I like to say that I didn't choose to be a fantasy-mystical artist. Since I was a child, I've been "haunted" by images of fairies, nymphs, sirens, elves, mythology characters and all of those enchanting figures, as well as legends and tales. I've been also having a lot of interest by the occult, magic and ancient traditions. Brazilian people are very religion-oriented, and the mysticism of our African and Native-indian heritage is printed in our souls. Then, having followed these paths in art was sort of natural to me.

My style is mainly figurative, whimsical, sometimes strongly colored, sometimes soft and ethereal; I have a knack for organic forms and textures, and for mixing abstracionism and naturalism. My techniques are quite simple; I use mostly colored pencils and graphite on bristol board, and sometimes watercolors. My ideas come up from different sources. Sometimes I have a concept I’d like to develop, so I start to research the related symbols, colors and meanings. In general much more things and ideas rise from these researches. Other times, just the simple vision of a photograph, a detail of a painting, a song, a film, a poem, cast images in my head and then I am able to visualize the picture in almost all its details. Most times, with the help of a digital camera, I model for myself, which is the best way to achieve exactly the poses I want.

I seek for inspiration in a huge list of sources: folk and Eastern art, music (mainly ethereal, pagan and world music), Brazilian folk-lore, poetry, Junguian psychology, ancient traditions, myths, magic, Italian Commedia Del’Arte, dance, Art Noveau… I've been into spiritualism, astrology and tarot for many years, which have always strongly influenced me in my themes. About artists, I am influenced mostly by the Renaissance, Symbolists, Pre-Raphaelites and Art Noveau painters and illustrators; Boticelli, Dante Rossetti, Evelyn DeMorgan, Burne-Jones, Waterhouse, Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt are big masters and references.

My idea of art is far beyond the material/conceptual character given to it by the contemporary era. Is something sacred, intrinsically bonded to the spiritual. Art history tells us that art rose from beliefs, from the intangible, from the sacred. With the passing of time, our concept of world became distorted thanks to the interests and ideas of the modernity; the ancient gods were being forgotten, and the arts, as a reflection of the society, has lost its connection with the sacred things. My art is an attempt to revive the gods and goddesses, to reverence the sacred feminine, to remind our common origins as sons and daughters of the Earth. To rescue the concept of art for the sake of beauty.