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FASO Collector Recommends: Regina Helena Macedo
Biography
How much of an artist’s viewpoint and way of life can one construe from viewing the artwork they have produced? A short perusal of Regina Macedo’s work reveals a great deal about her fascination with “Mother Earth” and the interaction between humans and nature. We could even hazard an intelligent guess as to what part of the planet she inhabits!
Macedo was born in São Paulo, Brazil, one of six children. Her father’s career in the Brazilian Air Force kept the family on the move, not only within Brazil but, for a few years, the family lived in Montreal, Canada. Macedo’s personal journey as an artist probably began at that point, at the age of six, when she won a children’s art contest in Canada for depicting the dangers of playing with matches and fire. From that point on, art has been her personal haven, which, according to the artist, “… has brought stability and peace within the scope of an often-hectic life”. Currently, Macedo works from her studio in Brasilia, located in the central savanna region of Brazil.
Macedo has led a dual professional life, working as a field biologist at the University of Brasilia and painting in her studio. Her daily experience with nature fuels her artistic perceptions. In fact, Macedo has often been able to connect the worlds of art and science, in an attempt to focus the viewer’s attention upon the beauty of nature, which, according to the artist “… is sadly and quietly vanishing as we hustle on with our busy lives”. For example, as a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, Regina was enlisted by Dr. Michael Mares, Director of the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, to illustrate a book he and other researchers produced. More recently, in 2019, Macedo contributed her artistic talents to the K-12 Education Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University, by creating the covers for educational curricula that are being used by science teachers across the US.
Bold compositions and strong colors are a trademark of Macedo´s vibrant paintings, inviting the viewer to explore an exotic and colorful world. Her paintings focus on the complexity and beauty of nature or depict people in thoughtful moments. Her artistic style ranges from impressionistic, bold strokes used to produce color-drenched landscapes to more subtle brushstrokes that result in realistic paintings of people and animals. Her work has earned several awards and has found its way to collectors in Brazil, the US, Mexico, Scotland and Namibia.
The combination of subjects and styles brought together in Macedo’s body of work reflects artistic, personal and professional experiences, yielding a vibrant and original essence to each painting. When asked about her motivation for painting, she replies: “With every canvas, I hope to transmit some feeling based on concepts or images that filled me with emotion of some kind-sometimes joy, sometimes wonder and occasionally wistfulness or sadness. My goal is to convey these feelings to the viewers of my paintings, and to momentarily take them away from their busy lives to a place of quiet contemplation.”
Miguel Ângelo Marini, Ph.D.
Curator, Bird Collection - University of Brasilia
Art enthusiast & collector
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