b'in the canA thirstforadventure,seekingbeauty,chasinglove,He and Jason first met at a party in London in 1996 and Eduardo pursuing career opportunities or retracing the footstepssays they have been family ever since. While the ways they work of our ancestors; the forces that pull us to faraway landstogether have changed as each of their careers have taken form, can take so many different shapes. And whether we only livethere is still a collaborative element. We often travel together, somewhere for a few brief nights or find ourselves staying decadesand its usually when were travelling that we come up with ideaslonger than we planned, the places we go leave an impression onboth for my painting and his writing. Its not a formal collaboration, us. Artist Eduardo Santos moved abroad in 1993, when he leftbut a sharing. We bounce a lot of ideas off one another.behind his homeland of Brazil to go to school in London. I didntJason inspired me to start a new life here, but Ive stayed in have a master plan but I trusted my instincts and followed myAustralia because I love it. Of all the places Ive lived around the heart, he says, looking back. world, Australia is the one that reminds me most of Brazil. As When Eduardo first began studying art, he was interested ina country, it works and is organised and it feels safe. I consider a number of different mediums and disciplines. He completedmyself very lucky to be here.foundational studies at Saint Martins College of Art and DesignAs Eduardos work has developed, he has been most drawnEduardos favouritein London before specialising in Fashion Design, Illustration andto painting landscapes because of their connection to the earth Textiles at Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid. Creativity wasand nature. During his travels, he has seen some spectacularlycoloursalways a part of my childhood, and its something that revealsinspiringvistas,buthesingledouttheoneshewitnessedinIm currently drawn to Resenes earth tones, itself over time. It was fashion design and illustration that camenorthern Africa. There have been so many inspiring landscapes,and there are so many beautiful colours. Here is to me first, although I was always painting. But its all connected:butIthinkmyfavouriteshavebeenEgyptandMorocco.a selection that Im using in this years series:cutting a pattern, illustrating, mixing paint across a canvas. However, I havent made it to The Outback yet so I think it too Eduardo says he got his love of fashion from his grandmotherwill become a favourite.Eduardo uses Resene SpaceCote Flat and Resene Sandtex toNow, Eduardo is working on a new series that is just beginningResene Resene Reseneand his interest in the alchemy of mixing paints came from hisSometimes Eduardos paintings are abstract expressions ofcolour and texture his works. I started using Resene in 2010. Whileto take shape. He says the theme will make itself known later asRice Cake Hot August Half Resolution Bluegrandfather. It took some time for me to realise how much myplaces hes been, other times they are introspective and offerI could probably use other brands of paint, they wouldnt have thethe connections between each piece become apparent. ColourResene Resene Resenegrandparents influenced me. My grandmother was a self-taughttheviewerasnapshotoftheemotionalworldwithin.Whilesame qualityof pigment, texture, everything. And when youreis my starting point. The rest emerges on the canvas, sometimesCoral Pioneer Red Deep Koamarudressmaker and embroiderer and I grew up watching her cut andhis process for coming up with new bodies of work can differ,working with paint almost every day, it makes a massive difference.quickly and sometimes very slowly. Resene Resene Resene sew fabrics as I listened to her tales. My grandfather, who was anEduardo says he has been most inspired lately by the signsI love that Resene SpaceCote Flat is low in odour and VOCs, whichSo far, this new series feels more optimisticwhich is whereAlamo Dusted Grey AviatorInside indigenous Amazonian, was a raw clay artist and built their firstand symbols of mythology and ancient cultures. On a recentResene Resene Resenehome out of mudin a way similar to the rammed earth methodtrip to southern Italy, I was moved by the fragments of frescomakes it really pleasant to work with. It also has a lovely texture.Eduardo says he is at in his life at the moment. There is alsoPendragon Cargo Stingrayand mosaic and the shapes of all the damage and repairs andI use a lot of water when I paint, and the pigments the Resenean idea of past layers and positive and negative space in theResene ReseneResene as well as making pottery for