra queimada” 

80x80cm – acrylic on canvas – 2014 


“Vulcão I” 

100x80cm – acrylic on canvas – 2013

Portugal 


Drawing is the language of all arts... for Maria Claudino it’s her main tool. 

Her pictures have an intellectual education which is unusual nowadays. The author grows the models which she then transcribes to the canvas from 

Mother Nature herself. To interpretate nature the author has a concept of Art, perfected by her mind, a principle which had inspired the theory of 

ideas of Plato and Aristotle, where it was believed that God had created the world and its objects and beings from archetypes or perfect shapes. 

Maria Claudino feels herself a co-creator of nature and so her still life acquires the features of the original creation, drawing her inspiration from 

Nature’s own pieces of Art. 

On her still life, colours run around the reds even on the darker and rusty colours. Her works areas authentic and realistic as a photograph but the 

author is able to catch more than the photographic lens itself. This ability of using her colours and drawings to search the purity of her still life is 

Maria Claudino’s unmatched skill. 

By Angelo Vaz 

mariaclaudino@gmail.com 

“Abundância” 

27x35cm - oil on linen - 2010 


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Portugal 

“Equilíbrio” 

30x40cm - oil in linen - 2012 

“Outono” 

34x42cm - oil in linen - 2010 

“Simplicidade” 

38x46cm - oil on linen - 2014 


“Reflexos” 

38x46cm - oil in linen - 2013

Brazil 


Maria Lucia Veiga, 66 years old, was born in Rio de Janeiro. 

She achieved her Batchelor’s Degree in Literature at the University of Brasilia where she later went on to gain a Master’s in Literary Theory. 

She attended the painting studio of Professor Lourenço de Bem, in Brasilia between 2003 and 2004 and then, from 2005 and 2006, she studied at 

the Atelier “Arte Ilimitada” in Portugal under the guidance of Manuel Vilarinho. 

During 2005 and later, in 2010, Maria took part in several collective exhibitions in Brazil and Portugal and also held a solo show in Portugal. 

Her 2005 painting entitled “Sapo”, won an award at the “Proyecto Cultural Sur” in Brasilia. 

Nowadays, her major challenge is to try to convey a questioning naivety by pasting children’s drawings onto her paintings leaving us to consider their 

place within the art world. 

maria-veiga@hotmail.com 

“Ouro do Reno” 


“Caminhada” 


“Jardim Margarida” 



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Portugal 

Maria Manuel Pires was born in Portugal into an 

artistic family whose nurture and influence helped to 

develop her taste for art from an early age. Maria’s 

passion drove her to study for herself the great 

masters of painting, painting techniques and different 

artistic movements. Beginning her career in 1997, 

she has exhibited in a wide number of individual and 

collective exhibitions both national and international. 

She has won three gold medals, one silver and an 

Honourable Mention at international art exhibitions. 

http://artemariamanuelpires.blogspot.pt 

mariamanuelpires@gmail.com 

“The Revolt” 


“Evasion” 

100x80cm - oil in canvas - 2012 


“Glow in the woods” 

100x80cm - oil in canvas - 2013

Portugal 

Maria Tereza 

After 13 years of working in the media industry as an archivist, something happened 

that totally transformed my life… 

Painting had always been an art form that I’d been passionate about and, in 1999, 

in a defining moment, I rediscovered this same art. In the throes of a catastrophe, I 

decided to experiment… 

The first painting was created, and then it took off… 

Awaken! Discover! Attempt! …without any technical support, I’ve created numerous 

pictures: acrylic paintings with chopsticks, and backgrounds with a palette knife – a 

particular technique of mine. 

…and I’m self-taught! My work always reflects my motto: “In every painting, one’s 

feelings”. 

aminhapinturanaif.blogspot.com | nobru1996@hotmail.com 

“Sun flower view” 


“Fly” 


“Frida khalo” 

30x40cm acrylic on canvas - 2008 


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Maria Tereza 

Portugal 

“Vigil” 


“Campus” 


“S. Francisco” 


“Milk” 



Ireland 


The work featured by MariAn in Vol. I of State of the Art was of 

neighbourhood views and scenes from her travels. Here, apart from a 

couple of seascapes, we can see more of her portraits which are rapidly 

becoming a strong feature of her work. Despite having concentrated on 

life painting for much of her career, portraiture had taken a back seat 

in favour of the draw of her local surroundings. But, since requiting her 

desire to paint her father on one of his many trips to holiday with her, she 

has found the pull of the human character an irresistible force. MariAn 

manages to marry her love of colour and light with the ability to capture 

the likeness of the sitter whilst maintaining a painterly quality to the 

picture. 

