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"We unanimously recognized Totonho's great talent for perfection through his poignant themes, which left us in a dreamlike state. Among the many visitors and collectors, no one could ignore the fine details emerging from his work.
Totonho is one of those exceptional artists who truly touch a large public, which intentionally acquires his work with a strong sense of having made the right choice." "I had the expressed pleasure and great fortune to spend an entire afternoon watching Totonho paint. He did not work from photographs or depictions of his intricate subject matter.
I watched fascinated as if the essence of nature, which he captured, was an extension of himself. His technique revealed years of experience as he prepared layers of color for what would become the backdrop of principle elements of great detail. His obvious sensitivity to and understanding of form, light and shadow majestically actualized yet another masterpiece, transforming a flat canvas into a dreamscape of nature that one could walk into. Like a channel for the Earth Mother herself, Totonho's paintings are replete with the same commensurate splendor as Earth herself possesses." "I was happy to be able to bring my grandchildren to the Anne Lloyd Gallery to see great art and an important story." Mrs. Bickers, Decatur, Illinois, USA "We thank Totonho for his commitment to the riches of this earth and for his generosity in sharing his passions - art and ecology - across the globe. He sets an example for us all - young and old, advantaged and disadvantaged - that we can tap into our creativity to change our own lives, to reach out to others and to make the world a better place." "The story made me understand the true devastation we are dealing with." "Totonho’s naive, primitive, picturesque style, as many call it, is just playfully real to me. What seems to also be expressed in these works is that some of us in our modern quest to control and consume do so without regard for mother nature, and Totonho’s paintings are devastatingly beautiful, with that reminder of excess and its devastation. His canvases invite us in, the same way, giving us a chance to observe and to contemplate, as we sit on the edge of disaster, what is important and what is at stake." "The essence of peace, love, and concern for nature and the environment are evident in your gift of painting. May God, the creator of all we see, continue to advance your gift." "I enjoyed learning from Totonho. I now carry a deeper appreciation for nature and artistic endeavors, and I know you can paint your feelings." "When I saw Totonho's paintings in a small gallery in the heart of Amsterdam, I felt carried away into a place of emotion and beauty.
To be more precise, his paintings of the Amazon rainforest showed me his very own and intense way to protect this unique place. "With his artistic work, Totonho, one of the most internationalized Brazilian painters, takes us to a world of dreams and mystery, to passionate and impassioned places that are essential for our planets' existence: the Amazon rainforest and the jungle. "Coming into contact with the overflowing painting of Totonho it is difficult for us to stay indifferent. It is pleasant to the eyes, a reason of preoccupation for the mind. If, on the one hand, it reveals itself to us as a hymn and a song of praise to the matriarchal origins of Mother Nature, on the other hand, it imposes itself on us like a pungent scream of alert to the insaneness, madness and irrationality of Man.
His works are a living example of the beauty of virgin bushes as well as de depressing devastation of the bushes of the Atlantic." "Totonho has brought the entire splendor and exuberance of the Amazon jungle to gallery Arte Imagen, with an exhibition entitled "Discurso Ecológico". The title implicates a double purpose: show us the beauty and the natural power of the environment in which he was born, and bring to consciousness the drama that the disappearance of such genetic wealth would mean. "Totonho is a very interesting primitive painter, who in his exhibition "Discurso Ecológico", that can be seen in A Coruña, unfolds all the colorful and ingenuous beauty typical for that picturesque style. A jungly nature of intense beauty and shiny colors inhabits his works, in which the red or the yellow of the birds stand out on the emerald green of trees and plants that fill up, and even overtake his canvases.
Yet, Totonho’s picturesque Paradise is in some way a Paradise Lost or, at least, in danger of extinction. This dramatic situation is absolutely not remote from the artists' interests." "During the dark months of November and December, Totonho's paintings
bring us the beauty and luminosity of Brazil. His paintings are sensitive
and refined, full of life and happy colors, and show his preoccupation
with nature.” "A look at Totonho's vanishing rainforest paintings is like a
look into his very soul. He not only wants the public to perceive the
beauty of the tropical rain forests in his artistic revelation, he also
wants to depict the very depressing reality of the destruction of the
Brazilian Amazon rainforest.” "On behalf of Parkway School of the Arts, I want to thank you for the
workshop featuring the art and music from Brazil. The students and teachers
both were very impressed with the skill and techniques imparted to our
students, and the sense of dedication that was portrayed to our young
artists. Thanks for a fantastic experience!" |
