vrijdag 21 maart 2008

Delicious Silence


Antonio Pessoa

Delicious Silence

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!

The Masterpiece


Antonio Pessoa

The Masterpiece

Antonio Pessoa recently came up with a rather brilliant concept named "MASTERPIECE".Not what you might be thinking or imagining right now.Not a painting,at least for the time being but actually a high-quality concept related with Mind Power and subsequently with art performance and lifestyle know-how.In short,the artist decides to turn his life into a spectacular Masterpiece! Breaking News! A Kingdom where everything fits and everything makes perfect sense,even when apparently the circumstances point out to the red lights of a general puzzling situation and sometimes even chaos. Sitting in his Doing without Doing comfortable leather armchair,Pessoa turns on his striking Mind Explorer search engine and after downloading the latest updates he is ready for another voyage across the Super Mind Universe. No matter how long it takes,he only takes action when his intuitive-logical reasoning makes sure everything makes perfect sense once again and it's action time! Not only deep down inside but throughout his year-after-year journey increasing awareness and self confidence,Pessoa truly knows how - one way or another - order out of chaos,train his brain and body for focused success and thereby once again make a striking Masterpiece out of his personal and professional life. After all he has proven to be a genius,not only in his larger than life high quality art expression,but overcoming disappointment,setbacks and at last check as by magic come the other side emotionally a whole lot stronger. When the contemporary master painted FREE,he sure knew exactly what he had in mind,what he was spiritually and emotionally up to,in short,set himself free of all the negative forces,turn on his super powerful imagination,install his wide Knowledge toolbar and higher,taller and stronger than ever,totally focused on his top of the list priorities,relax,cool down,and now with his easy- to-do intuition machine in full- swing...Abracadabra!Make a sensational Masterpiece out of his life.Free! It seems as if the artist starts everyday with a clean white canvas where he is going to express his top secrets to success and proceed with them in all that he will do 24 hours in a row. Surrounded himself with a team of believers,professionals in all areas,ready to step out everyday and network within his scope of top of the list priorities and Must accomplishments,his life is unquestinably day after day becoming a true Masterpiece.Fact. Antonio Pessoa,inevitably the Captain of his own ship,besides his challenging art studio performance,keeps on developing his mindset, leadership skills and global attitude in order to be able to take risks on a daily basis,confront systematic changes with open arms,thereby amazingly attracting all that he wants and creating his own MASTERPIECE ! Excellent concept.He actually named it to claim it! To turn disadvantages and setbacks into advantages and prosperity,has indeed become one of his most remarkable talents,let alone his mastery when it comes to listen and follow his intuition and instinct,a reference brand of his global reputation. Thereby,no wonder Antonio Pessoa's innovative concept of Life-beautiful and Free,meaning The Masterpiece,is not only achieving the unlimited nature of personal happiness,but actually creating already a consistent now-reality in his professional commitments and most important of all in his Life's rock solid integrity,perfect sense and global success! The way I see it (...and I'm not the only one...) - and believe me,I know what I'm talking about - the artist's fascinating and very specifically,rewarding process of setting himself Free...and consequently lead a truly fulfilling life,excelling in art performance,personal issues and professional systematic accomplishments...is indeed by now coming up with truly amazing positive results. By adding The Masterpiece factor into the Free brilliant equation,Pessoa instantly illustrates this with such a magnificent contemporary fine art king-size canvas precisely titled FREE! Antonio Pessoa thereby uses the Art-Pleasure- Time principle as an instant,also efficient gratification,his transparent secret with a potentially very big result.Emotional Freedom! However,his top commitments more than remaining safely untouched,they gradually gain more and more positive attitude and mind-power togetherness.A truly fantastic combination. Maybe (just maybe ) I have the privilege to be among the few people who actually fully understands the artist's outlook of life and most importantly his sharp perception of his inner- self. That's another reason which contributes to make Free,one of the most significant,important and meaningful paintings of his latest art collection. Let me explain. Antonio Pessoa,more than anyone I came across in my life,fully understands the power of his thought and imagination,enabling him to establish the "Doing without Doing" concept as one of his most dominant omnipresent Zen-oriented visualization of effortless action based in the wise principle that says that in the practice of the way,everyday something is dropped,less and less do you need to force things until finally you arrive at supreme manifestation through powerful action,only this time now with no