Antonio Pessoa - the very Best of

Solar Plexus - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 64 x 53 cms )

2010-07-17T09:44:00.001-07:00

Tropical Topics - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 56 x 38 cms )

2010-07-17T06:43:00.001-07:00

Charisma - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 65 x 53 cms )

2010-07-16T07:19:00.001-07:00

Art Impact - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 60 x 44 cms )

2010-07-16T05:38:00.001-07:00

Bay Area - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 62 x 45 cms )

2010-07-16T05:04:00.002-07:00

Between the Lines - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 64 x 55 cms )

2010-07-16T05:04:00.001-07:00

Island of Dreams - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 46 x 45 cms )

2010-06-30T16:00:00.002-07:00

Island of Wisdom - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 46 x 46 cms )

2010-06-30T16:00:00.001-07:00

The Real Secret - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 64 x 42 cms )

2010-06-30T13:15:00.000-07:00

Art Hypnosis - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 71 x 45 cms )

2010-06-30T12:02:00.000-07:00

Mood Shifts - Antonio Pessoa 2010 ( acrylic on canvas 62 x 41 cms )

2010-06-29T09:03:00.000-07:00

Optical Target - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( acrylic on canvas 59 x 43 cms )

2010-06-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

Sensations - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( acrylic on canvas 63 x 44 cms )

2010-06-25T04:31:00.000-07:00

The Best Must - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on watercolor paper 66 x 46 cms )

2009-07-12T23:28:00.000-07:00

Workshop - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on watercolor paper 60 x 41 cms )

2009-07-12T23:26:00.000-07:00

Extra Mile - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on watercolor paper 60 x 41 cms )

2009-07-12T23:24:00.000-07:00

Freak Show - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on watercolor paper 60 x 41 cms )

2009-07-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

Show on the Road - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on watercolor paper 60 x 41 cms )

2009-06-24T08:31:00.000-07:00

Top Tips - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on Carson paper 60 x 45 cms )

2009-06-24T08:29:00.000-07:00

Studio Inn - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on Bristolpaper 60 x 45 cms )

2009-06-24T08:27:00.000-07:00

Art Planet - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on watercolor paper 60 x 41 cms )

2009-06-14T09:49:00.000-07:00

Nu Jazz - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on watercolor paper 47 x 32 cms )

2009-06-14T09:48:00.001-07:00

Mutable Moods - Antonio Pessoa 2009 ( graphite on Bristol paper 62 x 46 cms )

2009-06-14T07:46:00.000-07:00

Intuition

2009-01-26T16:22:00.001-08:00

2007-11-20T13:11:00.000-08:00

Antonio Pessoa

Intuition

Something like the "Pinball Wizard" song,performed by the english band The Who,however not quite so,fine art wizard Antonio Pessoa comes up with Intuition,acrylic on canvas,2007,expressing a perspective of what talent in real life is all about. When a lukewarm action leading role isn't definitely an option in the world we live in,whatsoever,particularly if one is facing overwhelming challenges plus a continuous and peculiar on-going urgent demands from art dealers and art collecters,moreover with no immediate alternative to,shall we say,reduce daily-weekly professional priorities...Intuition at its highest top level comes up as an absolutely required science.Fact. Always literally punctual and wisely convenient about his latest artworks as a systematic direct reaction method in which is extremely skillfully and witty published under art expression articles,a positive attitude and a very well situated response towards smiling happy or earthquake-prone circumstances plus unexpected heart trembling feedbacks,Pessoa's special sharp interpretation of the global time frame allows him to use contemporary art as a reliable reflector of his well focused observing opinion,emotional waves and general perception.That's what art nowadays is all about...or must I say...at least it should be. So,once again,everything seems to make perfect sense concerning the artist's truthful grown-up posture which is a breath of fresh air in today's overstocked propaganda-oriented racing emerging academic artists miscellaneous ways to cash off any local art scene,the best way they know how. Antonio Pessoa's personal success reports a substantial cool as cool can be sort of wholesome contemplative profile connected to the world by playing juggling balls with faqs and answers,playing by the rules but most importantly playing by Intuition. Personal News travel fast,therefore Pessoa is the first one to become aware that the most reliable source to come up with an accurate statistical measurement of his own Intuition amperage,is actually himself. So no wonder we are now able to have the visual and emotional privilege of here and now stand before a charming painting titled Intuition. Antonio Pessoa's 2007 artworks definitely show us a man,an artist going through an exciting and prodigious period of self-discovery,Mind research and emotional improvement. This instinctive knowing without the use of special resoning processes,still a rare gift possessed by only a few,is well explicit in this artwork on canvas,apart from its abstract quality the concept's fingerprints are all over the art space,a mirror reflecting and reporting this fascinating inner guidance tool,Pessoa and his higher self sharing with all of us his field of new found information beyond the bounds of space and time and consequently getting back to the heart of the public as he moves out of static coherence in order to increase the unfoldment of Intuition. Anyway,Intuition,the painting and all its meaningful symbolic abstract neo-surrealistic content is after all a part of Antonio Pessoa's current concept named FREE. This reference identified and directly related to the artist's contemporary art expression evolution,which is by itself the communicating mirror of great inner personal achievements,a unique experience profile conducting his qualities and skills towards such a magnificent supreme level of steadfast self- improvement,right now still too premature to predict the extent of this challenging mission and the outcome general effects of this daring remarkable emotional attitude plus odyssey. As for right now,that's the big thrill and the spicy mystery,for not even Pessoa is able to actually realize beforehand just how long it's going to take for him to accomplish a reasonable high degree of this fascinating dream,nor is he still able to foresee the depth level at stake let alone the probable wonderful possibilities,fulfilling and rewarding consequences of all this self-psychotherapy chemistry. The general perspective is obviously excellent and on the whole and most importantly,sure thing Antonio Pessoa's Intuition is bound to lead him safe and sound to the sunny place he profoundly feels and deeply believes he belongs to.Freedom! However...hold your horses,Ladies and Gentlemen,not quite so fast.Great goals take time to accomplish and overcoming life's adversities one by one takes a great deal of energy accompanied with a whole lot of patience and resistance. As the artist practises self-control he approximates more and more to this magical inward kingdom,and is less and less swayed by passion and grief,pleasure and pain, and lives a steadfast and virtuous life,manifesting manly strength and fortitude,in art performance,personal life,professional commitments and public communication. Freedom bound,Pessoa's determination keeps looking forward to the coming up soon Free at last happy ending. In the meantime,positive artistic suggestions such as Intuition,in art expression and real life timing,are always mostly welcome,both for the public's eyes delight and the artist's Conquest of his personal Glory. Just a short simple word.FREE! However what's at stake is a lengthwise dimension wonderful something,mysterious but bright,unpredictable but rock-steady. Just like Antonio Pessoa's fine art performances,art scene disappearances and Symphonic Orquestra soundtracked public comebacks.

