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BACKLIGHTING

The artist creates the effect of colours in the texture of the graphical program CorelDraw, this time a boat leaving for night fishing. Shadows of buildings in the background make a very special constrast, highlighting the full moon in rich splendour. The sparkling water completes the athmosphere of visual poetry. The pictures measures 83cm by 81cm.

SAIL BOAT

The canoeiro (canoe sailor) cuts the waters of the "Old Chico" under the beautiful moonlight of Penedo, city that keeps an historical relic of Colonial Brazil. Its secular churches and monuments gives an authentic baroque air to the city. The picture also shows the full moon appearing in the back of the Imperial Passo, where Emperor D. Pedro II took up quarters in October, 14, 1859, and the Church of N.S. das Correntes, constructed in 1764. Dimensions: 65cm of width by 85cm of height.

PENEDO BY NIGHT

Beautiful night of incomparable magic. Boats sailing under the eyes of the eternal baroque city. The magic light of the sun was Bezerra Neto’s inspiration for this picture. The king of stars was already dimming his torch over the hills at the end of the evening, giving place to the moon, which rose full of splendour to shine over the secular roofs of Penedo and the water of the “Old Chico” river. A unusually pretty look of the town by the side of the San Francisco river, enhancing the beauty of the houses, sidewalks, steep winding slopes and religious temples. The picture measures 70cm high and 60cm wide.

OLD PENEDO

Seen by the river, the Rua do Banheiro ( Street of the Bathroom), constructed for laundrywomen, summarizes the façade of Penedo at the time of its foundation, in the XVIII century. It continues firm on the rock where it was erected, keeping memories and marking its presence in the history of the city. Houses of taipa (mud entwined with sticks), lined up and together of the others, they form, at the side by majestic temples and historical monuments, what we can call authentic historic monument of the city of Penedo. The picture measures a meter of height by 70cm width.

BEACH LITTLE HOUSE

In the coast of Alagoas and other regions of Brazilian northeast , it is common this type of housing, a species of hut covered with coconut palms and walls made of taipa (mud entwined with sticks). This one in particular, exists in the middle of an structured good beach quarter of Barra Nova, Marechal Deodoro, first capital of Alagoas. The screen measures 70cm of height by 53cm of width.

HINTERLAND FLOWER

In the northeastern hinterlands there is an infinity of rare species of wild plants – mallow rose, bromeliae, orchids, gorgeous flowers of different kinds of cacti – mandacaru, crotons, monk’s heads. This is a pretty world full of flowers and life, green vegetation and positive vibrations. The plants of the forests fill the life of the simple man of that barren soil; he finds hope in the contemplation of the beauty around him. He tends to the flowers and harvests them as the Japanese do with their ikebana; so nature and he work together. But for the cacti flowers, which grow out of rocks, he harbours almost the same religious feelings as the Orientals do.

HINTERLAND MOONSHINE

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The moon appears in silvery colours from behind the hills to illuminate the flora. The serenaders sing the ecstasy of this serene moment in the night: “Oh, white moon/ of glitter and enchantments/ if it is true/ that the love you give shelter to/ will take the tears from my eyes/ ah, come kill/ this passion that follows me.”The moon appears and the flower of the mandacaru revives. The serenaders come and transform the magic into song - singing and singing, the moon fills their mouths, makes the whites of their teeth shine, bewitched mouths kiss in the all embracing moonlight shining love rays all around. The moonshine in the hinerlands is of incredible beauty, just as nature all around: “There is’nt/ oh people/ oh, no/ moonshine like this/ in the hinterlands...”( In the northeastern hinterlands there is an infinity of rare species of wild plants – mallow rose, bromeliae, orchids, gorgeous flowers of different kinds of cacti – mandacaru, crotons, monk’s heads. This is a pretty world full of flowers and life, green vegetation and positive vibrations. The plants of the forests fill the life of the simple man of that barren soil; he finds hope in the contemplation of the beauty around him. He tends to the flowers and harvests them as the Japanese do with their ikebana; so nature and he work together. But for the cacti flowers, which grow out of rocks, he harbours almost the same religious feelings as the Orientals do.

NATURE

There is in the northeastern hinterland an infinity of rare species of wild plants - mauves, bromeliae, orchids, gorgeous flowers, beyond the many species of cactus - mandacaru, "priest’s crown". It is pretty of if seeing that flowery world full of life, green and full of positive vibrations. The forestry flora fill the life of the simple man of that barren soil, bringing to him hope in the contemplation of the beauty that exists in turn of himself. He cultivates the life of the flowers and he harvest them from its birthplace as the Japanese with their ikebana; therefore, for him, everything is born for workmanship and favour of the nature. But he contemplates a cacti, the flowers that are born on top of rocks with almost the same religious feeling of the oriental.

CRAWLING MANDACARU

In the Northeastern hinterlands of Brazil there is an infinite variety of cacti, among them the crawling Mandacaru; as the name indicades, it spreads itself over the dry soil and gives great beauty to the dry landscape. The artist gave the picture new nuances of warm colours for better distinction of what he wanted to show. It measures one meter high and 70cm wide.

