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"I am the daughter of French parents born in Lisbon in 1939. We moved to Brazil when I was a little girl, and when I was ten years old I attended Augusto Rodrigues' art school - thus began my great passion for the fine arts.
<br><br>"I took classes at the Institute of Fine Arts, where I was a student of Orezio Belem and Aurelio Bittencourt, studying watercolor techniques. I am a lawyer and a professor and for many years I was dedicated to these professions, leaving painting as a pleasurable hobby. I took up painting again in the 1980s at Maria do Carmo Ferreira's studio, and later, master artist Bernardii encouraged me to develop an expressionist technique, with superimposed a gesticulative imagery over free stains of color.
<br><br>"I tend to diversify my art within the figurative. I represent that which is close to my heart - sometimes the beach, other times Parisian scenes. I lived for a time in Cabo Frio, which is set on the beach, and it has been of great influence to me when I paint open scenery and free space. The sea is one of my favorite themes. Colors and forms fascinate me and I tend to abandon traditional methods for applying paint. That is, I'll also use I use my fingers and hands, washes or a mixed media to express my artistic instinct, allowing it to flow and trying to bring beauty through the interplay of colors.
<br><br>"I have shown my works widely in private art exhibitions. Some of my paintings form part of private collections both in Brazil and abroad including New York, Paris, and Norway."