Antonio Pessoa ' FINE ARTS

2007-11-20T08:23:00.000-08:00

2007-11-20T08:22:00.000-08:00

Antonio Pessoa

Fine Arts
Fine Arts,mixed media-collage on canvas,Antonio Pessoa,2007,projects a clear new art expression and communication attitude and of course a personal option in which the artist obviously signs up a definite commitment to the latest contemporary fine art tendencies,plus a steady purpose to be entirely involved in optimizing new versions of the progressive art language of nowadays. This new time and talent updated art action will now be expected to demonstrate Pessoa's increasing quality as a communicator through his classic and traditional fast-paced art action capacity and technical skills. However,the title Fine Arts suggests clearly Antonio Pessoa's personal artistic plans,revealing both his identification with the traditional fine art school and his unquestionable contemporary advanced vision,which may be seen and entirely digested as the artist's specific project right now and also in the long term future,so it seems.Fact! Fine Arts,this assemblage of interesting different forms creating a new whole yet maintaining not only the appearance but also a deep concept of the old masters oil paintings. Agreat admirer of contemporary installations,sculpture,photography and even video and architecture,Antonio Pessoa isn't however quite yet focused on starting transposing his artistic productions into experiencing and experimenting these other fields of contemporary visual arts. Nevertheless as an art expert and full-time art scene observer,Pessoa is inevitably by now highly influenced by all sorts of new avant-garde manifestations as an important redefinition of our times,thereby systematically following and absorbing the whole context of today's artistic innovations thematic features,with the expertise eye on this fascinating contemporary art science and wonderful miscellaneous aesthetic forms of expression. Consequently,Antonio Pessoa's new artworks generally grow significantly aware and motivated by this impressive variety of techniques and media,inspiring him to use this valuable information and natural influences in his latest and upcoming oeuvre. Most importantly,Pessoa strongly believes that any artist should remain faithful to his own convictions,after all the most honorable challenge for any well settled down creative process. Therefore,Antonio Pessoa by building his self- instruction around his own solid convictions,keeps on stumbling upon outstanding lucky artistic discoveries and visual results throughout his passionate art action life and times.Wisely managing his own development and thought,Pessoa persists in the only possible situation.Absolute artistic faithfulness! In a world overloaded with sports and politics,Antonio Pessoa has always been wide aware that art must be definitely emphasised with the public's cumplicity support,as a huge partner in the complex procedure focused on the systematic purpose and effort to give contemporary art a powerful voice worldwide. Pessoa,the artist and always the standing communication fan,leads his lifestyle and manages his energy,expecting something like a brad art boom among the world's population,as just another and yet fantastic tool to provide people with the visual poetry and sense making philosophical items,that interactive dimension which one way or another we all so desperately need in order to keep on going across this mysterious correlation of existence,meaning,freedom and happiness. By thatmeans,Fine Arts - Antonio Pessoa,much more than a painting,a title or even a tandard definition,it's a deep meaningful attitude towards a global project,a new usage,pronunciation,vision and concept of the important role contemporary art should and actually is able to play,as a powerful universal language,an international idiom full of positive.thinking icomic phrases,a whirlwind of true metaphysical substance and genuine humanitarian content and potential. I'm positive it is by now worldwide understood that Antonio Pessoa's project has long ago made its way through the studio walls out into the global concept of a fascinating visionary and humanitarian-minded job. Pessoa's entrepreneurial spirit through the creation of contemporary art operating as a global union and shared motivation mediator,it is after all the real and very true soul of the artist's daily persistent action and efforts. Much more can be siad and it will,a whole lot more can be done and it sure will.Meantime,Antonio Pessoa's Fine Arts project keeps on going as one of the strongest contemporary voices today. It's a given fact and thereby a logical conclusion that the artist's lifestyle is more than ever focused on setting up a stage in which,artists,gallery managers,art collectors and public in general can meet and celebrate one of the most wonderful visions of a new age of art expression supremacy and most importantly fine arts at the service of the dream for a better world,hopefully coming soon. Cheers,Mr.Pessoa!

