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I have been really busy for the past months, making these flowers for my new body of work. And I’m loving it, it’s so much fun to create different flowers and choose the colours I like. And now that Spring has arrived, it’s been very inspiring for me. *~,~*
These are some close-up photos of my new work:

Photo by Waleska Nomura.

Photo by Waleska Nomura.

Photo by Waleska Nomura.

Today is my Birthday!!! *~,~*
When I was a little girl I used to love my birthdays, but since I completed 25 years old, things changed and I used to get a bit down because I was getting older… I think it’s a girl’s thing with the age…
And when I completed 30 years old! That was really scary, I just had one thing in my mind: I need to have a baby! Because I always knew I wanted to become a mother and I knew so many people that had difficulties in getting pregnant after their 30s that I really had to have a baby in that year! And luckily I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy, and now that I have him, I don’t care anymore If I’m getting old or not, my son is so important to me that my age issue disappeared. 😉
Today my husband asked me what I wanted to do and I said : ” I want to spend the day painting! ” *~,~*

Happy Birthday To You

Thanks to graffiti, today I am an artist. I had my first graffiti lessons with one of my best friends, Binho. He is one of the pioneers of graffiti in Brazil, along Tinho, Os Gemeos, Vitche, Herbert, Speto in which I have a great admiration. Thanks to them, today there are many good artists in Brazil.
After few years, there were many young people interested in the art of graffiti, so, Binho started a graffiti workshop and invited me to participate. It used to be every Sundays and thanks to that, a new generation of graffiti in Brazil was born. We used to be a very dedicated group, we used to sit around this snooker table and draw, draw and draw… And as I used to be a wild girl, it didn’t surprise me that I liked the Wildstyle letters the most! This photo is dedicated to that time of my life. *~,~*

Gracas ao graffiti, hoje eu sou uma artista. Eu tive minhas primeiras aulas de graffiti com um dos meus melhores amigos, Binho. Ele eh um dos pioneiros do graffiti brasileiro, junto com Tinho, Os Gemeos, Vitche, Herbert, Speto por quem eu tenho uma grande admiracao. Gracas a eles, hoje temos muitos grandes artistas no Brasil.
Depois de alguns anos, haviam muitos jovens interessados na arte do graffiti, entao, Binho deu inicio a um workshop de graffiti e me convidou a participar. Eram todos os domingos e, gracas a este workshop, uma nova geracao de grafiteiros nasceu. Nos eramos um grupo muito dedicado, nos sentavamos ao redor de uma mesa de sinuca e desenhavamos, desenhavamos e desenhavamos…. E como eu era uma menina Wild, nao me surpreendeu que as letras Wildstyle eram as minhas favoritas. Esta foto eh dedicada aquela epoca da minha vida. *~,~*

Wildstyle

This is a wall I painted in London in 2003/04 , those were the good old days…. I had no responsability, nothing to worry about, my only worries were: ” I need some more paint for the next wall.” Now, things have changed, I have a beautiful boy that needs me, and I LOVE HIM SOOO MUCH. Before, I used to paint my little girls playing hyde and seek with an imaginary friend, now I have a real friend to play with me. And we are going to the park this afternoon to play hyde and seek. Now I’m enjoying the good new days. *~,~*

Hyde and Seek

So it’s the end of our holidays, my son is back to school! Which means, back to work! But as I LOVE my work, It’s all good! I feel sooo lucky to have the opportunity to work doing something that I really LOVE doing and it’s something that I used to do before as a hobby. And to turn that into my job, it’s really lucky! 😉
Here are some close-up pictures of my new work.
Experimenting is the word for me in 2011!!! *~,~*

Flowers

Flowers 2

Flowers 3

Flowers 4

It’s the end of another year… it’s time to reflect in everything that happened in the past and most importantly, think forward to the coming year. It’s time to think in what you need to change and things you want to achieve. It’s that time of the year that everybody is positive and make an effort to be a better person. It’s the time that everybody should have a new hope.
I wish you all a Very Happy New Year, filled with peace, love, prosperity and happiness!!! *~,~*

A New Hope

I LOVE FLOWERS! They are so magically beautiful. So many combinations of colours and textures…
Nature is what inspires me the most!
The symbolic meanings of flowers are often very important, different flowers for different occasions. And some of them also have different meanings in different countries.
I have been working on a new series of paintings and the main subject is Nature.
This is a painting I did, a few years ago, dedicated to my love of flowers. *~,~*

Flowers