Oscar Araripe was internationally recognized and acclaimed as an important Brazilian writer, educator, and social and ecological activist well before he turned his talents to painting. With almost 100 solo exhibitions to his credit, Araripe continues to reinvent the art of painting, not only through his spontaneous and unusual brush strokes and colors, but also via his use of unconventional materials ranging from delicate tracing paper and film laser to large-scale public works made of weatherproof synthetic canvases (sail cloth) supported by sturdy tubular structures. [MORE...]