Antonio Pessoa ' FINE ART

2007-11-20T08:20:00.000-08:00

2007-11-20T08:17:00.000-08:00

Antonio Pessoa

Fine Art

From now on,anything is possible concerning Antonio Pessoa's professional career,personal life,art production and lifestyle.If all depended on luck then we could sit back,still and quite and wait for the Lucky Stars to do the job.Let's be realistic,things don't actually happen that waymost of the times. So what's the catch? Definitely not a fishing trip.More likely an investment of energy,talent,intuition and public relations common sense. With all the differenceof opinions from the so called "experts" on how to be a top artist in twenty four hours,the on-going process sure requires a extreme high level of human potential,let alone an experienced background in the art studio,art making,talent,art expression,technique and skills.This is something which doesn't seem to worry an art wizard such as Pessoa. In today's worldwide art scene,clearly on the verge of erupting into hundreds of thousands of artists,the art planet on the other hand is quickly loosing the genuine talented species such as Botero,Andy Warhol,Picasso,Georg Baselitz,Pollock,Man Ray,Frank Stella,Thomas Baumgärtel,Antoni Tàpies,Dale Chihuly,Will Ryman,Michael Anderson and at last but not the least Antonio Pessoa,one of the most promising talents of the contemporary new generation. Antonio Pessoa's outstanding artistic achievements,art studio and public performances so far have been showing and providing us with some of the most prolific series of amazing diversity contemporary avant-garde results. For the past ten years Pessoa has been responsible for one of the largest fine art encyclopedias on canvas,shining in his brilliance as an inventor,sketcher,mixing and matching manipulator,new age fine art dancer,an art expression boundaries breaker,daring projects generator,his wonderful spontaneous inventiveness daily updated,successfully acomplishing a high quality innovative artflow identified and recognized as a top contemporary artistic phenomenon.Fact. Reasons enough so it seems,for the world start betting on a sudden explosion of a mythical contemporary art new wave worldwide label titled Antonio Pessoa. Et Voilà!That's the good news.The bad news,perhaps,is Pessoa's comfortable procrastinating attitude,as if life should be an endless leisure contemplative time,despite the artist's natural capacity to sustain a fierce lasting motivation when it comes to sudio artworking,however mitigated by a long term home seet home hypnosis which in a way has been feeding deep relationship with his inner self,on the other hand also the source of the unfair delay of his international reputation. Antonio Pessoa's communication skills,the great artist specialized in visual problem solving and artistic storytelling,exchanges what it could be his pwn version of a top artist for a environmental easy solutions,at home or at the country club,happily following his spiritual stabilization network,as an excuse and also a bad example for the struggling artists from all over the world. I would say,without being much far from the truth,that Antonio Pessoa since the very beginning of his art odissey became fully aware of how much public projection would always determine the voice power and communication strengh ans flow of art expression. However his luck strike in the early 90'sturning him into the most wealthy and productive emerging artists of western Europe,didn't actually change his perceptions of how little art does matter for the public in general without a projection backup to make it enough interesting and charismatic for the art lovers and art collectors. Antonio Pessoa kept on playing his cards,although plenty aware that like beauty,luck and social position,artistic charisma could indeed open many doors in the art scene world. Pessoa's intuitive circuits entirely adapted to the modern times,prevented him from taking himself too seriously and become an artist all the way without experiencing the down-side of the trade,always somehoe protected by his solid rational viewing of art scene community and public. Throughout the years Pessoa's emotional rescue came mainly from his own inner self intuition and wisdom,allowing him to set a stage of favorable situations in which it was possible for him to accomplish a remarkable fine art collection of artworks generating an unquestionable intensive fine art research program,an endless list of art pieces all of them reflecting a live a life you love sort of inspiration status,dream and attitude. All this studio fine art performance took the artist to such a technical degree in which Pessoa at a certain point had indeed constructed a well developed method of easy going power of invention and real time art action on canvas. Recently,Antonio Pessoa,always faithful to his deepprinciples and beliefs,breaks up with the old tendencies and model references,embracing entirely the contemporary speech,despite his collaborators and friends pressure to make him go on with the same old figurative stamp. The recent series of contemporary art reports,show us clearly a great innovative change of his traditional art communication concept,aiming and achieving a brand-new philosophical range,world and lifesyle general perspective and outlook and of course his personal life dimension as well. Antonio Pessoa looks at the international art scene as a wonderful fascinating huge monster,a great amount of art galleries concentrated in the world's largest cities downtown,precisely the sort of noisy,tremblong,erupting,rushing,racing cement jungle,the artist tries to avoid sometimes at any cost,even aware his artistic career depends a whole lot on those top galleries stuck in the middle of the breathtaking metropolitan atmosphere. More and more comfortable in sunny small cosmopolitan spots such as Ibiza,Mallorca,southern France and southern Portugal,Pessoa goes on helplessly postponing his big break and at the same time building up the sort of lifestyle which suits his deep and real nature and conceptual perception of time and life. This contradictory system and situation seems to have gained a great deal of control upon Pessoa's decisions and definitely upon the way he leads his life and lets his artistic career follow behind as if some higher and much more powerful voice keeps on calling alomg the day after day essence of truth to an idyllic perfect combination of pleasures of pure philosophical excellent and delightful easy going glamour. Nevertheless Antonio Pessoa's fine art goes on inevitably despite his obvious production slowdown. Unpredictable as the weather report,Pessoa's personal and professional artistic life one more time remains in God's classified information department.This seems to be so far all the planning tips I can actually come up with and provide the readers,despite the proven reliable Antonio Pessoa's painting machine reputation,his specific and unique energy,cultural heritage and contemporary fine art skills . Private,personal and inner issues always have seemed to be playing the vindicatory role,have always sustained a far more expanding range of influence,than simple matters os position,social status or regular income in Antonio Pessoa's life,for all that matters,and it sure does matter at least what concerns and might affect one way or another one of the most controversial,stimulating artisys of today's art scene. I wish I had a hunch that one line would be enough to state a reliable prognostic,a more consensus panel to clarify,report,solve,reveal,the hidden secrets of the remarkable contemporary art acrobat named Antonio Pessoa.

