susana bravo`s art work

Non stop voyage "Non stop voyage" 100x200cm Mixed on canvas ”Non stop voyage" is the title of this painting, but it isn`t   a journey without interruptions, alias in this I represent many pauses, many turning times, many crossroads, the stops are not fixed,   they are fluid, flexible and busy. In my paintings I represent and tell personal stories, these stories can be only a moment, do not need to have physical movement, displacement of the body, we can be quiet and in a second everything happens inside us. One of the voyage’s that I represent in this painting   is the life of A`Si, a Macanese boy born into a large family who lived in a reed boat, A'Si was given to the Captain of a Portuguese ship, a better future was the what   the boy's parents wanted. A`Si   came to Portugal, he went to live with the family of the commander. As an adult   he lived in Serra da Estrela married anf had six children. A great trip, a life trip, a full li...

"A convenient harbour for me" 160cm x160cm 63inches x 63inches Mixed media on canvas: oil;collage;drypastels; charcoal... Painting was photographed by Hugo Almeida Detail   Detail   Detail   In my studio when the painting was in progress   Detail   Detail   detail    

Mail Art 3 postcards I have done recently  This one to a bell lover in the USA This went to Coimbra -Portugal

Anne Catherick writes the message 150cm x150 cm  Drawing nearly painting on canvas Photo credits : Hugo Almeida The novel begins with    Walter    an art teacher who finds a job as drawing teacher to two sisters. Before heading out to the sisters' house, he meets a mysterious woman dressed entirely in white here, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road […] stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments […] I was far too seriously startled by the suddenness with which this extraordinary apparition stood before me, in the dead of night and in that lonely place, to ask what she wanted . Anne herself is almost constantly slipping around in terms of identity, revealing her own fractured personality. She goes from calm to agitated—all at the drop of a hat. But the narrative never judges Anne or views her psychological problems in a negative light. And she herself is a surprisingly crucial part ...

"I have a dream..." "I have a dream  ....."      2015   Mixed media on wood   100cmx100cm This painting is about a dream I have , to go travelling . All the photos below are of details of the painting "I have dream...." Detail Detail

Heat and Dust This short novel tells the story of two women, in two  different  eras.  There is the spoiled and unhappy Oliva, in 1923 colonial India, who outrages society by having an affair with the local Nawab. Olivia's husband Douglas divorces her and remarries. In the 1970's, his granddaughter arrives in India to revisit the places her family once lived and to try to discover the truth about the scandal that surrounded her grandfather's first wife. Although this is a short read, it is full of emotions  and it is beautifully written. Both the story of Oliva and that of her step-granddaughter almost merge, as you find yourself changing viewpoints with an ease that highlights  the skill of the author. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala died at the age of 85  in 2013, but her work stands the test of time and this 1975 Booker winning novel will remain a classic. Inspired by "Heat and Dust " I have painted    "It was like a challenge and she...