'Journey on the Amazon River'

by NOVICA

Product Features

• Handmade by Luana Fe
• Ships from Brazil within 10 days
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Stretched

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 24 x 12 inches ; 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• ASIN: B0001271PY

Product Description

NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, searches the world to work directly with the finest artisan designers. A dugout canoe carries people along the languid waters of the Amazon. Sun gilds the rippling river, while tannic acid from mangrove clusters tints the area by the shore. Built above the surge on stilts, traditional homes called palafitas extend over the river where the jungle meets the shore. Luana Fe paints a placid portrait of life in Brazil. Oil on canvas; titled "Viagem pelo rio Amaznas" in Portuguese. Arrives stretched and unframed. Artisan Info: "I began to study painting and design when I was very young, at 18 years old in 1964. Ten years later I received a great stimulus from the artist Ivan Serpa when I got a scholarship at the Center for Research and Art, where I took classes with Bruno Thaus in Rio de Janeiro, my native city. In that same year I participated in my first collective exhibition at the 'Estacao dos Bondes de Santa Teresa' Art Gallery, where I met some of the most expressive names in the Brazilian art world, like Djanira, Edson dos Passos, Januario, and Roberto Moriconi. "Since then I've been pursuing unknown techniques, watercolors, designs and mixtures of natural leaves and paints, and collecting honorable mentions and prizes. In April of 2000 I participated in a large international collective exhibition in Holland with my work 'Amazon, Life of the Planet.' In Rio de Janeiro my works have been greatly appreciated by those who visit