Rui Soares it is an artist that expresses in his painting various artistic currents for such he established two aliases, Ralf S. which addresses the design of the real world, Antero S. that reflects the world around you in a more abstract interpretation and other works in his own name that are not more than a figurative representation of everyday life and landscapes of the island.
What leads you to use three different personalities for your paintings?
Rui Soares: I use two aliases, because they are different works. I love designing in sight around the island. It was a taste that I kept since college, drawing the human figure and landscapes, but it was bad to present a body of work that had nothing to do with what we learn in college, had to be new and the design of observation has anything of innovative. And then there was the need to create Ralf S. for the design of the real allying the everyday landscapes of Madeira and was a little out there.
How do they differ from each other?
RS: They are all much interconnected. I've always loved the aspect of the figurative, even when I sign Rui Soares, there is always something real. I never developed the very abstract, some works perhaps, but they are completely different things and then the result is other. The idea of creating aliases appears not to shuffle people. There is a more symbolic painting more, another more real and it can create some confusion, there is not an art line itself. I, however, do not worry too much about it, I do what I like and do not appreciate the labels, whether I am a contemporary artist, or follow a route similar to what is done today.
But one of them has a very vivid color palette.
RS: Any of them. When I paint watercolors they also have a lot of color. It may be more watery, maybe technically is not being used in the best way, but as I said are things that do not concern me. I guess you could use all the techniques as we pleased.
It reflects the hues of the island that are very intense?
RS: It's also that, because even when we designed our island, I just print more color, both in the scenery as Antero S., that catches elements from the real, not abstract but maybe it walks in that direction.
Which of the three is your favorite?
RS: It's complicated, Ralf S. appears more, is my side business. When I sign Rui Soares in the paintings is what I do for the love of art and is what I like most. The Antero S. emerged last year was a request.
You feel comfortable with all three of them?
RS: Ralf S. is what appears more because I teach drawing and painting. Ask students to draw still natures, but I also draw with them is something I like to do. The painting is part of my life, whether in its more or less real. What is like is painting in oil, the drawing appears as an auxiliary, and however, I used it as an element itself. It's the look that matters to me.