cooking. patches that had been made over time. I found them so poeticpaints release are stunningly beautiful. I love Resene Sandtex asfragments of fresco and mosaic. Sante Fe Friar Greystone Milk ChocolateMoving to the other side of the world and seeing landscapesandbeautifulandhavehadtheminmymindasIvebeenwell, as it gives the feeling of unglazed ceramicwhich adds a lotIf Eduardo feels his creativity stagnate, he moves on to a freshResene Resene Resene that differed so much from those that surrounded him growing upworking lately. to the depth and texture to my work. I also use Resene Concretecanvas or takes a day off. Its really important to step away fromToffee Highball Neroignited a love for travel, exploring new lands and the earth itself.Clear gloss, a brilliant varnish that doesnt yellow over time. the work from time to time, he stresses. Because if there is I lived between London and Madrid for a time, working in fashion,Resene His most recent collection, Becoming Home (2022), stemmedanything he has learnt in his career so far, its that there is nothingabove: Becoming Home 08 (2022) by Eduardo Santos and then moved to Ibiza in my early 30s. Ibiza has a very specialSunkissed in part from a period of personal turmoil and forging a path towardslike a change of paceor a change of placeto shake things up.features Resene Half White Pointer, Resene RiceReseneResene Cake, Resene Pioneer Red, Resene Alamo, ReseneIntrepidenergy, and this is when I began to explore painting more seriously.out In 2009, life brought Eduardo to Sydney. I started a businessleft: Brazilian-born artist Eduardo SantosResene Retro Resene recovering his spiritual equilibrium. A sequence of emotional eventsTo see more of Eduardos work, visit www.eduardosantosartist.com. Coral, Resene Retro, Resene Cargo, Resene Toffee,Reseneuses Resene products to create hisguided me towards a healing process that has allowed me to createResene Nero and Resene Sunkissed. These colours in Ibiza designing swimwear that I had made in Brazil. When thebreathtaking and emotional abstractthe space my soul needs for peace, Eduardo says. I feel that therewere tinted into Resene SpaceCote Flat waterborne financial crisis happened in Europe, my Australian friend Jasonlandscape paintings. Behind himhas been a rebirth within my practice; what was previously concealedenamel, layered with Resene Sandtex textured coating are two panels from his latestabove left: Becoming Home 19a (2022) by Eduardo Santos features Mowen suggested moving to Sydney as he thought the crisiscollection, Becoming HomeGold Dust Half White Pointer beneath a more organic layer in my earlier work has now come toResene Half White Pointer, Resene Rice Cake, Resene Stingray, Reseneand topcoated with Resene Concrete Clear gloss.would not be as severe there as it was going to be in Spain. Wed(2022), which feature Resenethe fore, as if from the inside, he explains. These feelings revealedTriple Friar Greystone, Resene Alamo, Resene Coral, Resene Metallicabove middle: Becoming Home 06 (2022) by EduardoDecadenceArtist Eduardo Santos abstractalready started a successful business together: a mens clothingHalf White Pointer, Resene Ricethemselves through bold blues, stormy greys and dirtied whites withCopper, Resene Gold Dust, Resene Cargo, Resene Toffee, Resene Nero,Santos was created with Resene SpaceCote Flat landscape paintings bridge outsideshop in Covent Garden, together with another friend, NarcisoCake, Resene Half Resolutionhints of earthy clay. Resene Half Resolution Blue, Resene Aviator,Resene Milk Chocolate and Resene Dusted Grey. Eduardo uses Resenewaterborne enamel tinted to Resene Half White Pointer, Blue, Resene Aviator,Sandtex textured coating to add earthy dimension to his painting andResene Rice Cake, Resene Half Resolution Blue, Resene Aviator, worlds with those within. Hernandez. And I already knew and loved Australia. Jason openedResene Retro, ReseneResene Resene Resene Decadence, Resene Triple Friar Greystone, Resene HalfResene SpaceCote Flat waterborne enamel for his colour coats. OnceResene Retro, Resene Decadence, Resene Sante Fe and Resene Nero a shop in Redfern in 2010 and it was the first place I was able toDecadence, Resene Metallic Copper Quarter Pavlova White Pointer, Resene Rice Cake, Resene Sante Fe and Resenecomplete, his paintings are sealed in Resene Concrete Clear gloss, chosenlayered with Resene Sandtex textured coating and sealed with Resene showcase my paintings. Nero and Resene Toffee.Alamo feature prominently across the collection. for its protective and anti-yellowing qualities. Concrete Clear gloss waterborne glaze.46 blackwhitemag.com blackwhitemag.com 47'