SUSANA FAUSTINO

IG: @smac home

Susana is a portuguese art teacher who born in Lisbon in 1968 but lives and work in Oporto city. She has a master s degree in Art and Design Education from university of Surrey/IPVC and currently teaching arts in the 3rd cycle of basic education She also has academic training in ceramics and pottery, having formed, together with three other potters, the ceramics studio “Ocre” in the early 90s Painting is, for her, an intrinsic motivational need It is through painting that she relaxes, free herself from the tension of everyday life, and fulfill herself. She is usually inspired by nature, spaces and objects worn down by time or traditions from her country Her artistic work starts from a concept, but rarely from a project or sketch. It gives her me more pleasure to work in an intuitive way. Most of her paintings are abstract, allowing a wide interpretation to the observer She often uses the mixed technique and the materials that she essentially applies in her work are, pigments, cement, plaster and sand With her work she hopes to sensitize the viewer to the appreciation of everything that inspires her, such as old objects and buildings and the natural environment that surrounds us.