www.mariansimpson.com | MariAnArtist@aol.com 

“Eva and Sam” 


“Lagoa, late afternoon” 


“2 red boats” 

70x 120cms - oil on canvas - 2013 


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Ireland 

“Pedro” 


“Eileen” 



“Inês” 


Ireland 


“Young Actor” 


“From Blue to Yellow” 


“Dad” 

50 x70cm - oil on canvas - 2012 


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Marvel 

Netherlands 

MARVEL, artistic name of Marianne Velzeboer, was born in Beemster, Holland, in 1951. 

ART has been a leading drive in her life. She got private education in music, playing the concert organ and 

piano. Moreover she developed an interest in ancient and heraldic writing, in which she started studies: Art 

of Calligraphy as well as History of Script. 

She became a licensed calligraphist, who extended her skills over many years, taking part in international 

seminars organized by the world’s prominent professionals. 

Eventually she became a master herself and started to teach people –next to music- also in this field of art, in 

private as well as in public places, something she did for about 30 years. 

In the course of time she found herself being inhibited in what she wanted most: working freely in art. New 

ways -after beginning a new life in Portugal and some years of contemplation on how she wanted to go 

on- opened up to her: as a result of her passion for calligraphy, and especially the world of illustration and 

colour that is indivisibly related to it, she started to paint. She entered group exhibitions, as well as organized 

individual ones in several countries. Her work is represented now in private and corporate collections. This 

year a major work has been rewarded with a gold medal. 

“Up against the Wind” 

impressionistic self-portrait - 2008 

Quoting MARVEL: ‘Painting is like enjoying or making music. I very often paint on music, led by its rhythm, 

getting inspired at the mood it is provoking. I like to adapt to the vibrations of the ambient, to the movements 

of the sun and the moon or the seasons. 

Music, poetry, calligraphy, painting, it is all connected, all in one.’ 

bordada@hotmail.com 

“Encounter” 

150 x 90cm - acrylic on canvas - 2013 


Netherlands 

Marvel 

“Dad” 


“Life’s Theatre” 

90x120cm - acrylic on canvas (frame is part of painting) - 2014 

“Broken Circle” 

60x80 cm – oil on canvas - 2013 

“Full Moon” 

60x80 cm – acrylic on canvas - 2014 

“Chimeras” 

60x80 cm – acrylic on canvas - 2011 


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Meliza 

Portugal 

Meliza was Born in Gondomar in Portugal in September 1946. Her 

interest in art and design began in the 1970s with textile painting and 

she also attended oil painting and watercolour classes in a private school 

in Lisbon. Later on, in the 1990s, the development of her painting was 

largely influenced by African art, mostly due to her experiences in Africa 

where she lived. 

Meliza put her art aside for many years, but, having retired in early 2013, 

she has once again picked up her brushes and is now, using a different 

technique, producing work painting with acrylics. 

marizita.lsm@hotmail.com 

“Homem com manto” 

30x21cm - charcoal on paper - 2013 

“O funil metálico com fruto” 


“Senhora” 

21x30cm - charcoal on cardboard - 2013 


“Abóboras” 

60x40cm - acrylic and pastel on cardboad - 2013

Portugal 

Miguel Relego 

Miguel Relego makes an appealing connection between painting and jazz, for although 

painting is an ancient culture and jazz much more recent, it’s a subject that is frequently 

portrayed.Using either black and white or strong, warm colours, Miguel turns the pleasure 

of jazz music into a visual delight. Improvisation is one of the key elements which define 

jazz, something which this painter also enjoys, albeit through controlled drawing and 

brush strokes. The atmosphere that Miguel Relego lends to this theme is like that which 

jazz gives to the listener. It’s almost as though we can hear the notes played by the jazz 

musicians working as stevedores in the old ports of New Orleans. 

