I was born in Mozambique in 1961. Fleeing my country in 1974, just after the collapse of the colonial empire, I arrived in Johannesburg and resided there until 1982. In 1982, I moved to Portugal where I work and reside. It was not until 2001 when I began exploring painting as a form of expression as a full-time painter, and as a professional artist. For the past three years my work has centred around figurative paintings ranging from a nearly abstract suggestion of form to a stylized graphic treatment.