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'''João de Brito''' is a Portuguese-American artist who lives in Northern California since 1978, yet he travels extensively throughout California, the U.S. and Europe to paint in oils en plein aire and from memory. From age 6, he has observed and studied art to acquire a passion for expressing himself using impressionist/figurative views on canvas. |
'''João de Brito''' (Brithday - Present) is a Portuguese-American artist who lives in Northern California since 1978, yet he travels extensively throughout California, the U.S. and Europe to paint in oils en plein aire and from memory. From age 6, he has observed and studied art to acquire a passion for expressing himself using impressionist/figurative views on canvas. |
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Though de Brito sculpts and works in ceramic, he favors painting and incorporates his Portuguese roots along with influences of great French fauvists and California impressionists. In 2005, de Brito traveled from city to city to paint with Mauri artists in New Zealand, and he became a weeklong guest of the Portuguese government who engaged de Brito to paint images of the country for their cultural art publication. |
Though de Brito sculpts and works in ceramic, he favors painting and incorporates his Portuguese roots along with influences of great French fauvists and California impressionists. In 2005, de Brito traveled from city to city to paint with Mauri artists in New Zealand, and he became a weeklong guest of the Portuguese government who engaged de Brito to paint images of the country for their cultural art publication. |
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João de Brito (Brithday - Present) is a Portuguese-American artist who lives in Northern California since 1978, yet he travels extensively throughout California, the U.S. and Europe to paint in oils en plein aire and from memory. From age 6, he has observed and studied art to acquire a passion for expressing himself using impressionist/figurative views on canvas. Though de Brito sculpts and works in ceramic, he favors painting and incorporates his Portuguese roots along with influences of great French fauvists and California impressionists. In 2005, de Brito traveled from city to city to paint with Mauri artists in New Zealand, and he became a weeklong guest of the Portuguese government who engaged de Brito to paint images of the country for their cultural art publication.
In the past several years, de Brito has toured California and Europe with artist Mark Geller to paint coastal and inland scenes. He has completed a Master’s Class with David Leffel and took several art courses at Cabrillo College. In addition, de Brito spent three years as an understudy to Capitola’s William Hannum, a highly regarded best-selling artist of Carmel’s Artist Association.
De Brito has become well-known for his use of vibrant colors that elicit light, life, energy and interpretive landscapes. Having unleashed a fresh creativity – inspired by memories of his homeland, scenes from the East and West Coast, and his many travels abroad – de Brito’s oils stimulate the sense of sight to produce emotion and thought. As a result, de Brito’s works appear in galleries, museums, businesses, government agencies and affluent homes around the world.
Of late, de Brito’s works have been found at Many Hands Gallery in Capitola and Santa Cruz California, Thanassi Gallery in Provincetown Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Pyromania Gallery Taurango in New Zealand, The Stone Gallery in Oakland, California, and Lola-Art & Gift Gallery in historic Roswell, Georgia. Along the way, he has been the featured and solo artist, and held several one-man shows. De Brito is also a member of the Santa Cruz Art League, Provincetown Art Association and The Beachcombers Club, a private arts association based in Provincetown.
De Brito was born in the Island of St. Michael in the Azores and as a young man immigrated with his family to the East Coast of the United States. In 1982, the artist settled in California’s Monterey Peninsula where he shares his talents with the local community as well as international art enthusiasts. Though he admits to often ‘swimming against the current,’ his painting philosophy is to awaken hope, invoke a sense of well-being and share colors of life.
Prior to focusing solely on his artistic talents, de Brito spent many years in finance and public relations. As a marketing director of a publishing firm for more than 10 years, he oversaw creative teams focused on developing and promoting images of corporate clients. Today, de Brito is content to quietly observe nature and to allow his images to speak to the human heart.