The two 40-meter-high paintings on the sides of buildings in the city center were spurred by the artist's desire to stir debate over the river's decline. Hit by a lack of rainfall upriver in Brazil, this year the Parana reached its lowestOne mural shows a boy extracting a native flower from the river, while the other depicts a girl whose image is reflected in the water.
"These characters that I use always interact with an aspect of the place in the context where I paint and it seemed appropriate to portray this ecological message related to the decline of the Parana." The low levels have seen ships forced to take on smaller loads to sit higher in the water, hindering trade and hurting what is usually a competitive advantage for the country - the deep waterways that allow access for big container vessels.
The 40-year-old artist paints between 10 and 12 murals every year and has morphed his style from urban surrealism to what he calls "magical hyper-realism." Other murals he has done include a girl building with Lego blocks and a portrait of soccer player Carlos Tevez.
What an incredibly talented man. Maybe someday the weather will change and he can, once again, paint happier things. But great work!!
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