Natal é amor.
Junto com o meu filho, todo dia é natal…
Merry Christmas! Feliz Natal! Glaedelig Jul! Buon Natale!
Life without friends is like night without stars, summer without sun, gardens without flowers, cinema without popcorn, winter without snow, christmas without presents, birthday without cake, party without music… It´s just not right.
Relationships can fail (they eventually do), but friendships are essential.
Besides, it stands a better chance of overcoming time. No expectations, just acceptance. Freedom and faithfulness.
Thank you friends for believing, helping, supporting and definetely being there when the weak and the cowards choose the easy way out.
You do know who you are… Thank you all. What about you? What does friendship mean to you?
I was thinking abot the things I´ve experienced lately and I found many things I´m thankful for:
– My friends: real friends never let me down.
– My son: he´s the light in my life. Real mening for unconditional love.
– My traidors: they remind me how strong I am.
– My pathwork: the family I chose, the journey to my growth.
– My family: mom and sister, examples of love. Niece and nephews, the ones that make me smile no matter how grown they are. Cousins, aunts, uncles, brother-in-law, thanks you all. My brother my safe harbor, now in heaven. My dad, who passed away on november 29th, 2 years ago. I´m thankful for having all and each one of you in my life.
Your presences, acts, gestures, love and words or even the sweet memories of your existances give me the strength to go on and be thankful for the daily chance of happiness. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
No names are required… if you know my heart you also know how Thankful I am.
This painting is called “The secret of the mirror”. And you can visit her at The jacques Ardies Gallery. www.ardies.com
Esse quadro se chama “O Segredo do Espelho”. E você pode visitá-la na Galeria Jacques Ardies. R. Morgado de Mateus, 579 – Vl. Mariana – SP
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What secrets does your mirrors behold?
Quais segredos guardam seu espelho?
Visitem o site / Visit the site: http://www.ardies.com/destaques.php
Endereço/ Address:
Local: Galeria Jacques Ardies, Rua Morgado de Mateus, 579 – V. Mariana
Tel: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 11-5539-7500Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 11-5539-7500
Horário: de 2ª. a 6ª. Feira das 10h00 às 18h30 horas. Sábados das 10 às 16 horas
Até dia 24 de Dezembro – entrada franca
Until December 24th – free admission
On november 21st , among 27 other naif artists you can see my work at Jacques Ardies Gallery. I hope you come!
Galeria Jacques Ardies – Rua Morgado de Mateus, 579 – Vila Mariana – São Paulo – Brazil
Arte Naif: 28 artistas – from November 21 to December 24 – mondays to fridays from 10 am to 6:30 pm, saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm.
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De 21 de Novembro a 24 de Dezembro, exposição com 28 artistas naif na Galeria Jacques Ardies.
acesse o site para mais informações: www.ardies.com
Conto com sua visita!
This family is not an ordinary, conservative nor traditional kind of family.
They are thinkers, artists, philosophers and creators, so they wanted an out-of-the-ordinary way to express their family portrait.
I hope it helps to keep their memories fresh throughout the years and remind themselves about how special they indeed are.
Luciana Mariano, November 16, 2009.
Sound-track: “Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars…”

this is the very beginning of my latest Family Portrait Painting
This will be a very special Family Portrait, because the family is also special and wanted something out of the ordinary.
Carla is a Philosopher, Henrique is a businessman, Marcella loves pink and purple and Leo loves Blue.
More will appear soon in the picture (they have cats, fish and a bird too) and they will all be flying around the moon, among the stars, surrounded by trees… Come back soon and check the making of! What about you, want your own customized Family Portrait? Write to me, let´s talk about your stories!

In desperate need to take a nap…