João de Brito Displays Current Works at Thanassi Gallery

Portuguese Artist Uses Color to Elicit Life

6/20/2005 - João de Brito Displays Current Works at Thanassi Gallery
Portuguese Artist Uses Color to Elicit Life

PROVINCETOWN, MA—Starting Saturday June 25th, current works of impressionist/figurative painter João de Brito will be on display at Thanassi Gallery on 234 Commercial Street in Provincetown. Influenced by great French fauvists and drawing from his Portuguese heritage, de Brito incorporates vibrant colors when painting in oils to elicit energy, life and expectation.
“I look for the beauty of the creator and the positive things in the world so that my paintings bring a sense of hope for the future,” de Brito explains. “It’s not fantasy, it’s the beautiful side of reality.”
De Brito was born in the Azores, grew up on the East Coast and now resides in Capitola, California, a small beach town known as an artistic haven along the Pacific Ocean. While he paints scenes depicting the natural beauty of the North Coast, he also travels internationally to express himself on canvas.
Recently, de Brito returned from two weeks in Italy, exploring and capturing Rome and Tuscany. “My goal is for people to feel good when they look at my paintings. I go for the gleam in the eye and the smile on the face.”
At present, de Brito’s works appear at Many Hands Galley through July 30th where he has been the featured artist since April 1st. Many Hands is located in
de Brito’s hometown of Capitola and he holds the record for the most exhibited solo artist at the gallery by the sea.
De Brito’s paintings have also been acquired by museums, government agencies, corporations and individuals. He has enjoyed successful shows in the Bay Area of California, Washington D.C., New England, the Azores, Portugal and in the Monterey Peninsula.
“Sometimes I feel like a fish swimming against the current,” de Brito says in relation to his positive images. “There is a lot of gloom in the world, but people are tired of that reality. They want to be lifted up and that is what I am inspired to do.”
Thanassi Gallery is located on the 234 Commercial Street. For more information, call 508-487-0233.