Through the glass


Saturday was my birthday.

47 years old, not feeling old at all.

Happy, happy day. Love. Loads of love, laughter, fun.

A jewel at breakfast. Out for dinner. Hugs, kisses, everything I wished for.

You make my life sweet and I am no longer afraid nor sad.

All those who really matter were present even in their physical absence, in one way or another, those who care made my day special. Thank you.

Love reveals our true selves. Love conquers everything.

Though the glass of love, the monster becomes a girl, again… 

Tea is served, time to be happy, at last.

The daily battle


She looked frail and delicate but inside she had the strength of ten tsunamis.

She could die a million times but her voice would still be heard though out time. 

Making her enemies shiver, her tyrants stumble.

Nothing she could do would ever be enough.

Nothing is enough in a world like this.

She was tired that day, but she picked flowers on the way home.

Battle was not over, there was a war to be won.

It was she and herself. And the mirror.

Flowers and swords.

No fear, no anxiety.

Just another day to give all she got.

And she did.

*****

Ela parecia frágil e delicada, mas por dentro ela tinha a força de dez tsunamis.

Ela poderia morrer um milhão de vezes, mas sua voz ainda seria ouvida embora fora do tempo.

Fazendo seus inimigos tremerem, seus tiranos tropeçarem.

Nada do que ela pudesse fazer seria suficiente.

Nada é suficiente em um mundo como este.

Ela estava cansada naquele dia, mas ela escolheu flores a caminho de casa.

A batalha não acabou, há uma guerra a ser vencida.

Era ela, contra ela mesma. E o espelho

Flores e espadas.

Sem medo, sem ansiedade.

Apenas mais um dia para dar tudo o que ela tinha.

E assim ela fez.

A fábrica – The factory


Dia de faxina.

Cleaning day.
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Toasting this tiny brief moment called life.


*****

Life is brief.

Everything we give way too much importance, acquisitions, hair, clothes, jewelry, things, people, will be consumed by the relentless action of time. Impermanence is the prime characteristic of life. And from it nothing is carried, nothing remains.

From this angle, nothing can be more tangible than experience.

Moments of joy, pleasure, peace justify existence.

Friendship, love

Convesations, hugs

Care, kindness

Coffee with cake on a quiet afternoon

Wine and confidences among friends of new or long standing relationships.

If nothing stays, better to make each moment a gift of the now.

Good memories will feed the soul more than any fool’s gold on the shelves of age.

A toast to an easy, happy, light life.

To life, so brief.

*****
A vida é breve.
Tudo o que damos demasiada portância, aquisições, cabelos, roupas, jóias, coisas, pessoas, serão consumidos pela implacável ação do tempo. A impermanência é a característica primordial da vida. E dela nada se leva, nada se mantém.
Por este aspecto, nada pode ser mais tangível do que a experiência. 
Momentos de alegria, prazer, paz justificam o existir.
Amizade, amor
Conversa, abraço
Um carinho, uma gentileza
Café com bolo numa tarde tranquila
Vinhos e confidências entre amigas de pouca ou longa data.
Se nada fica, melhor fazer de cada momento um presente do agora.
Boas memórias haverão de alimentar a alma mais do que qualquer ouro de tolo nas prateleiras da idade.
Um brinde a vida leve.

À vida, breve.

Mundo Novo


Good timing, finding,  feeling.

Excitement and challenge.

No fear, no fight.

Sweet surrender to the new, a leap of faith.

Interesting times.

Time for change. Time to go. 

Time to start, time to belong.
Painting Available: Immigration room, 30×40, acrylics on canvas, 2017, Luciana Mariano ©

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Na labuta

image10 anos na estrada.
Em 2008 foi um ano difícil. Muitas perdas consecutivas, o trabalho era um inferno, o casamento outro inferno, a única coisa que me mantinha de pé era ser mãe. Mas como ele já era adolescente e não precisava tanto de mim, eu me mantive sentada, pintando para respirar. Eu cresci vendo mãe e tio pintando, mas sabia que aquilo “não era profissão”. Sempre pintei como hobby, no pouquíssimo tempo que me restava, mas depois de pintar eu destruia, rasgava e jogava fora meus desenhos e pinturas, porque eles eram só meus, eram feios, imperfeito, infantis. Eu não aceitava e não queria me expor pela minha feiura, as minhas imperfeições, fragilidades.

