You also use various paper types. Are different media.
SS : Some are paper scenario, because it was what I had . Unfortunately the materials are very expensive, I like to work on canvas, but I love paper. I did extensive research on this subject , I studied all the papers you can imagine , I developed this research to know what kind of could stand with my gesture, with my strength . The scenario is paper they say is poor but stands me perfectly, so I had to go out. It was what I had on hand , bought ten meters, one euro each, a roll of canvas as opposed is 130 euros , but it si peacefull, I do not care if it's a poor or rich material, it does not matter, what matters is that feels good and I have material that has to be able to pass on what I'm feeling. The figurative works were made with rice paper, is expensive, that collection was made in Germany , when I was with artist Peter Fricke who had an hour a day to work with me and he is very given, so he offered me this paper. Yellow was my quest for sun in Portugal , is also a woman , you come and you go, but always thou, thou be thin or fat , high or low, you are energy.
And these little notes?
SS : It's trash. I had a gentleman who owned a house frames that did passe-partout and the remains are sent to trash , I use them, because it 's a tough material and stands with me.
Why you have done this research about paper?
SS : Because paper is natural, it is of the earth, come from the tree, is part of the seed. It's all interconnected . The canvas is also good but has limitations when these painting there is a gap , because the screen has a base that is 4 cm grid and you fall if you continue. I do not panicking, but I come into conflict with this fall. The paper is not natural, has no limits.
Then have an intrinsic need for a continuous movement ?
SS : Yes, that inch is a gap , the hand falls and you fall, it's horrible . I fall often and I get up . But my hand is prevented , there is a mandatory cut, then in college I did research and this was very important, because I discovered many things.
If you do not have a marked style, then how do you define yourself as an artist ?
SS : Someone told me it was contemporary art.
And you feel you inserted in this area?
SS : I think so , because I'm not impressionistic, or hyper - realistic or abstract , I think the reality is enough for me to show, I cannot paint a real tree , because I not see it so, then I'll paint it as she talks to me. Not long ago I learned that Paula Rego was scolded by the schoolteacher when she painted a cup of another color, ecause it was not the standard color , then why? Because we all have to match? And that happens in my painting, my sculpture. I have to do what I am feeling at least that. ( laughs )
