Inspired in Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, this 2008 Golden Age Series captures that late teen’s beauty that freezes momentarily in time, yet soon begins to fade as childlike traits acquire more mature contours.
With a sharp eye for the female figure, Pedro’s portraits can easily be tagged as beautiful fashion illustrations.
Alfred Hitchcock gets his own version in the Twin Series.
Here’s a delightful selection of feminine collages by Pedro Batista following the 2006 Twin Series.
More on the amazing Twins Series
In 2006, Pedro produced a spectacular series entitled “Twins” — drawing a parallel on the classic concept of portrait by transforming each stroke of the brush into a collage of bits from the character’s life (stories, photographs, etc). The effect, outstanding!
In this 2006 series entitled Pantano (=swamp), Pedro evolved these drawings into powerful paintings that breathe distrust.
Pedro’s ability to capture the elegance of femininity and the character of a posture is delightful. With amazing resonance in strokes of blue.
Continuing to explore charcoal as medium, Pedro creates a whole casting of characters that bring the working space to life.
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IN 2006, Pedro did a series of portraits in charcoal that sharply capture expressions and poise.
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In 2005, Pedro showcased his work at Beato Studio, a spectacular Open Studio where he used to work, alongside a roll of great Portuguese artists — Valentim Quaresma, Ricardo Quaresma, Tomás Viana, Ricardo Preto, David Lopes and Daniela Ribeiro. A great success!
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Into the blues.. Pedro preparing for his Open Studio exhibition in 2005. More on that tomorrow, stay tuned!
Color livens. Reveals and disguises. And art develops, in size, in stroke, in strike.
Retrospective Journey Day#7
Interestingly, the basis for each of these paintings —now in growing format of 70x40cm— is Pedro himself. Most of these are self-inspired portraits, sketched in front of a mirror, yet mixed with traces from the people in his life. One could say the evolution of these portraits work as a sort of reflective timely biography. A experimental projection of himself onto others and of others onto himself.
It was this newfound focus on portraits, of people close to him, that granted Pedro a trip to São Paulo in 2005, as the winner of an art contest for Mercado Mundo Mix — a cultural marketplace event showcasing new talent.
