The Early Years of Albert King

For those interested in blues music specially in Albert King, English writer Paul Ridden has put together  a 3 part article series covering the fantastic career of the bluesman at suite101 .com.

Paul had asked me for the image bellow to illustrate the first part of the series, which can be read here.

"The King of the Blues"

watercolor on paper (25x30cm / 9x11in)

Salão do Universo da Aquarela 2010

Para aqueles que gostam de fazer e apreciar boa arte, em São Paulo:

Exposição, workshops, demos, consultoria e palestras de 11 a 21 de Novembro/2010.

Pencil Sketches

10 to 15 minute pencil sketches on Sketchbook

Monsters Inc: Frankenstein, Nosferatu and Werewolf

Old, old piece done using acrylics and colored pencils.

Schoellerhammer illustration board

29x17in / 70x50cm

Post Cards From São Paulo

Detail of the Science and Technology Museum, Projeto Catavento in São Paulo.

Watercolor, pen & ink on Montval paper

4x6in ( 10x15cm)

Postcards from São Paulo

Science and Technology Museum, Projeto Catavento in São Paulo.

Watercolor, pen & ink on Montval paper

4x6in ( 10x15cm)

Memory Lane

This is a wedding gift commission for a Canadian customer. The original idea was to depict several places and important dates which were part of their lives until the wedding date.

After a lot of sketches and ideas, we reached an interesting result. Bellow is the final painting.

Memory Lane

Watercolor, Pen & Ink on Fabriano Artistico board

(10x16in)

Postcards from Sao Paulo

Science and Technology Museum, Projeto Catavento in São Paulo. This is an old building built between 1911 to 1924, know by decades as " Palacio das Industrias".

Watercolor, pen & ink on Montval paper

4x6in ( 10x15cm)

Surreal Painting

Mixed Media on Paper

10x14" on Bristol Board

Owned by US collector

Large Scale Painting

This piece executed back in 2005, named "Mary praying for the darkness-haunted world", was inspired by the classical religious concept of Holy Mary praying for us all and portrays 4 personalities that changed our world in various ways during the 20th century.

Private Collection - Acrilycs on Canvas (150x100cm / 60x40in)

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