I am most interested in painting and drawing stories.

For POP 1 , I accompanied the emotional and physical changes of my daughter when she went through the different stages of an unplanned teenage pregnancy.

For UPM, I portrayed the village in the South of Portugal where we spent a few months per year, using locally found materials as my supports.

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And presented it in the backyard:

We have just bought a house in this same village and are in the process of renovating it totally. This house is so terribly ugly that it becomes quite fascinating- with an excessive use of tiles in various patterns contrasting with stark whitewashed walls and strange details.

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Our neighbour- Dona Maria Jose that I also painted on a pillow cover for UPM, is a well of information and stories about the village and its quirky inhabitants.

I would like to paint some glimpses of these sometimes tragic, sometimes surreal stories. I would like to use various strange objects that have been left here in the house and around as supports- like lace curtains or vases or lamp shades. I also found an incredible collection of various glass and would like to experiment with painting on them.

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Some items might be too heavy or bulky to send and could maybe be included as photos?

I am not sure how yet, but it would be interesting to pick up the patterns of all the tiles used here too, before they will be changed with the renovation. For this project, I would focus more on the figures and their emotions than on things, but use the objects to express the stories.

I am curious what my tutor Emma Drye thinks of these first ideas for a parallel project and how this can develop.