By Ângelo Vaz 

miguelrelego@gmail.com 

“Trompetista - Hot Club (Sombras)” 


“Betty Carter (vocalista)” 


“Splash” 



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Portugal 

It would not be an exaggeration to say that Nicolau Campos looks to capture immortality in the figure and, by virtue of this portrayal, the immortality 

of the being. Through this pursuit, he seeks to expose the base exploitation of what is represented. The simplicity of space, the direct approach and 

the unity of the image, reveal an artist with clear vision and a remarkable ability. 

http://nicolaucampos.artelista.com | nicolau.campos1@sapo.pt 

“Equilibrista” 

178x27x22cm - stone sculpture - 2011 


“Feminino IX” 

54x14x10cm - stone sculpture - 2013

Portugal 


“Feminino XI” 


“Feminino XIV” 


“Ísis II” 

123x37x37cm - stone aculpture - 2013 


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Paula Pereira 

Portugal 

Paula Branco Pereira was born in 1978 in Portugal. Paula is a teacher 

of Visual Education and has a master degree in Arts. Devotes herself 

to painting, installation, performance and photography. Held several 

exhibitions in Portugal and abroad. Received two artist diplomas, by 

the International Academy Citta Di Roma in Italy and N&G in Barcelona. 

Some of her works were selected for magazine covers, books, posters and 

exhibitions. She was the jury of a painting contest in an Irish Museum. 

Won two first prizes in painting and international honors. Was selected 

for the front cover of Hidden Treasure YearBook. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/64689502@N06 

paula_b_pereira@hotmail.com 

I would say my paintings are inspired in many different cultures and my 

influences are first and foremost everything I see, feel and experience 

traveling, but I have always enjoyed studying the particular work of 

Picasso, Klimt, Matisse, Warhol and other great Masters. In an approach 

to interpreting reality, my compositions combine the eternal theme of 

human figure and portraiture reconstructed with an artistic touch of 

colors, lines, patterns, textures. 

I like that my artistic works had the very obvious impact of inciting 

people’s curiosity about the implicit narrative and immediately had 

people conjuring up a mental image of something. But if I’ve made 

a picture and that’s how I wanted it to be - hopefully it can speak for 

itself and whatever it says to the viewer - it’s the right message because 

there isn’t a wrong and a right message. I want that each person takes 

something a little different from the same picture and I’m happy with 

that. 

Paula Pereira 

“Frees my mind with color” 


“Color strength” 



“The cry of contempt” 


“Color my lips” 

50x70cm - mixed media - 2014


Paulo Tercio 

The art of Paulo Tercio expresses eternal truths and objects beyond himself. Thus to say the outcome is not only fascinating but also nothing short 

of masterpieces. Tercio was born into a devout catholic family and partly draws on his troubled past for inspiration. His latest state of the art triptych 

seen below comprising of Prince JB, Cousins Love Triangle and The Hyena Aunt further illustrates this disturbing period in his life. The Virgin and Child 

painting seen on the next page is on permanent display at The Lady Chapel, St Andrew’s Fulham in London, UK. This exceptional achievement makes 

him the first ever Portuguese artist to have a permanent display of a Virgin and Child painting in an English church. 

Fashion Designer Arkadius recently quoted : Paulo’s work is outstanding, very mysterious, powerful, different, not influenced by any art trends of the 

moment. The true and original language of the artist himself! Love it! 

www.paulotercio.com | info@paulotercio.com 

“Prince JB” 


“Cousins Love Triangle” 


“The Hyena Aunt” 



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Paulo Tercio 



“Virgin And Child Of St Andrews Fulham” 

30x24in - mix media (oil on canvas and 24K gold leaf) - 2013

Portugal 

Paulo Themudo 

Paulo Themudo is a sensitive artist and man of culture. Everything within 

him is intuitive, balanced and courteous. Paulo is able, without straying 

from the technical excellence and elegant, aesthetic experience of his 

work, to focus intensely on the message he wants to deliver. He is an 

artist who treads his own path, fully aware of the purpose of proclaiming 

and affirming, being and expressing, experiencing and fulfilling that 

which he really feels. 

This artist, notwithstanding some affiliation with abstract expressionism, 

doesn’t seek to mimic or follow the art of others, but rather, through the 

exploration of his memories, he is able to show us a whole new universe 

peculiar to him. 

To talk about the public Paulo Themudo, is to speak of a creator aware of 

the winds of change, never ceasing to surprise us by bringing innovation 

to a world weary of marking time on a road seemingly without refuge. 

We could never deny this painter and poet the uniqueness of his creative 

effort. It could be argued, in a sloppy review of his work, that the very 

nature of his individualism, allied with his character, is an encumbrance 

to his objectiveness. However, a proper assessment of the painting of 

Paulo Themudo, shows us that he is able to present to us the reality 

of the present-day, without judgment and without compulsive and 

exaggerated fears and expectations. 

