ISADORA REIMÃO

Isadora Reimão likes to define her paintings of animals and monsters as “nonhuman self-portraits.” She says, “I like the antitheses of fascination-fear, beauty-nightmare, and sweet-terrible. Some of my recent illustrations are my visual interpretation of characters from Mário de Andrade’s story Macunaíma. And other illustrations may be a start for new stories.”

1 Lis, 2011
Isadora Reimão
Watercolor
8 × 7 in. (20 × 18 cm)

2 Beetle, 2011
Isadora Reimão
Watercolor
11½ × 7½ in. (29 × 19 cm)

3 The Blue Giraffe, 2007
Watercolor
17½ × 15 in. (45 × 38 cm)

4 The Horse Man, 2006
Watercolor
25 × 35½ in. (64 × 90 cm)

5 Ranulpho, 2004
Watercolor
16½ × 22 in. (42 × 56 cm)

6 She-Goat, 2007
Watercolor
8 × 9 in (20 × 22 cm)