Artists Profile

My name is Leila Shenkel Machry and I'm 65 years old. I'm a retired teacher who loves to travel and to chat with friends. I do many kinds of handicrafts as a way to keep my self active and to relive the stress. It's been an year since I started to paint on canvas and I'm looking foward to improve my art day by day. I still don't figured my painting style yet, but I do know that holding a brush and dip it into different collors makes me feel good deep inside.

Leila Machry

My name is Marinês dos Reis Flores and I'm 54 years old. Porto Alegre is been my home town from over 30 years. I had graduated in Visual Arts and then, post gratuated in Pedagogical Art. Nowadays, I'm the responsible teacher of this Art Studio Group. My relationship with art came as a child and today, as a painter, my inspiration comes by art movements as cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism, being those ones I identify myself at most. My art work is signed by my nickname Nesa.
Art had deeply touched me and for that I'll never let it pass!

Marinês dos Reis Flores - Nesa

I'm Paula Riffel and I'm 33 years old. I paint to share my feelings and to release my soul. My goal is to touch the other souls. All of my art discriptions are made up in poetry. My art is signed by Emma, which turned out on being my artistic name. Art can be either as a flower or a gun, according to my mood as well to the mood of the one who feels it.
Art is for me as I'm for art. You are very welcome to take a look, and stay with me!

Paula Riffel - Emma

My name is Franciele Khus and I'm 35 years old. I've just started on painting and i can tell all ready that art is a great way to express my feelings and to raise up my consciousness. I'm glad to be discovered by it!

Franciele Khus

I`m Marlene Machry Cadó. I`m 68 years old and I`m now a retired teacher.
I`ve been joined this group since 2001, and that happened through my mother, Helga Shenkel Macry, who has invited me to join the group, as she was an active participant of it. In this group, we have beautiful moments of conviviality every Friday. I do like to paint. My favorite subject is nature, on its colors, shapes, lights and shadows. Art in general captivates me. I believed creativity, a good drawing and harmony are keys for a good job. My search, while painting, is for the beauty which I consider fundamental in art work. When painting, we are expressing ourselves, communicating with the world.

Marlene Machry Cadó

My name is Avany Zorzetto Tonin, I'm 65 years old. I had been an art teacher in a public school for over 20 years, nowadays, I'm retired. I do many kinds of arts and crafts and I've been painting on canvas since 2004, when I'd begun part of this group. I rather paint vases, flowers, boats and elephants.

Avany Tonin

Since I was a child, painting on canvas had always touched deep in my soul. I always liked the brushes and the colored paints. I started to learn how to paint when I was over my sixties, and I got amused with the woman’s group in it’s woman different ages with their beautiful work on canvas.
There was an active and experienced teacher to lead the group safely and sensitivity, all in a good will, enthusiasm and a child joy. So I was getting involved with the screens, paints and brushes. I keep on learning for that it makes me feel good, makes me happy, makes me complete. Expressionism and Impressionism movements are my preferences, ending up on being those may painting style. Pure art is the highest contemplation by the creatures. Traveling  in the divine universe, we met with people with similar goals and ideologies…
the soul follows this movement to rediscover the cooperation and integration feelings in a constant learning that is life and this light that enlightens consciences in the beautiful art of painting in canvas.
Create with joy and evaluating every move made by the brush in it’s color shades that masterfully paints the beauty and feelings, while playing in ludic play strokes, skills that are lost in the dawn of life.

We traveled in the Light.

Noemi Terezinha Rodrigues

My name is Miriam and I'm 63 years old. I've been a plastic artist since 2012 and that was the year that I had begun part of this group. Since I was a child I love to draw and for that I had always distinguished myself from the other kids. I had been part of several art exhibitions with the group. I had the oportunity to dran with the artist Jorge Hermonn at the Botanic Garden in town, and I also had participated of the Walking Gallary here, in Porto Alegre. My favorite theme is "houses".

Miriam Ferreira

My name is Cristiane Buhler Pereira, I have 53 years old. I've been part of this artistic group since 2002. While painting, I'm able to acheive moments of peace deep inside. I had also learned to improve my patience. While I'm painting, I feel a high level of a wonderful energy taken totaly control of me.

Cristiane Buhler

My name is Sandra and I am the IAPI's age, being also the oldest resident there.  After a frustrated attempt to enter the Fine Arts, I gave up drawing. I had started in the Alim Pedro Painting Group by my friends invitation, Miriam, and if being part of the group did not wake up the artist on me, it would have awakened the joy of socializing with extraordinary people. I'm a beginner, but I appreciate Monet. The best photo I ever took was in his garden. I am touched by the perfection of details  that exists in Realism.

Sônia Kern

My name is Glória and I'm 68 years old. I'm a married woman, a mother and a grandmother. After retired, I chose to dedicate myself to paint, which has always been my desire. I got into the group by an invitation from ms. Helga and Ms. Marlene, and I was very welcome by Ms. and Professor Enoêmia, a very inspiring and sensitive person. I really enjoy painting flowers, houses, landscapes and still life person. On Fridays I got to spent pleasant hours with friends while playing around painting. I love my art works and I paint it all with affection.

Glória Vianna

Heloísa Helena Araújo

Janete Siervo

Mariene Jaeger Riffel