Throughout all his artistic outpourings, in both writing and painting, Paulo 

Themudo transmits a message of revolution, alerting the viewer to a 

tired and outdated existence that desperately needs to be deconstructed 

and rebuilt based on revised expectations. 

paulothemudoarte.wix.com/paulo-themudo 

themudo@me.com 

“Cumplicidade” 


“Mercador de Sonhos” 

80x60cm acrylic on canvas - 2013 


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Paulo Themudo 

Portugal 

“Einstein” 

30x40cm - mixed techique on paper - 2012 


“L`expression du Rêve” 


Portugal 

Paulo Themudo 

“O Filósofo” 

30x40cm - mixed technique on paper - 2012 

“Reflexão Introspectiva” 

62x48cm acrylic on wood - 2014 


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Portugal 

Pedro Charters d’Azevedo knows what he wants to achieve with this 

theme using it in a sensitive, intelligent and balanced way to realise his 

aim of instilling in us the appreciation of the peculiar things around us – 

waste! Starting with this initial aim, the artist developed a way to create 

awareness of the senses; sight, hearing and touch. Subsequently, he 

has moved away from this principle in order to expound his boundaries 

by forsaking drawing from the observation of form, light and shadow. 

Instead, by developing various forms and sources of illumination, 

shade, texture and movement, he encourages the viewer to look inside 

himself to reflect and to build upon his artistic knowledge. 


www.pedrocharters.com 

pedrocharters@gmail.com 

“Dança com Lixo IX” 

120x100cm - waste, acrylic and collage on canvas - 2014 

“Dança com Lixo V” 

120x100cm - waste, acrylic and collage on canvas -2014 


“Dança com Lixo VII” 

120x100cm - waste, acrylic and collage on canvas - 2014

Brazil 

“Tour of school” 


“Mother and daughters” 



Regina Affonso was born in Brazil but is now deeply 

rooted in Portugal where she has lived since 1967. 

Her artistic talents were nurtured at the Fine Arts 

Centre of São João da Madeira. 

Regina is a member of a number of artists’ 

associations including: 

AAAGP - (Association for Friendship and Art for 

the Galician area of Portugal), Artelista, Aveiroarte, 

Majeur, Fineart America, Galeria Aberta, Artebo 

and L’Agenzia di Arte. 

She has enjoyed many solo exhibitions held at 

numerous locations throughout Portugal and 

has participated in international shows in Brazil, 

Uruguay, Spain, Italy, Austria and the prestigious 

Louvre Museum in Paris. 

Her paintings were published in “30 Selected 

contemporary international Artists” - 2º vol. 

Museum of the Americas Artists Library and Artists 

across continents 2014 - Artcom. 

She was awarded at 4º Expovisão Internacional 

96 - Fotografia. Honor Mention at 1ª Arte Expo 

Oliveira do Bairro - Galeria Aberta - Cais Art’s and 

Silver medal at l Salão Atravessando Continentes 

by Artcom and Galleria La Pigna. Gold medal by 

AAAGP and ArtCom at Galeria Mun. Montemor-o- 

Velho. 

Regina’s striking and vibrant art has merited many 

awards and her work can be found in collections 

in Brazil, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Austria, the Azores, 

Madeira, Dubai, France, Norway (Oslo) and 

Morocco. 

www.reginaaffonso.com 

reginaaffonso@netcabo.pt 

“Mulher de turbante” 


“Beleza feminina” 



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Portugal 

Born in Praia da Aguda, near Porto in 1958, Rui Nery Monteiro moved to Lisbon that 

same year. 

At a very young age, he showed great aptitude for abstract dimensional visualisation 

that later allowed him to develop his artistic skills. 

In 1992, he studied with the painter Carmina Samuel, who taught him the basics of 

drawing and painting. He attended her classes, building up his private collection that 

he shared only with family and friends. 

In 1995, he attended painting and drawing classes at the “Belas-Artes” faculty of 

Lisbon, where he studied until 1998. He had the great opportunity to work with Gil 

Teixeira Lopes, Manuel Botelho and other famous artists. 

Even after participating in some group shows, he saw his paintings neither as a 

mature statement nor as a rare emotional intelligence. His work has been unseen 

publically for the last 20 years. 

