Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year

An Year full of Wonders

Origins

When i returned from the military service (where i also be active against the portuguese authoritarian regime at the end of sixties), i joined the Surrealist Group of Lisbon, Portugal. My first work was a b/w collage i made over a shoes box found on the garbage. They welcome my first visit to them at the Monte Carlo Café (Lisbon) and quickly decided to publish my art work. That´s my origins on the art field.

 

A Drawing by Ana Santos

Title: The Serpent-Queen of Moon Flowers
Artist: Ana Santos
Technique: Black Ink on board
Size: 10x10 cm
Year: 2008
This art work is exhibited at the Via Aurea Art Gallery in Sesimbra, Portugal

Note: This and other drawings by Ana Santos will illustrate a poetic and phantasy book by Carlos Martins.  

Art and Fruits

Art and Fruits, Art and trees, Art and plants. Something that you can´t see at convencional art galleries. 

Thank you Kirk Douglas! Happy Birthday Van Gogh!

Thank you Kirk. Van Gogh? Spartacus?
A great Happy Birthday and Gratias to you for having remembered Van Gogh in the way that you, ONLY YOU, you knew.

A surrealist drawing by Ana Santos

A Surrealist drawing by Ana Santos

Title: Travel Memories - I
Artist: Ana Santos
Technique: Black Ink on paper (Canson)
Year: 2009

Our professional and business page on Facebook

For those who want to visit our professional and business page on Facebook, please follow the link:

https://www.facebook.com/viaaureaartgallery/

Modern and creative craft by Ana Santos

Modern and creative craft by Ana Santos, the portuguese artist now living in Uk (near Southampton).
You can see more art works and biography of Ana following the link to the blog of Via Aurea Art Gallery at via-aurea.blogspot.com.
Contacts and visits from craft collectors and lovers, will be welcome.
The email of Ana is anaviaaurea@gmail.com

Modern Art on Ceramics

Ceramics are often associated with traditional and standardized crafts. But much of modern artists use ceramics as support for his painting, as was the case of Picasso, Miró and other artists.
For more than five years we used ceramics to try new ways of expressing contents, either through figuration or more abstract (abstract expressionism). Today we use ceramics as a support (usually sculptural dishes and jars made initially by well-known potters and we make our painting with this support and also on canvas, paper, card and other materials.
Our technique is no less resistant than glazed ceramic, although it should be exclusively used (the final product) for exhibition and intended primarily for collectors or appreciators of creative crafts.

Ana Santos
Carlos Martins
December 04, 2016

Special Note: 
Carlos Martins and Ana Santos, the owners of Via Aurea Art Gallery, are both portuguese surrealist artists and created their own virtual gallery at via-aurea.blogspot.com and their own home gallery in Portugal. Welcome to all art and creative craft lovers and collectors from over the world. Thanks for your visit. 
If you are interested in one or more of these art works, please email us to carlosmartins1946@gmail.com .

Berenice and the Black Cat (ded. to Edgar A. Poe)

A sculptural jar dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe "Berenice and the Black Cat". Author: Carlos Martins, surrealist painter and collagist.  
If you need to read the biography of Carlos Martins, please click on the left side of this screen on the link "Biographies". 
If you are interested toi buy this piece of art, please contact us to anaviaaurea@gmail.com or carlosmartins1946@gmail.com . 

Title: "Berenice and the Black Cat" (ded. to Edgar Allan Poe).
Technique: Acrylic on ceramics and varnished. 
Artist: Carlos Martins

One of my recent paintings

I made this paiting when i was so concerned about the dramatic events that are occuring in this world. Art is also a reflection of what we think and what we see around us. The form is different from artist to artist but what matters is whether what we paint or draw is recognized by the eyes of those who observe it.

Title:  They were living like ghosts
Technique: Acrylic on canvas (in some parts of the painting i used the Rorschach method in my own way). Framed.
Artist: Ana Santos

If you are interested to buy this artwork, please email me to anaviaaurea@gmail.com and i will send it to you by normal mail (Express) after the payment by Paypal.