José Cabita is the famous Capinha (bull dancer) off the island of São Jorge. Here he is posing in front of his painting in Manezinho. I used a foto by Jorge Blayer Gois as reference. Over the years Jorge made a whole series of spectacular ima...

Today we started to work on the summer exposition in Atelier de Kaasfabriek. It promises to be quite spectacular this year. On the 6th of June we we open the Azores Fringe Festival and launch the Azoren Art Center. The aim is to promote and s...

Fully catered exclusive workshop 'Painting for the Brain'
From 1 to 5 May 2023 on the idyllic island of Sao Jorge in the Azores. The teacher is Pieter Adriaans, internationally renowned philosopher, visual artist and experienced teacher. Targe...

Last week Urban Sketcher Alexandra Baptista came to our little island to help us create a local group. We had a very nice evening in Museu Francisco de Lacerda with help of Catarina Dias. Here ia a sketch of two girls Iris Rodrigues and Cátia ...

In the month of June local artist Jorge Santos will work on a statue for the Art Garden of Grand Café Manezinho. Jorge is one of those special talents that island communities seem to grow by nature. Without any formal training but with a deep urge t...

The first version is from 2018. Initially I did not know what the painting would be about. I just threw some blobs of paint at the canvas and tried to see what they meant. When I saw the beak of the bird, I made it stand out by darkening the ...