In his own artistic point of view, he doesn’t follow trends, fads or recognised 

standards. His work isn’t made to please the eye or to embellish spaces, but is a 

medium to let him express his freedom and inner thoughts. 


www.ruinerymonteiroartist.pt.vu | rnerymonteiro@gmail.com 

“Expressions - Museleem” 


“Expressions - Condemned to Darkness” 



“Expressions - Forgotten” 


Switzerland 


Ruth Stirnimann is an internationally renowned 

artist born in Switzerland and now living and 

painting in Kaikoura, New Zealand. She works 

in two juxtaposing styles, each complementing 

the other like yin and yang; informal abstract 

paintings and geometric works. She loves to go 

beyond the known, making intangible energies 

tangible. She has exhibited in many cities around 

the globe. Ruth’s geometric works are expressions 

of the creative, harmonious vibration underlying 

all life forms. She approaches her informal abstract 

works with openness, following the mysterious, 

creative force that flows through her. The many 

layers of each painting produce a great depth and 

profound harmony. 

www.ruthstirnimann.com 

ruth@ruthstirnimann.com 

“Geometric on Green” 


“Jubilation around the Globe - Hexagon 4” 

120cm diameter - acrylic on canvas - 2014 

“La Luna - Etherial Vibration” 



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Switzerland 

“Uniting Humanity - Hexagon 5” 


“Geometric on Purple” 



“New Life” 

80cm diameter - acrylic on canvas - 2013

Portugal 

Sandra Borges 

Sandra was born in Lisbon in 1979 and currently lives and works in Sintra. From graduating in 2006, Sandra has gone on to exhibit her work in 

Portugal and France and she is represented in both private and public collections. Since 2012 she has also worked as an assistant for several sculptors, 

namely Georg Schielle, Auli Kotzen and Diogo Rosa. This work in the field of sculpture, focusses on giving physical form to the traits that define our 

intellectual behaviour within the bounds of our self-imposed limits. 

cadernografico.wordpress.com | trieste.sandra@gmail.com 

“Eros 1 - Tensão” 

35x18x36cm - Mem-Martins black and Negrais 

pink limestone - 2010 

“Contas” 

installation, variable dimensions, brass, Moca creme 

and Negrais pink limestone - 2012 

“Arraiolos 7 – Pavão” 

160x127x37cm - limestone, wood and acrylic paint 

Mem-Martins - 2012 

“Bring a friend along” 

160x120x120cm - Molianos limestone, Jardim da Paz - 

Apelação - Loures - 2013 


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Sara Vieira 

Portugal 

Sara Vieira was born on May 18 th 1975, in Lisbon, Portugal. She describes herself as a young artist whose figurative work reveals an abstract universe 

with a human soul. Her art has a distinctive approach with a defined personal style. 

About the artist and her work, the painter and curator Jorge Rodrigues wrote: “Through her art the artist seeks her raison d’être and the visibility 

of the invisible. Sara Vieira, in her artistic expression, doesn’t limit herself to brushstrokes, to gesture or to collage. All this is not enough, for it is 

frequently in the words, or captions, that the story is completed as if it were a film. It is in these cinematic scenes that pop influences are evident. 

The dreamy quality, the eroticism and the lyrical naivety are often sensually provocative. There are elements from the film imagery of Bergman and 

Resnais, together with more painterly influences from Andy Warhol and Lichtenstein, which are noticeable in the work of this artist. This is just the 

beginning; it will not end here, for the artistic world of Sara Vieira is all encompassing.” 

sara.vieira75@gmail.com 

“Hope” 

100x70cm - oil and acrylic on canvas - 2014 

“Yours” 

100x100cm - oil and acrylic on canvas - 2014 

“O que nos consome” 

100 x70cm - oil on 2 canvas - 2010 


“Beauty” 

100x81cm - oil and acrylic on canvas - 2013

Iran 


Born in Iran 1979 in the midst of the Iranian revolution, Sarvin Haghighi 

experienced both great joys and harsh challenges from an early age. The 

privilege and independence of her early childhood quickly gave way to 

war and oppression. To fulfill the human need for self-expression, Sarvin 

took to art as a young girl. 

While working at her easel Sarvin captures cherished childhood 

memories, honors the timeless traditions of her people, and comments 

on the social, political, and cultural dimensions of women’s experiences 

in contemporary Middle Eastern society. 

As an adult, Sarvin has become a global citizen, leaving Tehran for Dubai 

and eventually Chicago. While passion for her Persian roots provides 

continual inspiration for the young artist, it is her cross-cultural exposure 

that provides universal subtext to her work. From her beginning as a 

single censored voice, Sarvin Haghighi’s art now amplifies the powerful 

voices of many the world over who long for peace and freedom. 

www.sarvinhaghighi.com | sarv.hghighi@gmail.com 

“Censorship” 


“The Cocoon Series, 1 of 4” 


“SH - Those Magic Persian Carpets 2” 


“The Cocoon Series, 4 of 4” 



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Shawn Shannon 

USA 

Shawn Shannon is an artist with a diverse set of skills; with training 

in studio arts, an associate’s degree in special effects makeup, and 

a diploma in fantasy art. He is currently pursuing a degree in art 

education. 

