MARCOS HENRIQUE MELLO, was born on 17/07/1963 in the city of São Carlos - São Paulo - Brazil. He graduated in Physiotherapy, where he learned anatomy and today uses this knowledge in his paintings. A self-taught contemporary plastic artist, he is inspired by the sentimentality of Van Gogh's paintings, by Rembrandt's lights and shadows, and also by the movement and lights of William Turner's paintings. His paintings show our current problems, such as environmental destruction, for example. It uses strong colors, but preserving a good combination, and it always tells a story, an event. In his paintings, he uses oil on canvas techniques, with brush strokes directly on the canvas, using his own brushes in the drawing, always after applying a background, he paints one paint over another bringing the light from the shadow. Its characters seem to be watching who sees them. He believes that through art we change people's consciousness for a better future.