I was never exposed to art school. I grew up in an artist's studio. I was exposed a lot of studio time between of my father and a great painter I studied with in Barcelona. That was my art school, as Europe was.
Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of … - Caio Fonseca
Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of …
- Caio Fonseca
My forms are not abstractions of things in the real world. They're also not symbols. I would say that my job is to invent these forms and to put them… - Caio Fonseca
My forms are not abstractions of things in the real world. They're also not symbols. I would say that my job is to invent these forms and to put them…
So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category. - Caio Fonseca
So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of har… - Caio Fonseca
I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of har…
One of the most important elements of Caio-ness I wanted to keep was that left to right reading, where one form draws you... this movement in what is… - Caio Fonseca
One of the most important elements of Caio-ness I wanted to keep was that left to right reading, where one form draws you... this movement in what is…
My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs. - Caio Fonseca
My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
I'm not such an artist type that I can't handle the real world. I read the financial pages, because most people don't talk about art. - Caio Fonseca
I'm not such an artist type that I can't handle the real world. I read the financial pages, because most people don't talk about art.
I try not to bring in anything I don't love looking at. It's about restaint ... There is something about an unfinished quality that leaves within you… - Caio Fonseca
I try not to bring in anything I don't love looking at. It's about restaint ... There is something about an unfinished quality that leaves within you…
Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school. - Caio Fonseca
Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
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