Shawn believes that art is a tool for expressing the depth and range 

of human emotion. It is through his experiences that he brings a 

unique vision to the world. He hopes that this will bring others to an 

understanding that by changing the way we look at things, we see 

the world with renewed childlike wonder and imagination. 

www.brokenheartfx.com | brokenheartfx@hotmail.com 

“Progress” 

15x20x1in - acrylic on illustration board - 2012 

“The Dark Queen” 

30x20x1in - acrylic on illustration board - 2012 


“Tempest” 

20x15x1in - acrylic on illustration board - 2012

Iran 

Shiva Aini 

Human in today’s world has needs to 

survive and tries to meet his needs in any 

possible ways. However, if this human is 

a child who needs to be held and loved 

that will be a whole different matter. A 

child is not capable of providing what he 

needs and there should be a family to 

protect and nurture him. Nevertheless, 

there are children deprived from this 

privilege and due to family member(s) 

mental disease, addiction or poverty 

these innocent children are subject to 

harassment. 

These little angels might occasionally be 

bitten or burned by their own parents 

or step parents. Children who were 

brought to this world despite their will, 

defenseless and vulnerable instead of 

love and affection what they receive is 

physical and mental pain. They do not 

understand why they were brought to 

this world to tolerate such pain and go 

through such cruelty or even suffer a 

tragic death. 

“Child abuse” 


www.shiva-aini.com 

amerikanart_008z4@hotmail.com 

“Child abuse I” 



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Sônia Castro 

Brazil 

Sônia Castro was born on July 11, 1955 

in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. From an early 

age she had aspirations to be an artist 

and, at the age of 16, Sônia produced her 

first painting, entitled “Country house 

of Salvador” and participated in her first 

group exhibition in the Panorama Gallery. 

Her vocation, however, lay in healthcare 

and she became a physiotherapist working 

in a public hospital. Her familiarity with 

the human form became a natural 

reference for her figurative art work. Sônia 

also graduated in Business Administration 

and Law, going on to practise the latter. 

She studied too, at the Panorama School 

of Arts taking part in workshops under 

Professor Euller and Waldo Robatto at 

the Faculty of Fine Arts in the Federal 

University of Bahia. Sônia has since taken 

part in several collective exhibitions. 

castrosonia2@hotmail.com 

“O mar” 


“Baiana” 



“Ponto de Ônibus” 

100X100cm - oil on canvas - 2013

Portugal 

Tinoh 

Maria Ernestina Bastos (Tinoh) was born in Maputo, Mozambique, in 1962. As 

a victim of the process of the decolonization of Mozambique, Tinoh moved to 

Portugal at the age of 14 but, even then, she knew that her African roots would 

stay in her body, mind, spirit and artistic expression, forever! Since her childhood, 

Tinoh has experimented with the visual arts, impressing family and friends with 

her works using Styrofoam. 

Her art, initially influenced by the creations of such impressionist masters as 

Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Cézanne, has progressed to the use of an explosion 

of colour and texture in order to create original pieces. Movement and liveliness 

perfectly describe her paintings. 

tinoh.seabra@gmail.com 

“Araras” 


“Dança da Diana e do João” 


“Leão” 


“Cavalos” 



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Vasco Torres 

Portugal 

Vasco Torres studied aesthetics and contemporary arts at the Fundação 

Calouste Gulbenkian, the Centro Cultural de Belém and at the Sociedade 

Nacional de Belas Artes in Lisbon, Portugal. He has undertaken several 

theoretical and intensive courses with respected teachers such as 

Margarida Calado and Cristina Azevedo Tavares of the Faculdade de 

Belas Artes, Lisbon. In 1999 he participated in several painting sessions 

with the painter António Inverno. In 2006/07, Vasco Torres graduated 

from the Portuguese Catholic University of Oporto in contemporary art 

history and completed his masters there during 2007/ 2009. He attended 

a course of etching and aquatint under Joana Latka at the Faculdade de 

Belas Artes of the Universidade de Lisboa. Since 1989 Vasco has partaken 

in several collective and individual exhibitions throughout Portugal. He 

is also represented in art publications including books edited by Ernesto 

Neves of First Gallery, Fernando Infante do Carmo and by Jean Pierre 

Blanchon. 