2007-05-17T08:36:00.000-07:00

2007-05-17T08:34:00.000-07:00

Suites Alba Resort & Spa
Praia da Albandeira apto. 1025
Carvoeiro ~~ Algarve ~~ Portugal
www.suitesalbaresort.com
tel . 00351 282 380 700

Exposição de pintura . António Pessoa
Primavera e Verão

Parece que afinal de contas o artista consegue fazer prevalecer a sua vontade,dando-se a conhecer um pouco mais no seu próprio país.
Pois,vejamos se para a pintura tem demonstrado ter engenho e arte para dar e vender,faltava tirar a prova dos nove,se ainda assim António Pessoa conseguia convencer Vicente Fernández Lago,a decidir-se finalmente a divulgar de uma forma mais adequada,a sua obra em terras lusas.
O Sr.Fernández Lago,apesar da fama que tem de ser um homem teimoso e muito fiel aos seus caprichos,no que se refere a António Pessoa felizmente sempre parece fazer uma pausa na sua obstinada natureza,concedendo ao artista,por respeito,por hábito e também às vezes até por distração,essa cedência por influência de uma simpatia moral e vamos lá vêr,até mesmo pragmática.
E o resultado começa a estar à vista com três "long play"exposições simultâneas e outras que tantas já programadas para esta temporada
de Primavera-Verão na bela Galiza.
António Pessoa precocemente reformado,que é como quem diz,como se sabe,porém pelo menos na sua atitude e modelo de vida dá visiveis sinais de estar bem onde está, restringindo o seu circulo de amigos intimos ao minimo imprescindivel e desta forma preservando uma certa qualidade social,que não só o inspira e o enriquece espiritualmente,como o vai por assim dizer protegendo de más influências e de interferências
negativas.
Intrinsecamente desinteressado por questões mundanas como fama,dinheiro,compromissos sociais cerimoniosos e acima de tudo cada vez mais insensível ao ritmo estupefaciente das grandes urbes,Home Studio-Antonio Pessoa reveste-se cada vez mais de uma atmosfera de trabalho plástico,silêncio e pensamento,estudo,análise politica e social,invenção,lazer e contemplação.

Esta exposição patente ao público todos os meses de Primavera e Verão adapata-se bastante ao critério estético e até climático de António
Pessoa,artista bastante habituado à atmosfera da Dolce Vita do sul da Peninsula desde a sua adolescência,apesar de ter vivido seis anos entre Londres e Amsterdam.
Ainda que Worlwide seja um projecto que lhe vai exigir ceder e abdicar do conforto semi-tropical no qual se encontra como um peixe dentro de água,para enfrentar-se à turbulência de cidades como Nova Iorque,Chicago,Los Angeles,Dallas e até mesmo em sua casa,Barcelona,facto que verdade seja dita para o artista consiste muito mais em sofrimento do que em prazer,António Pessoa faz o sacrificio e toma inteiramente a responsabilidade perante si mesmo e naturalmente perante os muitos colaboradores que dependem e vivem exclusivamente do e para o projecto.
Obviamente ainda sem certezas concretas é contudo muito possivel que o pintor português venha durante estes meses de Primavera e Verão
a marcar algumas vezes presença neste paraiso algarvio,obviamente dependendo também da sua voluminosa agenda.
Tendo sido sempre a sua região favorita em Portugal,onde o artista já viveu e passou longas temporadas desde a sua adolescência,o Algarve
continua a provocar-lhe essa sensação de bem-estar e êxtase o que muito provavelmente pode significar que de facto apareça por aí,quanto mais não seja para dar um ar da sua graça.
Sém dúvida que vale a pena se a alma não é pequena,pegar na familia,meter-se no Popó e vir até cá aos belos Algarves,claro está no Carvoeiro,Suites Alba Resort & Spa,em jeito de férias e naturalmente com os sentidos apurados para visualizar uma das colecções hoje em dia,mais representativas das artes plásticas portuguesas.

Veronica Amaral

2007-05-06T17:10:00.000-07:00

Casa da Calçada Relais & Châteaux - expo Antonio Pessoa 2007 -Amarante . Portugal