LAKE XINGÓ

An artificial reservoir built by the Hidroelectrical Company of the Valley of the San Francisco (CHESF) gives support to the environmental necessities and keeps up bio-diversity and vegetation in the region. The fisherman, oblivious to the outside world, leans against the branches of the tree to catch his fish, while migrating birds come to enjoy the pleasure of procreation. This picture measures 90cm wide by 60cm high.

XINGÓ BELVEDERE

“Everything around is only beauty.” Built by the Hydro-electrical Company Xingó, the belvedere is the place tourists and students visit most on coming to the city of Piranhas and the park of Xingó where the hydro-electric plant by the same name is situated. From here one can appreciate the sun in all its glorious splendour, the monumental physical structure of the plant, the dam and everthing around: a spectacle of nature, light and colours. The picture is 80cm high and 60cm wide.

CANOEIRO, The canoe skipper

San Francisco river, surroundings of Piranhas, Alagoas. This picture, measuring 65cm wide by 70cm high, portrays the daily life of the canoe skipper, this progressive man of great importance when the first settlers came to the riverside. He would transport building material, food, people and all kinds of goods from one place to another.

LAND IN A TRANCE

The land was undergoing a transition of occupation, man having to build his home under the calm and compassionate eye of nature. The land gave him the means to establish himself and raise his children. He did have to obey certain rules of behaviour, though: He had to be coherent with the land, not harming it imprudently. And so Piranhas was born in the High Hinterland of the state of Alagoas, Brazil. The screen measures 75cm wide by 60cm high.

CATTLE TENDER

He is the typical man of the arid hinterland (sertão) who, fearlessly “gets into the dense bush dressed up in leather, brings back the bull tied up, picks up the snake and twists it into a knot.” The man from the hinterland (sertanejo) takes pride in his life, does not fear and does not hide under a roof of glass; he exists separated from any social organization, which makes human relations civil and friendly. The sun directs his life, makes him wake early and take the right direction of all his days. A painting that reflects the valiant man. It measures 75 cm high and 60 cm wide.

WINDOW

A relic of construction in the middle of barren high alagoano hinterland, being part of the characteristic building of the old railroad station of Piranhas, today sheltering the Museum of the hinterland with rich cangaço relics. The artist perceived the detail and photographed it and later transformed it into an screen that measures 80cm width by 80cm height.

MUSEUM OF THE HINTERLAND

A relic of a building in the middle of the arid high hinterland in the state of Alagoas. It is part of the old building belonging to the characteristic train station of Piranhas. Today it houses the Museum of the hinterland with a rich collection of the “cangaço” (outlaws). The artist appreciated the scene, photographed it and later transformed it into a picture which measures 80 cm wide and 80 cm high.

THE ARCH OF PIRANHAS

They are gorgeous the houses of Piranhas, stuck to the rocks at the San Francisco riverside. The old railway station, an English building, is a memento of our colonization. The Arch of Piranhas is part of the beautiful local architecture. In the background we see part of the station building. The picture measures 65cm wide and 88cm high.

PIFANO FLUTES

The band of pífanos (a kind of flute) has the nickname of “Esquenta Mulé” which means it excites the women to dance and party. The band of pífanos consists of different instruments, like zabumba (kind of drum), plates, tarol (another kind of drum), tambourine and box and it produces strident vibrant sounds. The musicians play the “Xaxado” (a male dance) and the people follow the band. Their typical outfits are made of raw, yellow leather: hat, jacket, pants, the “Xô boi” sandals (to shoo the bulls with) and red kerchief. The screen measures 70cm wide by 50cm high.

SMALL HUTS

In the periphery of Piranhas (AL). A set of popular houses where low income families live. The picture is part of the painting collection that the artist is developing to entirely show the place that was formed at the slopes in the São Francisco’s river margins. Dimension of the screen: 70cm of width by 53 cm of width.

CARROCEIRO

O ‘carro-de-bois” ( a kind of wagon pulled by bulls) and the wagon pulled by donkeys still are necessary in the northeastern interior whose lack of more appropriate transport, is noticeable, mainly in the sertões. The screen, of 64cm of width by 50cm of height, represents one of these ways of transport. It is also the survival mean for its conductor, the carroceiro.

PEDRA STATION

Delmiro Gouveia, at 50, arrives at Pedra small town, with only five small houses and a deserted, railroad station stuck in the middle of the rough caatinga , of chique-chiques, macambiras, cabeça-de-frade, mandacarus and a diversity of cactus, thorns and depressions There he would construct a factory of threads and an electric plant. Screen of 60cm of height by 60cm of width.

BEBEDOURO STATION

The train station at Bebedouro (drinking fountain), populous suburb of Maceio, still functions and is a busy place where happy passengers board for the towns of Fernão Velho, Rio Largo and Santa Luzia. Students and tourists use the trains regularly just for the unforgettable fun of it. The picture is 60cm wide and 45cm high.

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