Delicious Silence,is one of those paintings that suggests a variety (apparently simple),of ways to affirm the artist's daily religious rituals,moments of pleasurable relaxed meditation,through which he becomes stronger in confidence and in so doing listening in his mind to the diminishing volume of loud and racing city life noise. Also one of those spiritual-visualization canvases that in spite of their simplicity,actually take weeks and even months before the artist finally decides That's It and signs them. Also one of those alternative non-stereotyped day after day mirrors,in which the artist basically performs patiently his most enjoyable and inspiring momentes of inner-self contact silence and high level of perception and insight. Unquestionably to a certain extent the driving force which keeps him essentially magnificent,absolutely positive thinking and thereby immune to the daily challenging picture of professional commitments and quite often feverish burning social life flame. Sunset!Delicious silence! As we walk up the hill the sky was already turning from blue to orange.The anticipation was building with every step.As we got closer to the top of the hill the bright orange sun came into view.It was glorious! Antonio Pessoa was so excited he couldn't stop running to get to the top.As we got to the top of the hill and sat on a bench,the sun was slowly sinking behind a distant mountain range."Goodbye sun!",the artist said as it sank beyond the horizon "I'll see you tomorrow!" It was a most relaxing time. The artist sitting next to me on the bench,said" Delicious Silence! I love it...and I will paint it!" Effective therapy.Said and done.More than you can imagine the artist's level of well-being and happiness is much higher in his Home Studio creative peaceful atmosphere than in the downtown at times emotionally disturbed racing madness. His philosophy and and rock solid concept of emotional brilliance comes out of his systematic research upon the keys to the art of living a fulfilling,rewarding and happy life. Delicious Silence is another of the multiple artistic results of this expanded awareness,optional lifestyle and faithful daily rituals. These patterns of existential preferences and self-therapy,such as peace of mind,serenity and continuous pursuit of higher levels of happiness,creates his art,his life and at last makes his ultimate personal dreams come true. Slowly and rhythmically,artist Antonio Pessoa gets down to work,finding a delicious quiet and peace overcome him little by little.When he has finally reached this stage,then he begins to focus his full attention on the canvas before him.Lovely! That's in this delicious silence where he meets once again this delicious presence of supreme awareness,and that's when and where imagination flows and art expression perception grows. Settled down in his Studio 1,where mainly his important art performance takes place and his most relevant artworks come alive,Pessoa here and then takes again some downtime to quiet his being,and thereby allows his mind to become sharply aware of his silent environment from the input of all his senses.Delicious Silence...Art Action Time! Now that he has reached that high level of awareness inwardly and outwardly,he sinks even deeper into the magical universe of supreme creativeness art making,now with a far greater confidence,stability and attentiveness to the artwork at hand. Worthwhile waves gravitate to the artist.In,around,underneath and beside him. Ascension to a new state of consciousness! Antonio Pessoa rides the serenity energy waves while painting,while I sometimes watch him painting,asking him questions,listening to his vibrational answers as I put them down in brief words on my notepad. Studio 1,in its pleasurable contemplating silence,is a higher dimension on earth,so I feel and I know,a place of reflection,art and creative positive frequencies. Leaving the old,outdated methods to discover new,beautiful ways of contemporary art expression,new color combinations,fascinating mood swings,multidimensional interconnected forms,shifts and levels,gradual chromatic transitions,the quiet Studio 1 space effects making sure every bit of his dancing body is loose,mind without tension,connecting with the art planet,feeling the sources of inspiration within the silence,deliciously bright,as the striking brush strokes take it away onto the canvas until it's glowing with brilliant visual metaphysics. The veil is lifting as the show goes on in Studio 1's heartbeat.The soulful side of life,the art side of life is beginning to take center stage within the artist's creative spirit. Pessoa is now in the cycle of evolution where imagination and art expression is demanding to be acknowledge and allowed to be at the helm of Heavenly life. Antonio Pessoa's spiritual side requires the essential nature of Delicious Silence,where life's interpretation knows no lack,only abundance of all there is.This is the part of supreme inspiration that is desiring to shine and the artist at work is only the mediator and the conduit. So it's in this third-dimensional reality that Delicious Silence has grown week after week,month after month,gradually reflecting more and more the artist's relation with pure abstract poetry,with that level of relaxing awareness,where everything starts to make perfect sense,and the call to art action becomes a religious ritual,totally focused on the Here and Now,where pure art performance takes place aiming at create the alternate perception of reality. As Antonio Pessoa becomes more and more seriously involved in the pursuit of self knowledge through silence,this spirit of Universal Awareness is thereby leading him to a delicious feeling of a special sort,his Secret for all the highly creative sessions in the particular field of his latest abstract neo- surrealistic contemporary fine art series. Visual literature and poetry through the soft colors combinations,reaching the magical very best of its quality characteristics,subtleties and innovative aesthetic atoms. In Delicious Silence,the artist makes therefore evident that there is a purposeful mystery contained in its melting body,in its serene passion and mood that is changing with every moment the viewer contemplates this relaxing work of art. Continuously moving and changing,it can hardly gives us a consistent identity,and the more we surf away across tha canvas space,its planetary motions inspiring infinite interpretative changes,suddenly give us a delicious cosmos understanding,feelings dancing in a continuous state of flux,whispers of truth silently walking on the doorsteps of our hearts. This Spirit-source-Art-Universe that is emmited from the quiet strength of this canvas,supports this inner-self discovery influence the artist displays in his latest work and life. Accessing the Wisdom within this charming artwork,we inevitably embrace its latent sense of spirituality and in so doing we inevitably penetrate much deeper into the nature and the world of Perception,again,Antonio Pessoa conducting us to understand what lies beyond the visual field of our objective imagination. The artist's method to develop this latent,additional senses through silent meditation is skillfully well summarized in the soothing atmosphere of Delicious Silence,softly whispering us the fascinating phrase,Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder!

