About the author

Born in Elvas in 1965, he lived in Évora most of his childhood and adolescence. Like many of his generation, he moved to Lisbon to continue his studies. He was a student at Instituto Superior Técnico where he graduated in 1988.

In parallel with his professional life, he began painting in oil with the painter Abraham Levy Lima, in 2000. Later, he was a student at NextArt, where he took oil portrait classes with Teresa Rutkowsky and Bodil Eide.

He attended Ian Fennelly's Urban Sketching and Rural Sketching courses, using watercolors, fineliners and markers.