I was born on October 23, 1965, in the small countryside town of Benavente, Santarém, Portugal. I have coursed Traditional Chinese Medicine, in China and Portugal. My first approach to the art starts in china. I begin for painting and my teacher, Jiqing Jin, landscape painter, wen looked at my works, suggested to begin sculpture. He explained that sculptors and painters draw differently; sculptors accent contours and painters accent light and dark values. I drew like a sculptor. This is fully committing to “myself” sculpture, and I...more