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Vitoria Regia: The Giant Amazon Water Lily Legend
The legend says that the Water Lily opens its white flowers to bathe in the Jaci's light on full moon nights, even today.
Although this legend might have had a social function to the indigenous tribe, I choose not to focus on this aspect when creating an artwork. Usually, I try to connect with ideas within the legend/tale/myth that evoke universal themes.
In this particular legend, I see the individual crusade to achieve a higher state of mind (moving from land to the sky).
- amazon
- Archetype
- brazil
- Carl Jung
- Charcoal
- Drawing
- Drawing Process
- mythology
- Portrait
- psychology
- selfanalysis
- tupi guarani
- vitoria regia
- water lily
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The Moirai
During the exhibition at The Jung Center, I installed the triptych connected to a skull with the words "Be" and "Imagine" written on its forehead. Those are references to the works Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Les Structures Anthropologiques de l'Imaginaire by Gilbert Durand.
- Archetype
- Carl Jung
- Charcoal
- COVID19
- death
- Drawing
- Drawing Process
- eternity
- fate
- Jung
- mythology
- Portrait
- psychology
- quarantine
- selfanalysis
- the moirai
- time
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The Dead Sunflower
When we bring to the surface of our being everything we try to hide for fear or shame, and wear the mask of our true self, then we can have an intense and honest interaction with others.

Maybe then, only then, time will be treated as a precious gift, and death will be accepted (even celebrated) as the closure of a life lived towards the sun.
- Archetype
- Carl Jung
- Charcoal
- COVID19
- Drawing
- Drawing Process
- Jung
- mask
- Portrait
- psychology
- quarantine
- selfanalysis
- Shadow
- Stoicism
- Texas
- time
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Life in Chaos - Courage is all we need
Look down to your feet right now! You are standing on your chaos, not just the external world chaos, but your internal visceral f*cking hell. I feel it burning every single day, specially during those moments when things don't work the way I had planned and I regret those wasted hours of hard work. There are also those wishful moments that are never realized to its full potential... and it hurts.
- Archetype
- Carl Jung
- Charcoal
- Courage
- Drawing
- Drawing Process
- Jung
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Portrait
- psychology
- selfanalysis
- Shadow
- Texas
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Thoughts on the artwork "Resistance"
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." Marcus Aurelius

The quote I chose from Marcus Aurelius helped me understand (or at least accept) that our personal struggles and victories will never be fully understood by other people. And it is ok! Life is not about being accepted, or loved, or understood by others. Life is about carving an authentic pathway in this dense forest of existence, feeling the pain from the thorns blocking the way, and rejoicing with the freshness of the air after a rainy day.
- Charcoal
- Drawing
- Drawing Process
- marcusaurelius
- Portrait
- psychology
- Resistance
- selfanalysis
- Stoicism
- Texas
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Drawing Together in Quarantine 2020 - Anne Frank
Drawing together Anne Frank. The image used as reference can be found on the official website of the Anne Frank House.

Prepare your favorite media and join me during a drawing session... I will draw Anne Frank this time. I use charcoal on a gessoed panel. The session lasts about 1h30min. During the session, I share some fundamentals of portraiture with charcoal and some of my techniques. Let's have fun and use our time together to develop our drawing skills to the next level!
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Drawing Together in Quarantine 2020 - Frida Kahlo
Drawing together Frida Kahlo. The image used as reference can be found on the VOGUE website: https://www.vogue.com/article/frida-k...

Prepare your favorite media and join me during a drawing session... I will draw Frida Kahlo this time.

I will use charcoal on a gessoed panel. The two sessions will last in total about 2h45min. During these sessions, I will share some fundamentals of portraiture with charcoal and some of my techniques. Let's have fun and use our time together to develop our drawing skills to the next level!
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Portrait timelapse - Mr. Bentley
Charcoal Drawing of Mr. Bentley, the patron of my kids' school.

Media: Charcoal on Bristol Paper Size: 18" x 24"
- Charcoal
- Drawing
- Drawing Process
- Mr. Bentley
- Portrait
- Texas
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Thundercats - Drawing Timelapse
Time-lapse showing the drawing process of a commissioned artwork - Thundercats.

Media: Charcoal on Bristol Paper Size: 18"x24"
- Charcoal
- Drawing
- Drawing Process
- FunArt
- Portrait
- Thundercats
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Vitoria Regia: The Giant Amazon Water Lily Legend

The Moirai

The Dead Sunflower

Life in Chaos - Courage is all we need

Thoughts on the artwork "Resistance"

Drawing Together in Quarantine 2020 - Anne Frank

Drawing Together in Quarantine 2020 - Frida Kahlo

Portrait timelapse - Mr. Bentley

Thundercats - Drawing Timelapse