 

 

 

 

This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship,between the artist and the worldwide art lovers community. I know this has the makings of a good punch line,but it's a good starting point,for whatever is coming up along the communication express on- going stimulating process,concerning the life and Oeuvre of one of the most controversial and unique artists of today's contemporary art times. This is no B movie whatsoever,rather a real- life play,where anything can happen,even the unexpected,unpredictable,unthinkable,unanswered and why not,even the unacceptably unspeakable. So let the dice roll and the show must go on,mysterious,delicious,contemporary, abstract,mystic and Neo-Surrealistic. Day time art studio living or lively night shift wandering,it's just wonderful to know art is being made based upon true facts,meanwhile real-life facts are being put down in words based upon the overview across the realms of artistic imagery. Free expression speech communication provides us once again with the priviledge of being in touch,sharing and exchange criterions of all sorts,tendencies and styles. Most importantly,we are here and now setting the measures of exciting multiple ideas,ideals,concepts and references. Writing and speaking on behalf of a contemporary fine art project,larger than life,and describe what art lovers should know about The Life and Oeuvre of an artist indeed making way for one of the most charming,eclectic and visually awesome art collections in today's artscene ,turns out to be a truly fulfilling and rewarding experience,an exciting daily ritual I certainly wouldn't give up,not even for all the gold in the world. Life is a mysterious adventure for all of us,a wonderful odyssey for many of us who have the pleasurable privilege to be able to enjoy all forms of expression,all forms of art,music,literature,poetry,motion pictures,architecture...and in this particular dimension,visual arts,yet more specifically,contemporary art. And precisely it is in this awesome universe that we are indeed bound to be in touch,able to share and communicate and most importantly looking forward to grow in knowledge,perception,sensitiveness,information,edu cation,culture and artistic erudition. At the contemporary headquarters,Antonio Pessoa's Studio 1,is indeed where everything really happens.Did I say everything? Yes.Everything and anything.Particularly and most important of all within the artist's mind,right where the visualization borns,grows up,gains context and concept and usually takes off like a supersonic idea speeding up across the cybernetic timeless space! Being an artist in today's competitive world requires a whole lot more than self- control,patience,determination,artistic quality,public relations know-how and supreme imagination. As a matter of fact,indeed,one actually has got to be an ultimate genius,particularly when it comes to human resources management,aiming at implementing motivation and the perfect dynamic mindset in everyone,one way or another,among the Project collaborators team. Stimulating and difficult task,at the same time. These days,Antonio Pessoa finds himself in the middle of a truly brainstorming multiple-projects breathtaking challenges full-swing agenda. From San Francisco to Paris,from London to Madrid,his endless list of coworkers contacts and systematic phone ringing interferences,indeed turns out to be a racing unavoidable on-going play on his daily life,providing him with a substantial extra-burden from which inevitably derive scant idyllic moments let alone eventually some headaches to go with. However,in spite of this tension-filled daily- weekly flurry bursts,(what do you know)somehow the artist successfully manages to maintain a pleasurable harmonious atmosphere in his art studio,social life and professional commitments cinematic flux. Definitely,Antonio Pessoa's life could be a quality movie script,always challenging,fascinating,adventurous and new.In the mean time it's rather entertaining and even amusing just to witness the way people continuously respond to his magnet-like positive energy,and particularly witness how he always seems to be living on the edge throughout his eight days a week dynamic working rhythm,managing sooner rather than later to strengthen those whose hearts are fully commited to his multiple projects. That's life,that's the life,that's the larger than life lifestyle! Lately,one of Pessoa's best friends,Boris Dainville,asked him "How much courage does it take to be an artist?".The painter,standing in front of the huge easel,slowly