Acrylic on canvas 64*87 cm

Statement: 
A portrait that shows a human figure from the back, where’s the traditional and realistic composition is tearing apart, originating fragments. Those are spreading little pieces of the person across the space. I took inspiration from a biological process called ecdise, and this metaphors serves to suggest that sometimes we might be inflexible, that we have built our identity like a cocoon that now is hard, and it needs to be broken in order to achieve a healthier state of being. The profile of the face show us that a regenerating process has begun, what introduce the idea of a new cycle. I have chosen not putting the figure on the center to enhance the transformative action. The decentralization had the purpose of deconstructe the pedestal that a center symbolizes in a portrait. 

Ecdise

Portrait in Dilution #6

tatement:
In this last few days i’m not able to leave my journal and my pen. I keep waiting for the perfect idea to build a painting without having to waste time nor energy. Soon enough I realized that what I needed was the opposite, I must confront the frustration of all the little things that separates what i’m doing from what im seeing. I should stop haunting organization and let myself be possessed by intuition. I need to keep my method in order though, I must dance without getting lost. The direction is never settled but I don’t appreciate being disperse on flat waters. From what I can tell of what I’ve seen from my work, identity is the main tool to achieve freedom in the realm of my philosophical aproach, mainly through its absence.

Portrait in dilution #5

Statement:
Should I preserve the individualization on a portrait or go in to an abstraction that tries to illustrate the complexity of human mind?!

Portrait in Dilution #4

Portrait in dilution #2

Dreaming away from the world

Diluting portrait

Acrylic on canvas 60*45 cm 

Statement: 
There's an intention for emotional nudity. Her face is scrapped off, tearing apart fragments of her identity, a process of liberation. In her expression there's judgement and understanding. That's how she feels about herself, so it's how she looks at the viewer. 

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Guilherme Limão