struggle whatsoever. That is the artist's out in the open secret,the very heart and soul of his Masterpiece conceptual visualization and definitely his stairway to Freedom. Free,is the paradigmatic painting which - for obvious reasons - turned out to get the important task of being the gatekeeper-guarding the emotional freedom visualization that is increasingly growing and gaining solid shape,body,meaning and power in the artist's mind. Antonio Pessoa is by now unquestionably the spiritual forerunner of all contemporary artists.This great truth is known to all his closest friends,and as good news also travel fast,this truth is thereby becoming globally accepted,cheered and admired by a wide community of art lovers and public in general,thereby gradually becoming his faithful followers,as the artist's energetic waves vibrate and are brought near them as a new revelation artistic-spiritual sympathetic resonance. The Masterpiece concept making way for an impressive and remarkable positive transformation coming into his life,is constantly feeding his creative inspiration with brand-new aspects of reality,innovative images and cutting-edge ideas. Free,is the best example so far of this mindfulness,self-awareness and positive beliefs aiming at achieving the most rewarding of all goals.Art Supreme...and Emotional Freedom! A Life quickly becoming a Masterpiece! Virtue elements,such as focus,patience,tenacity and commitment,have been some of the better options in the artist's life throughout the years up to now,providing him with a relaxed,glamorous,fulfilling lifestyle,thereby allowing not only his artistic achievements pursuit sufficient time to grow and develop but also his personal-social life to have a brilliant positive impact on the non-fiction amazing story that his life has been,is and most certainly will be. As for now,prioritizing important issues such as turn his life into a Masterpiece,is where imagination ties in with focus,the dream of yet a better present and an even better future,by placing more value on the steps in between and all along the way! Not only mind-power,inner-self awareness and determination are required,but actually a great deal of talent,yes,talent aiming at reaching the wonderful state of Freedom by making Life the ultimate Masterpiece. The Light by which Antonio Pessoa's life is systematically guided,more than the lamp of experience,is the burning flame of positive thinking and rock solid courage to accomplish higher levels of personal growth,such as total emotional Freedom,a wonderland of supreme happiness inspired by the world's greatest faith.Universal Love! The Masterpiece concept,the artist's ultimate formula,is by now powerfully crushing and eliminating the last negative influences bad seeds and definitely providing him with a grab-it- now,go-for-it super vital energy and consequently with a cutting edge skyrocket quality artistic productivity. Antonio Pessoa's Free,and Live-the-Life-you- dream Masterpiece concept,takes off from his solid mindset,his technique of powerful visualisation as he actually put himself successfully in a privileged situation of global fulfillment. Here we go.You might enjoy reading the next paragraphs to grasp the concept and thereby come closer to fully understand the artist's fascinating universe. For starters,the difference between him and most of today's art scene contemporary artists,believe me,is the very fact that he has developed,particularly throughout the past three years,a very focused,trained and powerful Mind.Now,Pessoa visualises,feels,emotionally reasons and at last he can invent and communicate every innovative idea through quality art expression.Read more... FREE...anf the Masterpiece concept is after all the beautiful togetherness,a global living arquitectural breakthrough entitled to expand his knowledge,perception and every available emotional tools - mind,body and soul - an apparently complex process,however for him,due to his large experience and mastery in this field,a pleasurable easy-to-do emotional and intuitive processor that by now enables him to excel in art studio performance,to live and enjoy life to its fullest extent. Unlimited Freedom!FREE-What is the world public saying by now about Antonio Pessoa's winds of changes...as far as their eyes can see?Is his quality new line of contemporary fine art series an accurate reflection of his successful dynamic lifestyle? Let me explain. The Masterpiece concept is above all the artist's state of mind. The thought that we always have the choice is one of the most relevant notions of the Free canvas process,very particularly Antonio Pessoa's The Masterpiece concept.Through this free options endless Universe,the artist stands before every each of his now life's red traffic lights at the intersection he is eventually and actually daily approaching.That's precisely where experience,knowledge,decision-taking efficiency,talent,perception,intuition and most importantly,imagination,do actually come in. A great living combination is seriously at stake,Life Supreme,Art Emotion,The Masterpiece! And so it seems,as I personally profoudly believe it,there's no way back. He never gives in,never in nothing,great or small,large or petty,he never,never gives in except to convictions of Freedom,Emotional Greatness,Universal Love,global good sense...Life Supreme...The Masterpiece! The Masterpiece concept,as