2007-05-06T17:08:00.000-07:00

EXPO - Antonio Pessoa , 2007

Casa da Calçada . Relais & Châteaux

AMARANTE ~~ PORTUGAL

tel . 00351 . 255 410 830

ffafonso@casadacalcada.com

www.casadacalcada.com

Another great Antonio Pessoa solo Art Show at the Casa da Calçada .Relais & Châteaux,Vernissage taking place May 12, 7 p.m. and open to visitors till August 12,2007.
Another "The Romantic Period" outlook,1997-2002,inspired and produced in Vigo,Spain and definitely one of the most striking artworks series of the artist ever.
Again,it seems it's never too much to overlook Antonio Pessoa's unique and outstanding Romantic Period,1997-2002,the endless well-acted series of artworks aiming so many different aspects of fine arts and furthermore,getting it done by the magical dynamic force and energy of an artist so incredibly involved with the basic pure studio hard work and continuous research.
Therefore,in so doing,Antonio Pessoa during those super-productive years living in Vigo,Spain,actually accomplishes art results beyond even his closest friends expectations turning huge blank canvases into splendid and amazing high quality artworks.
From 1997 till 2002,the very space in time of the worldwide known and rather puzzling Romantic Period,the artist actually explores all there is to explore and review in the pure fine arts universe.This rather peculiar and still not yet fully explained urgency to produce on a frantic daily basis and with an extreme concentrated devotion,still remains an obscure and not yet fully solved sort of mystery.
This almost paranormal unexplained phenomena,like it or not,gave birth to one of the most fine art amazing encyclopedic art collections among the ones of the Great Masters.The hidden reasons or motivations which actually led Antonio Pessoa throughout five intense years of nerve shaking, ferocious adventures across the fine art trade field , still remain in the secret of the Gods.
Not even Mr. Vicente Fernández Lago,close friend,partner,book keeper,public relations and administrator of Antonio Pessoa's affairs in Spain and Portugal,not even spaniard Irene Luz Iglesias Dona still the artist official wife,neither his multiple european and americans collaborators,yet got to deeply understand what was on the artist's mind and soul during those speed limit years of the wonderful,bohemian and hard working Romantic Period.
Actually the only one who seems to be keeping the Classified Information-so to speak- is indeed Mr.Jacob Kotsky,Antonio Pessoa's official biographer and close friend since the late 90's.
Like a fast-forward movie,the artist's Romantic Period went zooming through those action time five years,leaving behind thousands of loose ends and finger prints in the body of amazing and outstanding artworks.
Antonio Pessoa the Andy Warhol of Vigo,Spain,was and still seems to be the top model for all absolute beginners and even the veteran artists of west northern Spain.If from 1997 to 2002,he became indeed as popular as popular can be mainly in Vigo but also in whole region of Galecia,from the time he settles down in Barcelona his mythical aura increases to the point of almost becoming a legend,significantly a mith in his own time within the Vigo art scene,namely among artists,art curators,media and art collectors.
Nevertheless,most importantly was undoubtedly his personal talented achievement by accomplishing a true gifted titanic collection of gifted art pieces.
And precisely as for right now,in this romantic,striking,magical and
Hollywood like Castle which is Casa da Calçada Relais & Châteaux,in
one of Portugal´s most charming cities,Amarante,just a few miles from Oporto,some of Antonio Pessoa´s Romantic Period Best of artworks are available to art lovers from Spain,Portugal and of course from all over the world.
During this three months Art Show,we welcome you to come and join the club and make the very most of it.
It´s a Must and besides,ladies and gentlemen,I would say that you're
very probably going to have the time of your life!

Anneke Frenken

The Brush strikes again - Antonio Pessoa 2007 ( mixed media )

2007-04-28T20:48:00.000-07:00

The Brush strikes again

2007-04-28T20:47:00.001-07:00

O Pincel ataca de novo !

The Brush strikes again (O Pincel ataca de novo ) é o retomar da colecção Art on White iniciada em 2006 e agora surgindo numa refrescante e nova versão de 2007,uma premonição de futuros trabalhos
do artista,naturalmente uns mais felizes do que outros como não podia deixar de ser.Longe ainda está o separar o trigo do joio para aquilo que
inevitavelmente um dia será o Best Of 2007.
A colecção Art on White 2006 de António Pessoa teve o aplauso do público,dos criticos de arte e de alguns galeristas os quais um a um foram considerando Art on White como uma das melhores séries deste artista
plástico desde o celebérrimo Black and White album 1997-1998.
Talvez a mais relevante diferença é o facto de António Pessoa hoje em dia parecer ter-se livrado de algumas demasiado obvias influências que
dez anos atrás o bombardeavam incessantemente no exercicio plástico
e até no pensamento.
Talvez o interregno de 2005 tenha sido afinal de contas o tempo de reflexão necessário a um corte drástico com os fantasmas do passado,ou talvez simplesmente o nascimento de uma nova filosofia de vida dando lugar a uma nova perspectiva plástica e consequentemente a uma nova linha estética.
António Pessoa em 2006 surpreendendo todos e mais ninguém surge
mais além do conceito average contemporâneo com The NEW ERA .
A chuva de boas e más criticas não se fez esperar.A predominância de um positivismo geral falou por si mesma e The NEW ERA foi recebida com
entusiasmo e alegria,sem grande espalhafato nem levantar muita polémica.
Para polémico já temos o artista,bem mais controverso que as suas próprias criações artisticas.Este é o boca-a-boca e é realmente verdade.
A minha humilde opinião como critico e professor de pintura e História de Arte,pode até eventualmente ser talvez a mais objectiva,dado que a minha relação com o artista é coisa recente,ao contrário de Luis Santiago,Vicente Fernández Lago,Pierre Fontanals,Nancy Igartiburu e naturalmente Jacob Kotsky,que são colaboradores e amigos intimos de
António Pessoa ,já de longa data.
A minha análise,a qual confere-me o direito de me manifestar segundo
o modelo em vigor de livre expressão,leva-me a concluir uma infindável
teia de contradições tanto na vida como na obra do artista.
E a conclusão à qual eu chego é que com António Pessoa há que
forçosamente separar o trigo do joio e o homem do artista.
De uma modo geral considero que a obra de Pessoa é excelente,não pretendendo com isto dizer que penso que tudo o que ele dá à luz é bom.
Estou plenamente convencido de que o próprio artista tem nitida consciência deste eventual desnivel de qualidade,coisa que segundo me consta não parece consistir numa preocupação para o próprio mas sim uma realidade inevitável a uma sempre contínua mega-produção,o que é o caso.
A extenuante salgalhada de influências que marcam a Época Romântica de António Pessoa,1997-2002,onde modelos como Francis Bacon,Georg Baselitz,Pablo Picasso,Henry Matisse,Paul Cadmus,Alberto Giacometti,Vieira da Silva,Frank Stella,Miró,Andy Warhol e até mesmo Salvador Dali...parecem ter sido arrumadas,empacotadas e enviadas por
correio para o reino do esquecimento.
António Pessoa, milagrosamente surge com The NEW ERA em 2006 mais do que nunca igual a si próprio.
Obras como August Storm,The Brain e Contemporary Plus,entre outras,
marcam a diferença,acentuam um certo minimalismo e estudada simplicidade conceptual,deixando claro um apuradissimo critério de qualidade e ao mesmo tempo conservando a riqueza das cores e das formas da mais bela tradição das Belas Artes.

