INQUIETAÇÃO

INQUIETAÇÃO IS THE BODY OF WORK I RETURN TO MOST OFTEN. IT IS ALSO THE ONLY ONE WHOSE END I HAVE NEVER TRIED TO DEFINE. THE SERIES GROWS SLOWLY, THROUGH PAINTINGS MADE MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS APART, FROM INTIMATE STUDIES TO LARGE-SCALE CANVASES. I THINK OF INQUIETAÇÃO LESS AS UNEASE AND MORE AS CURIOSITY – THE FEELING THAT THERE IS STILL SOMETHING I HAVEN’T UNDERSTOOD, SOMETHING I HAVEN’T SEEN, ANOTHER QUESTION WORTH FOLLOWING. THE PROCESS IS PARTLY AN EXERCISE IN LETTING GO OF THAT DISTANCE – BETWEEN WHAT I INTENDED, WHAT I WANTED, AND WHAT THE WORK EVENTUALLY BECOMES. IN MANY WAYS, THE SERIES IS MY OWN WAY OF NAVIGATING THAT TENSION. AS LONG AS THAT CURIOSITY REMAINS, INQUIETAÇÃO WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO GROW.