Pessoa visualises it,is really about making a wonderful life-plan and following through,cultivating innovative ideas and the mindset that is by now bringing him joy,fulfillment and excellent artistic performance.The Masterpiece concept turns out to be after all mainly a mental toolkit of practices he does implement to ensure his thoughts and actions lead to a quality level of Life Supreme! In two words - worth two thousand two hundred images - the wise Masterpiece freedom generating process,holds the golden secret keys to unleashing full global togetherness,super potential and definitely a rewarding legendary life. Waking up for a striking new adventure,that is the question and that is the miracle at stake.Values and beliefs,talents and passions,true purpose and life absolute meaning...The Masterpiece,Antonio Pessoa's everlasting partner and lifetime commitment,starting yesterday its fascinating non- fiction motion picture,bound to make a big,big difference and just about to take place in the huge magical screen of Universal Freedom Inn. Pessoa's effective Masterpiece concept generates desire to strive for things that were thought to be impossible before.The greatest reward lies in positive thinking,thereby the artist's mental conditioners to power up his Masterpiece absolute conceptual process,art long programming his whole vital energy and creativity to strive for the dreams he loves the most,setting his sights on higher artistic and public performances as his global abilities and skills grow in structure,quality,effectiveness and communicative chemistry. The stairway to everlasting emotional Freedom! That's absolutely contemporary,that's magical,that's Art,that's the ultimate cutting- edge Masterpiece! Aiming at the ultimate power of spiritual- emotional-social-universal-artistic Freedom,Antonio Pessoa adopts the pace of nature,his Secret leading him fast to the wonderful Life Supreme. Plenty of time researching,studying,thinking and patiently feeling,gut instinct development pointing towards the right direction...when everything suddenly starts making perfect sense and all the natural elements come into place,the perfect life's combination,exactly what it was meant to be,a worthwhile awesome adventure,the Free state of mind,the absolute togetherness,The Masterpiece. Simple as that...in spite of the inevitable complexity and commitment intensiveness of the long but rewarding journey. The artist uses his mind to create the wonderful reality he desires by forming a clear image of the true purposes of his life including his art performance daily living and brilliant creativeness. This spacious Universe of materializing and particularly manifesting this interesting talented and delightful combination,is actually where he is totally focused in driving his full potential into.Basically the idea is to follow a path of mind control that is by now leading him to experience a supreme state of consciousness,powerfully effective and bright like a transparent crystal,thereby accomplishing whatever form of lifestyle and art expression he wishes and decides to explore and consequently achieve. A blissful concept,the ultimate level of quality imagination,the absolute chemistry of higher conceptual elements aiming at a better,faster,richer living experience. Freedom,the ultimate destination of life transformation,is the artist's current key formula he has come up with to indeed being able to influence imagination to such an extent that effortlessly life's whole combination becomes...The Masterpiece! Some kind of Magic! Living in the fast lane of Elite,Pessoa goes on and on and on...inventing his own lifestyle.His philosophy on life is very simple.Life is too great to be little and he isn't specially concerned with what other people thinks of him.He knows he can solve most of the daily problems,his strenght lies within,it doesn't come from any outside forces. Self - Education of the highest merit! Thereby he takes chance after chance,aiming for the ultimate Freedom through imagination,individual style,truth,self- faithfulness and most importantly,a super motivated minset. A hero of his self-made circumstances,Antonio Pessoa travels through the big Art City,visiting systematically the affluent,high-class neighborhood,talks to the art collectors,artists,art critics,gallerists,just to discover the same old thing. There are a whole lot more exciting opportunities out of the art scene zone,just about to be explored.The Keys,so he keeps on telling me all of the time,are quite simple.Whatever he gives his attention to and focuses on, shapes his Supreme Combination,the artist creates the perfect stage to determine and thereby create his ultimate destiny.Creative success,emotional prosperity and absolute happiness,resulting in the magical rewarding cause and effect all in one. The Masterpiece! It's definitely not an illusion.It's a Must on- going now-reality,taking place in every aspect of Pessoa's increasingly exciting life. This larger than life concept,made reality by the artist,holding with rock solid determination the handle of faith,has landed in the Here and Now Wonderland of the one thousand and one secrets of stress-free life. No adrenaline rushes required,even when the art scene pressure gets as hot as hot can be. Consumed with loving,playful artistic performance,enjoying inner,professional and social life fully,Antonio Pessoa is absolutely