Rafael Medina

VIGO CITY - El album Blanco y Negro 1997 - 1998 - Antonio Pessoa

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Antonio Pessoa - VIGO CITY

El album Blanco y Negro . 1997-1998

Si la Época Romántica de Antonio Pessoa,(1997 - 2002) , una colección
monumental de más de 1200 oleos sobre lienzo,de pura inspiración gallega y con el sello inconfundíble de las primeras vanguardias del síglo XX,como Matisse,Braque,Picasso y Marc Chagall...
Si la Nueva Era ( 2006 - 2007 ) de Antonio Pessoa ha tenído un efecto
devastadoramente impactante y hasta morboso tanto entre los coleccionístas de arte como en el exigente critério de la pretigiosa nueva generación de críticos;por su color,formas eclécticas,su calíbre de expresión plástica,
más que simplemente contemporáneo,visualmente inoxidable,dotada de un original malabarismo extremadamente cromático,agradablemente chillón,minimalista y sabiamente saturada a la vez...

...la fantástica colección de dibujos del album Blanco y Negro (1997 - 1998 ),producída en Vígo,publicada en Tuy y ahora mísmo conocída,consagrada y aplaudida internacionalmente;es muy probablemente la más atrevída,original y erudíta Época del artísta.
Aunque tan solo hayan sído publicados en catálogo 300 dibujos,la verdad es que más de 1000 obras de hecho hacen el todo de esta colección enciclopedica,la cual al parecer promete volverse muy pronto una Época Historica de la vida y Obra de Antonio Pessoa,obviamente por distintas razones que si vamos a ver y si nos asomamos al tema con la debída lectura,detenidamente y despacio, pueden ser su polifacética
temática,desde el erotísmo camuflado pero a flor de piel,pasando por el retrato neo-surrealista desfragmentado y analítico,hasta los juegos caricaturístas de clara controversa naturaleza de estílo y contenído.
Supongo que no hace falta referir la técnica de alta precisión,las sorprendentes cualidades de excelente dibujante de Antonio Pessoa,las cuales han hecho que esta colección haya resultado una saga llena de episodios de inspiración melodramática,visión quimerica y rapsodia fantasísta.
De rara belleza estética,madurez técnica,soltura frenética y inspiración gallega,la colección Blanco y Negro de Antonio Pessoa, muy probablemente será cada vez más un marco y un fenómeno de la vida y Obra del artísta digno de estudio académico-erudito a nivel internacional y seguramente,según las previsiones de muchos expertos,una plataforma de imprescindíble referencia del Arte Moderno Universal...
...quizás solo comparable a la Época Azul de Pablo Picasso.

Pierre Fontanals

Chicago,2004 - Den Haag , Holland Art Fair,2006

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From Chicago,2004 to Den Haag,2006
since the two Chicago art shows,2004 till Den Haag's Holland Art Fair,2006
artist Antonio Pessoa has been exhibiting his Romantic Period artworks mainly in fancy five stars hotels in France,Spain and Portugal.
one of the main reasons for this choice, is-as far as we know - the artist's clear reluctance to commit himself to the eventual whims of any art gallery...unless the deal at stake fits his very personal idea of how his project plus the general progression of his professional life must be managed,handled and obviously promoted.
a difficult sort of artist,this lad named Antonio Pessoa...or should I say,
Sir Antonio Pessoa????
the strangest artist on Earth...one could claim and complain.
keep on kicking about,friends,make a formal accusation...he couldn't care less,believe me!
while most of the artists struggle to get through the crowd...so very often in the endless breathtaking attept to achieve something...
...Sir Antonio Pessoa seems to have writen on his face "THE HARDER THE CONFLICT THE MORE GLORIOUS THE TRIUMPH!!"
what do you know!!!
if it happens you're thinking he's kind of weird,playing the bloody waiting game...having a stormy burst of laughter out of his waggish behavior,you're stiff wrong.´
...Sir Antonio Pessoa,the great communicator but also the great pain in the ass...is no perverted nor a snobbish jerk,not that,never,definitely not.
on the contrary the artist is a sharp first rate professional who knows exactly what he wants,(his way!!!)...how he wants it and where he wishes to go.
...and a fair good investment...that's the final conclusion many art collectors are jumping to these days...!