Em 2008, por falta de forças ou pressa eu pintava mais do que destruia.

Dizem que a bela flor do lótus nasce em águas sujas e pantanosas e é assim que eu senti. Toda sujeira, dor, falsidade, violência, desamor, o desprezo e o medo foram substituídos por arte, no meu estado mais bruto; no lodo do que é feio encontrei o belo da minha arte, naïf. Dez anos se passaram da minha primeira exposição.

10 dos 50 que pretendo percorrer.

Me dei o direito de ser artista. De exercer minha arte mesmo que feia, infantil.

Me dou a honra de viver de arte.

Não é fácil. Nem sempre se vende e quando não se vende não se come.

Não me importo.

Troco, escambo, negocio, financio em suaves prestações, dou a quem precisa, vendo a quem entende.

Dou e exijo respeito.

Eu respeito minha arte.

47 anos de arte, 10 anos de carreira.

É agora ou nunca.

Então é, agora.

Carnaval Carnival Carnevale 

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Dance, play, laugh, be happy, be kind, be free.

Empower women. Respect women. Encourage them to be free.

Spread love. Live love. Be love.

Yes, you look fabulous in a bikini.

Fa-bu-lous.

Al-ways.

Catalogue 2018

Here is the youtube video I made to present my available works for sale.

Loved, important paintings but they really need new homes!

If you are interested about acquiring a piece of my work, get in touch, let’s talk!

Good, affordable, negotiable prices and conditions.   

https://youtu.be/I3jHbwOWVr8

Hugs, Luciana Mariano

2018


2018
The best year of my life is about to start. 
I found the love of my life

I moved to the country of my dreams

My work is flourishing 

I sold my old house

I bought my new home

My son is happy

My mom and sister are well

I was invited to exciting exhibitions

I published my first book

I am selling many paintings

Many more are being taken in commission

Drama is way passed, far behind me

I am healthy, glad, creative, thriving.

Peace and quiet are gracefully surrounding me

Life is good… Life is better than it has ever been.
.

Chupa.

Спасибо

The year is about to end and it’s time to say  Спасибо.

This beautiful word is constantly in my mind: Спасибо ( read as spacibo, means Thank you)… 

This was a good year and this is the most appropriate word to say.

Last year I spent New Year’s Eve in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

I spent almost three months in Russia and it was amazing.

I discovered a rich city that looks like an open air museum, architectural monuments, impressive buildings, massive dosis of fascinating history all over the place. Beauty. The best museum I have ever visited (The Hermitage). But on top of all the aesthetical and historical wonderland, Saint Petersburg has people. I mean real people. People that even in a -27°C snowy-icy-windy-freezing weather finds smily kindness to give you helping guidance, information, directions. The Russian people seem very serious and cold at first, but give them a little sympathy and gratitude and in return you will find funny, beautiful, generous friends. I had a blast. I was so overwhelmed by every place I visited and every person I met, that I began to feel like home. Yes. Russia can be messy, unorganized, decadent and corrupt. But nothing I haven’t seen before in so many other places, including my very own. Russia has a severe winter that is somehow harmoniously balanced with its beautiful people and warm, voluptuous culture. Of course that was my impression and other opinions might differ from mine. I made friends there that I will carry for life. I will always remember but more than that I will always dream of coming back. And I will.

It’s good to know people that you can rely on. Generosity and kindness that will remain in my heart and will always echo: Спасибо.

Спасибо Oleg, Vika, Pooh, Kate, Tanya, Galina, Mariana, Nico, Kelly, Ksenya, Igor, Liza and so many lovely people that made my time in Russia so amazing!

Спасибо

Спасибо

Спасибо
Artwork: When it starts to snow – 30×40 (work inspired and painted in my stay in Saint Petersburg, Russia) –  AVAILABLE