trusting the supreme flow,connected with a high- level of emotional potential and a perpetual vital energy,a freedom flow of bliss within himself.The ecstasy everlasting state he has achieved successfully using invention and full- swing imagination as the Ultimate Oeuvre,the higher form of Art,where the entire Universe became his playground and Freedom the omnipresent flow of his River of Life! Divine mindfullness in the Now,celebrating the Now state of perpetual ebb and flow of the tides,celebrating his fulfilling existence and in so doing becoming the Master of his Art,of all arts,and most important of all the Master of Life. The Truth shows up as the rising summer sun,showing the wonderful infinite nature of The Masterpiece! Sharp cognitive abilities and imagination are the artist's basic essentials in the exciting process of the making of The Masterpiece. Mind power function efficiently zaps away all negative forces and interferences,and a new striking creative energy flows and his nutrient imagination is optimal to such an extent that putting all the pieces together to solve life's mysterious puzzles and overcome all obstacles and crossroads,suddenly turns out to be a rather enjoyable,entertaining easy-to-do task,and the more he now experiences Life Supreme the better it becomes. Pessoa's now powerful attraction to manifest what he wishes the most,Emotional Freedom and Super Artistic Performance,is the golden key to the Masterpiece concept,to the Absolute Freedom project absolute effectiveness,perception of himself and reality making the whole Universe conspire and thereby providing him with the magical tools to make and update the top quality privilege of living and being alive,while achieving the highest level of self- fulfillment.Life Supreme! At last,Here and Now,so easy to do it in a snap.Just fun ways for the artist to raise his manifesting vibration and thereby reach higher and higher levels of hopefulness,expectation,art studio action perfect alignment,joy,excitement,emotional intelligence,literally taking full control of life and manipulating at will the making of his most adventurous,daring,colorful and rewarding ultimate Work of Art. It seems to be more than perfectly clear,there is no doubt that artist Antonio Pessoa is fully determined to achieve his Masterpiece-Oeuvre resolutions,one by one,one day at a time for ever and starting yesterday.That's his wisest choice and he's doing it today,tomorrow,everyday.He turns his Masterpiece concept resolution in a few,easy-to-do simple common sense steps.He dares to dream,he excells in decision-making,he intuitively defines the abstract notions of living,developing plans,dreams,visions and projects,and he does it on a pleasurable,exciting systematic daily basis.A permanent Life Supreme lifetime resolution,something so wonderful that is with him for good.Furthermore it's pretty obvious he has become a much better artist,a privileged man,he is loving it all the way and enjoying the exciting journey.Free! It's vitally important to put what the artist Free process is all about,into words.The concrete steady meaning of the canvas creates right from the start an enduring set of exciting short- term,long-term commitments,however almost a virtual space in which is spontaneously visualized and emotionally accomplished in one fell swoop the whole concept of quality living. A Big Dream?Definitely.By all means the greatest Artwork Pessoa could have possibly come up with,the most challenging,exciting and rewarding of all dreams. Must I remind you - just in case - the level where all Life elements Must and do Match! The Supreme Understanding as to how the artist deals with his life,relationships and his career path,which fits entirely into the Free - Freedom - process and into the frame of the Masterpiece combination phenomenon. Time out!The artist decided before taking the first steps to make this real commited decision. Freedom was the priority number one,The Prize,and as a result,living a life of excellence turned out to be a current natural process in his awesome agenda. And he is definitely succeeding! The Magnet keeps on growing in strength and alignment,the energy to excel gains more power as imagination keeps on producing more and more creative elements filling up the exciting colorful puzzle-game titled The Masterpiece. However,there is no single secret.It's rather a combination of many different items.A Formula! The following principles,imagination,universal love,strategies,emotional positive heartbeat and daily fully determined action are after all the magical stepping stones leading him to become the paradigmatic high achiever aiming for accomplishing the ultimate artwork ever.Free! Changing artist Antonio Pessoa's entire life and art performance! Surpassing anything that our imaginations can conjure,Antonio Pessoa's Masterpiece concept is yielding mega results by now.Fact. The artist's strong message to share with the world,that's also the Free concept Art to Life,Mind-Power to Freedom,artist to public congeniality. Built on sustained,consistent and honest prescription values,Antonio Pessoa's Masterpiece master phenomenon - definitely not an overnight success - acknowledges on the whole that living a Life Supreme,far from being a whimsical dream,is by all means turning out to be a fine tuned now- reality quickly on it's way up the ladder to absolute Freedom!