turned around and told him with this childlike enigmatic expression of startled innocence on his face "The question,Boris,is how much courage would it take me not to be one." Remarkable.Fact! Since 1997,when I first met Antonio Pessoa,I've been having the almost preverted privilege to record (and therefore evaluate and consequently report...)amazing episodes,unexpected changes,absolute dillematic crossroads,sometimes turning into a truly nail- biting decision taking struggling urgency,and ending up in yet just another full-swing display of everything-or-nothing spectacular,even unspeakable,love,sweat and tears sort of adventures. Nevertheless,he always did manage to go back to his studio(wherever it might have been at any specific point of his recent past colorful life...) and get down to work once again,totally focused,coming up with new artistic surprises,and most importantly remaining miraculously untraumatized as if nothing had happened.Nothing at all! Boris Dainville,tired of London's full-swing day in day out and social nightlife british gossip,comes once again to spend the weekend with the artist,and in the mean time gets off his chest all that physical and psychological pressure and stress of his current lifestyle circunstances. The both keep each others company,enjoying good conversation as always and in so doing once again establishing their similar outlooks of metropolitan life's pros and cons,existencialism- based black humor fluent literacy,and obviously,modern art,contemporary art,poetry,music,motion pictures,gossip,philosophical frequently asked questions,History,religion and more gossip. Boris loves Antonio Pessoa's latest contemporary fine art series,and sits for hours and hours in a row talking and watching the artist at work,while they go on and on exchanging the most interesting subjects available,still with more gossip updates to go with it. At last,FM Music playing on the cosy restaurant's old 60's radio,it's 8 p.m.,saturday evening,as we have dinner in front of the sea,our visual charming beach bar and grill with a full menu of great mediterranean sea food,after which we enjoy our sunset cocktails,first chatting randomly then inevitably leading to more intimate conversation and at last planning our trip to West Hollywood. However,the artist doesn't seem to share our systematic interest in one of my favorite cities,Los Angeles,let alone leave the comfort of his Home Studio for a ( maybe boring for him... ) cultural calendar in southern California. Antonio Pessoa's Home Studio,always the idyllic fine art cathedral where his intimate friends always seem to be leaving reality behind and enter the world of tomorrow's art fantasy.Fact. That's Life! Antonio Pessoa these days is working on more than twenty canvases simultaneously,let alone the watercolors super-production taking place at his Studio 7. No big deal for the artist,if you ask me.As a matter of fact it seems quite an easy-to-do multi-tasking process for the vital energy generating dynamic studio veteran. Boris Dainville and myself,sunny Sunday afternoon,we take a sit at the artist's Studio 1 as he finishes "That's Life",acrylic on canvas. Another charming symphony of colors,or shall we say,another visual delight symphonic contemporary fine art victory. "That's Life" is obviously reflecting Pessoa's latest full-swing daily-weekly striking motion picture,from his art studio breathtaking performance to his professional commitments overloaded agenda,from his personal life's outs and abouts to the challenging multiple projects he and his brainstorming collaborators from all over Europe,United States and even Latin America,are unquestionably fully commited to and by all means absolutely excited and enthusiastic about. That's Life!That's Antonio Pessoa's colorful and increasingly exciting life at his worldwide performance very best. Eventually breaking traditional patterns,this time it was Boris Dainville who actually came up with the accurate title "That's Life",for this polychromatic polimotion spectacular and even ambiguously entertaining contemporary abstract neo-surrealistic mainstream cutting-edge fine art canvas. Furthermore,I must claim,one of my favorites among the artist's most recent series.My opinion ( as an art critic and art collector ) leading to suggest a special public attention to Pessoa's on- going artistic quality achievements,where the striking visual impact makes a relevant difference between the current average and by all means Antonio Pessoa's unquestionable innovative contemporary new line. That's quality art! That's Life !!!!