http://www.saatchiart.com/VascoTorres 

vascomanueltorres@gmail.com 

“Joseph” 

40X30cm - mix media. collage - 2013 


“Viúva negra” 

40X30cm - mix media, collage - 2013

Portugal 

VIFER 

To look at the art of VIFER, is like looking at a stage bursting with colour. His 

formats and themes are multifaceted but the design and colour are always 

balanced, as is the geometry throughout the various subjects that he 

presents to us. I am sure that we are in the presence of a painter with an 

artistic make-up that defines itself through the unusual personality of one 

who is self-taught. His experience in Angola was so strong that the hot 

colours remained forever etched in his psyche. To try to pigeonhole VIFER 

into a particular style is wrong. Art should not come with any preconceptions 

and VIFER believes in this adage, eschewing any kind of comment, for he has 

nothing to lose having the creativity that many crave. 

www.vifer-arte.com | vijosifer@gmail.com 

“Green explosion” 


“Regression” 


“Geometry bees” 



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Vike Pedersen 

Denmark 

Born in 1945, Vike Pedersen has created art for more than 40 years. 

He has experimented with a wide variety of media and techniques 

from silkscreen to abstract painting. He is currently focussing on a 

combination of silkscreen with acrylic on canvas to produce unique 

artwork. 

Vikes’s vision is to share his interpretation of the world with the 

viewer and, at times, his work acquires a poetical nature which 

evokes a lyrical response. 

Vike has had many exhibitions at home and abroad and his work 

is found in both private and public collections in Denmark, Italy, 

Switzerland and Germany. 

www.24-7-366.eu | info@24-7-366.eu 

“Evening in the city with the gang” 

80x80cm (31,2x31,2in) - acrylic and silk screen on canvas - 2014 

“How to park a bike” 



Denmark 

Vike Pedersen 

“New level to achieve” 


“Subway ahead” 



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CONTACTS 

Alexandra Costa Gomes - aigdc@mac.com 

Alik Vetrof - http://www.portalart.co.uk/subsection.htm?sectionId=2&artistId=3 | vetrof.a@gmail.com 

Ana Flores - www.facebook.com/ANAFLORESART | AnaFloresArt@gmail.com 

Ana Maria Malta - tecnalidade@netcabo.pt 

Ana Palhas - ppalhas1961@gmail.com 

Ana Pedro - anapedro7@gmail.com 

Anita Kovacevic - www.fineartbyanita.com | info@fineartbyanita.com 

Anna Zacchi - www.annazacchi.com | info@annazacchi.com 

Antonieta Martinho - baiao.antonieta@gmail.com 

Bruce Burt - www.bruceburtartist.com | albru@prtc.net 

Bryan Stacy - http://www.bryanstacyart.com | bryanstacyart@gmail.com 

Christine M. Vorwerk - www.artcmv.com | Christine.vorwerk@googlemail.com 

Claudio Cassuto - cassuto@btinternet.com 

Dália V. Rêgo - daliavalerego@gmail.com 

David - david.rib1953@gmail.com 

David Ronald Jones - www.davidronaldjones.com | davidronaldjones@gmail.com 

Dulcídio - www.dulcidio.com | antoniodulcidio@gmail.com 

Ed Ribeiro - https://www.facebook.com/artistaedribeiro | edribeiro@edribeiro.com.br 

Elsa Oliveira - elsaoliveira014@gmail.com 

Filomena Sousa - ecomenica@gmail.com 

Frank Mann - www.oculusonline.net | fm@frankmann.com 

Gabriela Casinhas - arte21galeria@gmail.com 

Gulnar Sacoor - ggs@netcabo.pt 

Henrik Brondsted - www.henrikbrondsted.com | henrik@henrikbrondsted.com 

Inês Terrahe - http://nesbf.deviantart.com | ines.terrahe@gmail.com 

Irina Corduban - http://irinacorduban.wix.com/art-and-tuition | ina_ornament@yahoo.com 