dinsdag 4 maart 2008

After Midnight


Antonio Pessoa

After Midnight

Going out,wandering about downtown,walking around and maybe pay Louise Ragot a visit,always that dimlit place,Ragot's Art Deco looking den,of what once breathed like life and love,however now it's just a dimlit den of sorts. Delightful art clocks,Pop Art paintings and the old record player handsomely showcased in the solid wood and veneer cabinet.Fancy! At Ragot's there's always the chance of hearing the door bell ring and one of her After Midnight friends showing up for a free psychotherapy session. Urgent cognitive-behaviour techniques with the After Midnight intervention secret resources of Lady Ragot. Besides the Pop Art small size paintings of her art collection,five oils on canvas signed Antonio Pessoa,(A Pessoa!),among a carefully curated selection of elegantly framed Nude Art photography. It's the new city,the Now town,the After Midnight twilight zone,the time of the eternal open relationships,the kinky preferences network,tasteful mysterious moves,and "professional" lifestyle...bizarre and sometimes even stimulating! Oh my God,the artist told me,that night at 5:30 a.m. he stumbled upon Nadine,a silent night angel,blonde and freezing and dressed to kill.Smashing!She didn't have much to say,so he told me with that peculiar smile on his face.She was like three personalities in one or at least he thought so or maybe that's what she pretended,in a silent ultimate effort to make him believe that behind the apparently dull looking doll there might as well be the inner special one.Give me a break! Furthermore the four things she told him she liked actually sounded absolutely unspeakable.So what?What did he expect? After Midnight,the weird designed ride!When yoy think you actually can do whatever you want...I suppose something the artist always wanted to believe was true. And then,what?The Chinese Restaurant! Pessoa goes in,there's nobody in the big exotic room but the cook...it's almost 6 a.m. and he tells him "Too late,we close,no,we no see girl of yours,no more ask please..." Another bar,and he told me later what had just crossed his mind.True love!Sometimes you know it the instant you see it across the bar.However,and I truly believe him,there was no one there but the same old bald wrinkled bartender. Really amazing,inspiring awesome surrealism. After all,it seems After Midnight's twilight zone can set his imagination free.Blind faith,I told him,because thinking is hard.However,the artist was already aware of it... Time goes by. So here comes the night,here comes the night once again,the After Midnight express entering the Twilight Zone one more time. Tonight ( must be Wednesday,Thursday...or even Friday...who cares...),James Babel,one of the artist's regular art dealers is off to Madrid with no paintings in and no joy,Boris Dainville is breaking no news from London town and Louise Ragot is nowhere to be seen,let alone reached. Antonio Pessoa tells me over the phone about his "nerve-shattering" negotiations (in a manner of speaking ) with Maxwell Armstrong and Sylvia Abbot. He tells me sometimes he feels he would be better off living in the tropical Canary Islands for good,after telling the whole godforsaken art business to get lost. I know he is just overreacting ,he says it but doesn't mean it...or at least deep down inside I still don't believe he has reached that point of absolute detachment to actually say goodbye,so long,I've had it,that dit it and flip-flop and fly away. He tells me yesterday night he didn't feel like going off to bed,so he went out for another After Midnight real-life explorer delicious Let's- see-what-Happens ride on his own. After a while driving around he goes to the Meditation Center,managed by Bala Mani,an indian art collector,a