"Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes it visible."

Paul Klee

"Light in Palhano’s painting is as vital as photosynthesis is to the growth of plants; this is why it departs from any academic notion of mere illumination of the scene. This invisible light preexists within the canvas—it is embedded in its very core, like a sealed lamp."

Francisco Brennand

“Stimuli emerge circumstantially, without the mediation of reason. One must gather into them the time in which they were born, the milieu they inhabit, and the aim they encounter. After completing a series, I enter into a state of study—perhaps in an attempt to understand what has come to pass.”

Plínio Palhano