Anneke Frenken

Antonio Pessoa in ...the global warming Land

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Antonio Pessoa in...the global warming Land
the big question remains without answer for the time being!
is Antonio Pessoa going to give in...give it all up...or make it just the way he wants to?
´that seems to be depending on the...Gods!
Nevertheless the show must go on,because...and so it seems,the artist's
straight forwardness keeps on burning,steaming and rolling!
Springtime is coming,thanks to the global warming!
And as the temperature rises and in so doing tempering the artist's temper...Antonio Pessoa borns again after a short cold winter,ready for whatever his priorities are.A man's got to do what a man's got to do.
Antonio Pessoa the-Lyon -Heart very,very probably once again is about to get up and stand for his controversial reputation.The odd reputation of the Mystery Man...maybe?!
While the nasty bad guys on the lookout expect him to jump off a cliff for good...or something...the good souls pray and hope the future shall bring Antonio Pessoa all the best,best as best can be.
this sure is no greasy kid's stuff,folks!
it's rather a nail-biting thriller...with no guns so far...but providing everyone with enough suspense to make us keep the eyes open...just in case!!!
to be or not to be continued,this script for the time being sure promises a whole lot of new adventures,awkward situations,a hard to deal art dealers to face,stinky and sticky news and sometimes a bit of embarrassment for the ones who work with him...
...and if everything goes well maybe an happy ending...who knows?
I would guess...
the great performance is yet to come!!!!!

Anneke Frenken

Antonio Banderas - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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Antonio Banderas by Antonio Pessoa

No big news,no big deal,no big story.Just artist Antonio Pessoa tackling one of his favourite subjects ever.Portraits.Also Antonio Banderas one of his favourite Hollywood actors , comes right on schedule for the opening,very probably preceding the next lucky-or unlucky - ones who are foreordained to enter Antonio Pessoa's Portrait Gallery.
Antonio Banderas,so it seems,comes into sight not precisely as a new star but more like a diving divine colorful cartoon,with one eye less but with a lot more mystery than in the motion pictures.
Artist Antonio Pessoa provoking as always,doesn't let us know whether he is caricaturing the actor or enhancing Antonio Bandera's good looks.
So if anyone really wishes to know for sure,take my wise advice,go and ask the artist what was the real intention.Do not worry, for the worst probable possibility is that the portrait's author will promptly generate an ambiguous answer,opening the discussion to two or more interpretations,either intending to mislead you on purpose or crazy as it seems providing you with the mirror of the truth speech for all that matters.
Miscellaneous,an haphazard composition of different kinds of art expressions,Antonio Bandera's portrait by Antonio Pessoa might as well be the beginning of a new series of controversial human "face lifting" disasters or even facial profiling sessions,one way or another not even the art critics seem to know what to say anymore.
For only this time now one thing seems to be pretty obvious.
Antonio Pessoa keeps on doing his own way without even asking permission.
Bye,bye!

Carmen Olaya

the team - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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Antonio Pessoa - - the contemporary Art wizard

Contemporary Art reviewing requires a daily basis continuous information research.The endless amount of Art galleries and artists increases the difficult task of being more or less up dated and able to have a reasonable general idea,realistic enough to make sense.
In this universe of tendencies one might consider the ultimate possibility of going backwards and sit on the comfortable upholstered chair of the twentieth century Great Masters,such as Francis Bacon,Andy Warhol,Jackson Pollock,Botero,Kandinsky and Picasso.
Nevertheless,new contemporary Art after all provides me with many positive aspects of legitimate artistic expression,such as Antonio Pessoa.
Antonio Pessoa's remarkable talent is very probably one of the most reliable references of contemporary Art.
Totally devoted to his unmutable belief,he naturally manages to keep away of the struggling crowd,being effortlessly admited in the major highest elitist Art circles while his art works get a high rank circulation status of the classic phenomenon in this particular case leading to be part of the new century's Art History.
Despite the good and the bad critics,Antonio Pessoa keeps on the right track simply by following the nature of his belief,taming the monsters with a brave artist's attitude,by simply listening but not too much,apparently immune to the competion's friction,paging the inner mother of invention,and slow and gently printing it on canvas with the amazing mastery of the Old Masters and the easy going charming incantation uniqueness of an experienced contemporary Art wizard.

Jacob Kotsky

situations - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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ANTONIO PESSOA's Best of

Probably talking about Antonio Pessoa's best of is talking about his whole career,for it seems quite obvious that for the past 17 years this artist has no doubt proved
to be a prodigious master of contemporary art.
From 1995 to 2006 he went through amazing changes,always surprising the public in every art show,restlessly keeping on pursuing new formulas of art expression and improving at light speed with the dedication and concentration of someone who doesn't look back,with the self-stimulus of an artist who knows where he's going to and knows he's going to make it.
Antonio Pessoa might change his style here and then but one thing is for sure,he never changes the positive thinking,the straightforward attitude.
Therefore one comment seems to be enough.

Antonio Pessoa is always doing his Best of !

Marc Gilot

no reply - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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ANTONIO PESSOA ~~ The Visual World

The same might be said of his conceptual colors.Here is the jungle,the savannah,the sea or the cosmos,resplendent with colors and shapes,Art in its primal abundance,and sometimes at first we see only chaos,the anarchy of the wild.Look again,however,and a new order begins to emerge,as things that had been hidden from us at first viewing soon begin to reveal themselves.

And again,Antonio Pessoa uses color itself as a foil for his own whimsical investigations into the complex forms that underline the visual world around us.
In so doing,he poses a certain questions: how do the eye and mind interpret what we see,and how does human expression relate to colors own expression?'
Those are complicated questions,but Antonio Pessoa's approach is both serious and playful.
It all begins with a mark of line,for despite years of traditional Art school training as a painter,the direct calligraphic gesture has been at the root of Antonio Pessoa's creative impulse since childhood.

Gaby Hoffman . New York,NY

focus spot - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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ANTONIO PESSOA ~~ Art Fits New Era

It's that concern for movement,wich propels his series of NEW ERA abstracts,art works that reflect a sense of motion and energy.

Antonio Pessoa regards these as analogous to music and the workings of an orchestra in the way he suggests rhythm,while color and shadow give melody.Accents highlight crescendo,and the interior spaces offer rest.

