First Friday Santa Cruz November 4th 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 3:25PM | Joao de Brito | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article
Center Street Grill featuring – Joao de Brito
João de Brito paintings will be featured at Center Street Grill, Joao 
was born on a small island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and after living in New England for many years moved to California in 1978. The natural colors and reflection of the sun from the Pacific Ocean reminded him of his homeland and gave him comfort.
” I believe this is why I paint things even brighter than they are in reality, because I want others to feel that same comfort in my art. On a bad day, I can sit in front of my painting with a cup of tea or a glass of wine, and if it gives me that hope and comfort, it’s done its job.”
João de Brito has collaborated with a number of artists both locally and international, among them his dear friends the late Nathan Oliveira, William B. Hannum, also pop painter Mel Ramos and classic painters David Leffel and Mark Geller…
Center Street Grill
1001 Center Street # 1
Santa Cruz, CA