Isabel Souza - ma.isabelsouza@gmail.com 

Isaura Xavier - www.paintingsilove.com/artist/isaura | isaurax@gmail.com 

Jan Jansen - www.jan-jen-sen.dk | janjensen1049@gmail.com 

João Galhofo - www.artesgalhofo.com | joao@artesgalhofo.com 

Jorge Vilaça - www.jorgevilaca.eu | vilaca.jorge@gmail.com 

José Fortunato - www.artwanted.com/fortunato | josemfortunato@gmail.com 

Joseph Virgone - http://www.virgone.com | joseph@virgone.com 

Juchul Kim - www.godart.kr | kjc0530@daum.net 

Lance W. McClurg - www.lancewmcclurgphotography.com | lancemgphotography@gmail.com 

Leida Rodríguez Vila - www.leidavila.com | arte@leidavila.com 

Leila Ullmann - leilapoderosa@yahoo.com.br 

Leyla Aysel Munteanu - www.finearts-leylamunteanu.com | lmunteanu@cogeco.ca 

Lúcia Lupenny - lupenny_rodrigues@hotmail.com 

Lucie Boswell - http://www.lucieboswell.30art.com 

Luís Liberato - liberatoluis@gmail.com 

Luís Rebelo - www.luis-rebelo.com | rebelo.painting@homail.com 

Luisa de Souza - luisamarquesdasilva@hotmail.com 

Manuel Alexandrino - alexandrino1948@gmail.com 

Maria Claudino - mariaclaudino@gmail.com 

Maria Lucia Veiga - maria-veiga@hotmail.com 

Maria Manuel Pires - http://artemariamanuelpires.blogspot.pt | mariamanuelpires@gmail.com 

Maria Tereza - aminhapinturanaif.blogspot.com | nobru1996@hotmail.com 

MariAn Simpson - www.mariansimpson.com | MariAnArtist@aol.com 

Marvel - bordada@hotmail.com 

Meliza - marizita.lsm@hotmail.com 

Miguel Relego - miguelrelego@gmail.com 

Nicolau Campos - http://nicolaucampos.artelista.com | nicolau.campos1@sapo.pt 

Paula Pereira - https://www.flickr.com/photos/64689502@N06 | paula_b_pereira@hotmail.com 

Paulo Tercio - www.paulotercio.com | info@paulotercio.com 

Paulo Themudo - paulothemudoarte.wix.com/paulo-themudo| themudo@me.com 

Pedro Charters d’Azevedo - www.pedrocharters.com | pedrocharters@gmail.com 

Regina Affonso - www.reginaaffonso.com | reginaaffonso@netcabo.pt 

Rui Nery Monteiro - www.ruinerymonteiroartist.pt.vu | rnerymonteiro@gmail.com 

Ruth Stirnimann - www.ruthstirnimann.com | ruth@ruthstirnimann.com 

Sandra Borges - cadernografico.wordpress.com | trieste.sandra@gmail.com 

Sara Vieira - sara.vieira75@gmail.com 

Sarvin Haghighi - www.sarvinhaghighi.com | sarv.hghighi@gmail.com 

Shawn Shannon - www.brokenheartfx.com | brokenheartfx@hotmail.com 

Shiva Aini - www.shiva-aini.com | amerikanart_008z4@hotmail.com 

Sônia Castro - castrosonia2@hotmail.com 

Tinoh - tinoh.seabra@gmail.com 

Vasco Torres - http://www.saatchiart.com/VascoTorres | vascomanueltorres@gmail.com 

VIFER - www.vifer-arte.com | vijosifer@gmail.com 

Vike Pedersen - www.24-7-366.eu | info@24-7-366.eu 


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ARTISTS 

A 



Ana Flores 


Ana Palhas 

Ana Pedro 


Anna Zacchi 


B 

Bruce Burt 

Bryan Stacy 

C 



D 


David 


Dulcídio 

E 

Ed Ribeiro 

Elsa Oliveira 

F 


Frank Mann 

G 


Gulnar Sacoor 

H 


I 

Inês Terrahe 


Isabel Souza 

Isaura Xavier 

J 

Jan Jansen 


Jorge Vilaça 



Juchul Kim 

L 



Leila Ullmann 



Lucie Boswell 


Luís Rebelo 

Luisa de Souza 

M 





Maria Tereza 


Marvel 

Meliza 

Miguel Relego 

N 


P 

Paula Pereira 

Paulo Tercio 

Paulo Themudo 


R 




S 

Sandra Borges 

Sara Vieira 


Shawn Shannon 

Shiva Aini 

Sônia Castro 

T 

Tinoh 

V 

Vasco Torres 

VIFER 

Vike Pedersen 


Depósito legal nº 366472/13 

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RAINHO & NEVES Lda. 

4520-612 - SÃO JOÃO DE VER - FEIRA - PORTUGAL 

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