wealthy prematurely retired businessman from New Delhi who decided to spend the rest of his life providing others with the wisdom and knowledge of Universal Awareness and Silent Meditation. One of the After Midnight available spots the artist loves the most. Open twenty four hours a day,it provides emotional-support for anyone willing to experience the mindfullness well-being with the powerful inspiring easy-to-do methods of deep spiritual relaxation and cosmic insight. Martin Faber introduces Bala Mani to the artist back in 2004,during his second art show in Chicago,IL.However only in the past two years Antonio Pessoa becomes seriously involved and emotionally ready and motivated to fully commit himself to the wonderful universe of inner-self discovery through meditation daily sessions and self-disciplined rituals. Bala Mani also becomes one of the artist's regular clients,acquiring on a monthly basis a significant amount of his latest New Era contemporary artworks,furthermore coming up with the concept Timeless Time,which indeed turned out to become the title of Pessoa's most recent art productions. Antonio Pessoa reaches his Universal Awareness inner-self discovery, Supreme Meditation interest,passion and commitment apotheosis,thereby giving birth to amazing contemporary fine art wonders such as "Night Gospel", "Living Joy" , "The Belief Generator" , "Spiritual Light " , "Free" , "Night Wits " , "Intuition " , "Mind Explorer ", "Perception "...just to mention a few. It makes perfect sense the obvious association of Bala Mani with the artist's subject mutation,definitely for much better,very particularly in visual abstract neo-surrealistic quality. In spite of the fact that After Midnight doesn't substantially belong to the fine art series of Spiritual Enlightenment - oriented Oeuvre,yet,it is nevertheless inspired by a similar persistent response at this highly emotional relation with life...or in this particular painting...with nightlife metamorphic sensorial metaphysics,definitely the role of a wandering poet across the perceptive mystery of the night time city outdoors. It's Saturday Night,the Queen of nightlife,and tonight I keep the artist company,while we talk about his latest artworks. Actually,I have little interest in the After Midnight scene,but my main motivation is to be as much as possible with the artist,my friend and my work's leading role actor. Being thirty two years older than him doesn't seem to be important.It never did and it never will.On the contrary,our chemistry is incresingly reaching perfection. We have some chinese for starters,that same exotic restaurant downtown,at a specific time when we are the only "innocent bystanders",enjoying our privacy and talking mainly about art and life.In the mean time we both seem to be making the most of the great cuisine selection randomly displayed all over the round table. Spring rolls,Shu Mai dumplings with pork ans shrimp,Egg Custard tarts,Chicken Chop Suey,Zodiac noodles,Won Ton soup,Har Gau...Wow!!!! It seems that the restaurant's owner whole family (but the cook...) are starring at us from the far end of the insence smelling exoctic temple.They don't laugh,they don't smile,they don't talk...just standing still starring at us with this blank,emotionless expression on their marble skin faces.Fair enough.I love the Oriental way,so does Pessoa. Antonio Pessoa is definitely a different man after midnight hour.In my opinion the city's nightlife provides him with an alternate outlook of existence metaphysics.More non-material,rather sensual,abandonely relaxed,almost deliciously blue-mooded in his glamorous lonesome way.A peculiar contrast but true.

maandag 3 maart 2008

That's Life


Antonio Pessoa

That's Life

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 !!!!