For Antonio Pessoa,his Art fits nearly with his belief that we are all part of a totality in wich everything is part of everything else.

Antonio Pessoa believes in the inter connectedness of life.He sees universe as a kind of web in wich all of our lives are part of the larger system,and therefore no one or the other of us is more important ; we are all vital to it.
We are here to evolve,to move towards the unknown in order to elevate our collective consciousness,in the attempt to become more aware of ourselves and our surroundings.

Gaby Hoffman , New York,NY

contemporary plus - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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ANTONIO PESSOA - The 21th century Fox

The NEW ERA, Antonio Pessoa 2006 ia a Must,a highly recommendable collection of the artist's latest projects.
It doesn't seem to be pretentious to the point of struggling to show the world something new,whatever that means.

The NEW ERA , Antonio Pessoa 2006,it's a natural effortless display of ideas overflowing in his hiper-creative mind,not only with decorative purposes but essentialy aiming to reach his own perception of emotions through constructive conceptual compositions,pleasant to the eyes and real-genuine to our hearts.

The NEW ERA, Antonio Pessoa 2006 is right now available to anyone who enjoys high quality Art,a collection breaking up with the past but not yet breaking the rules.
For Antonio Pessoa doesn't feel the need to break the rules in order to express himself,he doesn't need to break the rules to gain publicity at all costs.
He leads his life and his work with no need to rush,taking life as it comes and creating on a daily basis as a religious ritual of his own.
Definitely a cool guy in the contemporary Art scene.

Arthur Zimmerman - Salzburg,at

ANTONIO PESSOA - The Very Best Of

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LINKS - Antonio Pessoa

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http://hsartapessoa.multiply.com

www.apessoa.photosite.com

www.antoniopessoa-finearts.zoomshare.com

http://ap-thenewera.blogspot.com

http://ap-metropolis.blogspot.com

http://homestudio-art-antoniopessoa.blogspot.com

www.freewebs.com/antoniopessoa-artonwhite

http://ppdm-ap.blogspot.com

http://ap-espana.blogspot.com

http://ap-europe-ap.blogspot.com

http://ap-1997-bb1.blogspot.com

http://ap-1998-rp.blogspot.com

http://ap-1999-rp.blogspot.com

August storm - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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expo - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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the Brain - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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hope - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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at last but not the least - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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abracadabra - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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interferences - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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the NEW ERA

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getting high

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2

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Every Art piece

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The VERY BEST of ~~ Antonio Pessoa

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contact - Antonio Pessoa

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The Golden years - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media)

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Boing Boing ,NetScape - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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Boing Boing , mindspring - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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Boing Boing , energy star - ANTONIO PESSOA 2006 ( mixed media )

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Boing Boing,northern light- Antonio Pessoa 2005 ( mixed media )

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Boing Boing web - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( mixed media )

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California dreaming - Antonio Pessoa 2006 (mixed media)

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contact - Antonio Pessoa

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experiencing Madonna - ANTONIO PESSOA 2006 ( photography + mixed media + d-paint )

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well,here I go again,it's so nice to see you happy then I become more artist.What's wrong with that,i'd like to know.I love you,yes,I love you !

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The Canvas Fix - ANTONIO PESSOA 2006 (photography,mixed media,d-paint)

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The Art Collector - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( photography x d-paint )

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Flavours -Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( photography x d-paint )

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Outrageous - Antonio Pessoa 2006 ( photography + mixed media + d-paint )

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Human nature - Antonio Pessoa 2006 (photography + mixed media + d-paint )

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Voyeur - ANTONIO PESSOA 2006 ( photography + d-Paint)

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KISS - ANTONIO PESSOA 2006 - (photography,d-paint)

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Please don't stop - ANTONIO PESSOA 2006 (photography + d-paint)

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THE VERY BEST OF

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Hello my Friend !

The Very Best Of is a selection of what my team and I ,choose as indeed the best of my Art work produced between 1997 and 2004.

You may find in this site several options of Art expression , but to tell you the truth there's an historical and logical connection among all of them art pieces.

I sure hope you'll enjoy it!´

please , feel free to contact me 24 hours a day to this e-mail :

homestudio_antoniopessoa@yahoo.com

Any critics or comments shall be mostly welcome.
I promise your privacy will be and kept more than safe!!!

All your comments and critics will be used for self-improvement wich includes my Art work.

Thank you very much

Antonio Pessoa

My name is Antonio Pessoa . Welcome and thanks a lot for visiting this blog

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The Very Best Of

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Thanks everyone of you who are visiting this blog.

I hope and expect deep down from my heart that you'll enjoy it almost as much I've enjoyed hard working in
order to make all these art works come true.

It's defenitely not always easy to make a living out of Fine Arts;nevertheless that's the way I've chosen to lead my life and I don't actually regret a single minute
I've been dedicating to this stimulating trade,for the past seventeen years as a full-time artist.

I love what I do and I do it for all of you,for communication is something I truly and deeply believe in,something I couldn't live without.

Also wish to thank all my friends team who helped me upload this blog in less than 24 hours.That was quite a job,mates!

These art works presented in this blog are indeed a careful selection of what we thought that were my most interesting pieces since 1997 to 2004.
That's why this blog is named "The Very Best of..."

Thank you very much all of you.

yours truly

Antonio Pessoa

Urban neurosis - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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Twilight zone - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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The stamp - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on canvas )

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The get away - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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Sunset downtown - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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Speed limit - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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Snappy register - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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Reflections - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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Polytechnic - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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Pink dawn - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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Orange California - ANTONIO PESSOA 2004 ( acrylic on wood )

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