Landscape - oil

At night at the country

Still life with bananas

Still life with bananas

Oil on canvas by Maria Avila

The other side of the wall

Sometimes we want to see what is on the other side of the wall.

We look for the unknown: the secrets we can´t see or listen; then we give us a little break and we find what we are looking for is just beside us, or in front of us. We need to live with intensity the present moment - THE NOW.

Mandala

This I made for my daughter´s family

Love them all

"Não quero faca nem queijo, quero fome" , by Adélia Prado

Paintings - slide

Landscape of Minas Gerais

I love painting mountains and rural areas. 

The contact with the nature is an inspiration for me.

A Farm in Minas Gerais

Painting Minas Gerais

I am from Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, but it was in Minas Gerais that I started painting. The State is very inspiring by the colors, mountaings, and small cities where people used to play cards under the tree on the public squares

Masks - collage

I am very curious and I like to try all different ways to express my feelings.

Some people don´t understand why I like to keep so much junk that is considered garbage. My intuition tells me " keep this", and I promised myself to follow my heart, always. Then, once in my studio, I looked around, sometimes I don´t know where to start, but as soon as I start working, something happens. I have been making ART for 30 years, I have made many exhibitions, in Brazil and abroad, I am still looking for my style. Do I need a style?

Did Picasso have a style? He painted in so many ways that he was unique, he was Picasso. And he said, " It took me 93 years to learn how to paint as a child".

I know life has taught me many different ways of living, and each day is a new day, and I am not the same. I am better as the time goes by. I feel I am happier now than when I was 20 y/o. I feel more confident and more tolerant than I used to be, I understand much more the "messages" I get now than the ones I got when I was younger. With age we learn to manage our time and life. Here is the ARTIST 24 HOURS: night and day I think about how is going to be the next work, painting or collaging. And I keep working...

It is much better being RED once than yellow all life.

I used to paint the papers before I am going to work with them. I try different colors and textures.