A REMARKABLE ANTIQUE LACE WORK

Recently I had the opportunity to visit Peniche, an Harbour and small Portuguese City. At the Peniche Fort (once a prison) I  had the oportunity of enjoying a lovely exhibition of antique laces, and I would like to share some of them with you.

Penich is a fishing harbour - Here you can see an artisanal small fishing boat

A model of a fishing boat at the museum

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PHOTO ALBUMS TO SHARE

"PHOTO ALBUMS TO SHARE" - This is the name I choose some months ago for another Blog,  the truth is that I would like to have a Blog dedicated to my paintings, another to my miniature work, another one to my collections.... one more for  my photos, and so on, but that is impossible I have no time for them all. So I think that  for the moment I will concentrate in this Blog.

Now I would like to thank all my new followers, thank you very much and excuse me for my absence from now and then.

As I mentioned before I love to  photograph everything that captures my attention,  so I have thousands of photos in my files.  I shall be pleased to share some of them with you, but please do not use my photos without asking me. You can leave here a message 

 Swan (Place Caldas da Rainha)

Those who love the art of photos knows that it involves lots of  time to search, sellecting subjects,
keeping them in files and so on....

Besides  I keep my photos I enjoy to see them, and I collect them as precious items for future art work whenever I want.

A SELECTION OF DUCKS, SWANS,  PEACOCKS, STORKS AND OTHER WADING BIRDS

Please note the movement of the wings, it´s amazing

Couple of Swans

A black swan contrasting with the white ones

A lovely and colourful  Mandarin duck

Peacoks are very lovely

Flamingo have such a marvelous colour 

Ducks are a lovely subject to paint

Tempera on canvas

The first Miniatures in my life

These were my first projects in miniature, they were the final result of my studies at the Portuguese School of Decorative Arts. They are all hand Painted. Years 0f 1986 - 1987.

Country Room - Decorated style Bauernmalerei

Egyptian interior, all hand decorated, with colaboration of Dominique Postel in which concerns furniture. Year 1987

Neo-classic Room with the colaboration of my friend Dominique Postel in which concerns furniture. This project was also all hand made and decorated, ( for instance the tiles are painted on gesso supports). Scale 1/12. (year of 1987)

You may find more about these works on my other Blog.