Hi, my name is Claudio Suenaga, I'm Brazilian painter descending of the Japaneses and living in Brazil. I live many years in Japan and learn Japanese language, beyond Portuguese (my mother language) and English. I had lessons with many artists from US and Europe and my favorite style is the Impressionism, my "idols" are Monet, Manet, Van Gogh, Renoir, etc. Surviving of art in Brazil must be a dificcult thing, because the country have others priorities than art, investing in areas like technology, economy, health and many others. My style is the Impressionism and my favorite motif is still life, I like to paint things in opposite to paint faces or human being. I think the things have a proper life, depending each other to see it, because something have no movement it is not dead! Things have a different life than humans, giving value to the form, light, shadow and colors. I consider myself lucky have born in Brazil and lived in Japan, two countries very different with defined cultures. My art have influences of both countries, visible in the traces and lines of each painting.
