• Cover
• Etta James
• Erykah Badu
• Minnie Riperton
• Aretha Franklin
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Marlena Shaw
• Gill Scott Heron
• Isaac Hayes
• Curtis Mayfield
• Marvin Gaye
• Otis Redding
• Stevie Wonder
• Sam Cooke

Self-promo illustration project Portraying the Soul music legends.
Prints and canvas at Society6

Illustration based on the music “Rainbows” by Rolling stones, for the zine “Leopardo Surdo” curated by the collective Steppin Stone

Drawings made in 2012 (small ones)

A New approach on my drawing and painting methods, process and concepts, presented on an exhibition at Re-Searcher Gallery & Bookshop.

Statement / Project synopsis (PT)
É a mais recente abordagem de Carlos Quitério na prática do desenho, tratando-se, na sua linguagem, de uma evolução nos métodos de desenho e estruturação formal em suporte de papel, na qual a figuração e composição clássica é parte fundamental como motor para a percepção de quem as interpreta ou descodifica.

Ao recorrer a influências de representação como a arte déco, o renascimento ou mesmo a características formais da iluminura medieval, acrescenta ainda a essas estruturas uma intensidade provocadora nos elementos figurados e a representações em ligação ou não com os diversos discursos verbais também expressos.
Em algumas das obras, a construção de paisagens através de fragmentos minúsculos que se unem e se desmontam, numa aparente obsessão pela criação de formas circunscritas, mas sempre em movimento e interação.

Esta transversalidade de discursos, que percorre diferentes influências em variadas correntes estéticas, revela-se fechada, ou confinada em cada composição, convoca à exploração de uma dimensão nova, quer pela recusa das regras da representação fundamentadoras de simbolismos e cânones estabelecidos, quer pela função anti-ilustradora de uma situação ou narrativa representadas, ao não estar acompanhada de conceito, ideia ou texto que sirvam de fios condutores ou de acompanhamento à percepção das obras.

Sobrevivem assim, sem uma aparente história que as fundamente, mas com um peso gráfico suficiente que as suporta, abrindo portas à inúmeras interpretações, análises ou estímulos íntimos, através de uma viagem que aponta inúmeros caminhos diferentes, sejam eles concretos ou subjectivos.

(Pt. III) This is a handmade collage co-project by me and my Wife, Graça Quitério. We also keep our weblog containing our zine fitacola & Co and inspiring links at fitacola.com.

Indoor decoration for “Project Alternative Wear”, a fashion store located downtown Cascais, Portugal

Drawings made in 2011

Fitacola and Co. is a publishing + curatorial project focused in collage on paper, by me and my wife, Graça Quitério.

The first edition consisted on an exhibition in Atelier Open, Amsterdam, together with the luxury zine launch “Fitacola & Co. #1″.
The second edition will follow in 2012. I am currently looking for Galleries collage artists in Germany, Spain and New York eho can participate in this project. Participating Artists: Fitacola (Carlos & Graça Quitério); João Pombeiro, Paulo Barros,  Zé Burnay, Benedita Feijó.

Weekly illustrations made for semanário Expresso supplement magazine:  Única

Opinion column written by Clara Ferreira Alves – (Season 7 – July 2011 to December 2011)

TGTL is an award winning brand consisting on a collection of Premium gourmet products, carefully branded and illustrated by artists from it’s product origins. I was invited to illustrate the Extra Virgin Olive Oils from Alentejo in Portugal (3rd package left)

I have co-founded in October 2010 a non-profit cultural organization in Caldas da Rainha, called “BIXO MAU”
Aiming different areas of interest related to the  culture and leisure targeting the local community, the social web and the Portuguese scene, this associative project has gained a lot of expectations and pretty good acceptance by producing many sorts of events and successful artistic projects.

Seven main resident projects were created to host all proposals for events and activities: an Art Gallery, Club (disco), Lusco-Fusco (events between 17h00 and 23h00), “Fresh-Up” (for young-blood dj’s), P1F (online media streaming), Apendice (the printed pamphlet) and a couple other marketing/business projects meant to  raise new crowds and investors.

I was in charge of coordinating the communication gateways and the overall design/aesthetics.

Weekly illustrations made for semanário Expresso supplement magazine:  Única

Opinion column written by Clara Ferreira Alves – (Season 6 – December 2010 to July 2011)

(part2) Fitacola collages are handmade from scissor cuts, adhesive tape reassemblings and original paper stuff we’ve been acquiring through these years. Having reached a point of almost endless supplies, the process is quite simple, assemble by having fun.

This is a co-project by me and my Wife, Graça Quitério. We also keep our weblog containing inspiring links at fitacola.com stream.
Soon in  fita-cola.com all the collage and hand-made assemblings portfolio organized.

(Part 3) Small drawings is an online drawings store. Started firstly as a diary, a-drawing-a-day, and kept growing. Serving at the same time a daily feed, for public and visitors to enjoy a certain feel of “voyeurism”, in the means of a “live representation of a personal daily routine (Carlos’s day-by-day),

A personal broadcasting channel, where drawing play the part of “illustrating” a daily life. I’m not currently updating, but I plan to do it more often in the future, as my time allows.

Here’s a very good mixtape / album from a very close friend, I have made the cover, here’s the result in audio and image. Enjoy!
Portuguese only roots, lyrics and samples, nicely crafted with love and fun :)

Facebook Page here

Download (.zip)

Até Borras-te Vol.3 by stereossauro

TRACKLIST
01- Antro
02 – El Rei Dom Stereossauro
03 – No Subúrbio
04 – Bintage
05 – Super (ft. X-Acto + Dj Ride)
06 – Rádio Crime
07 – Homem Ao Mar (ft. Kristo + Yo Cliché)
08 – A Luta
09 – Não Posso Mais (rmx)
10 – Anda Cá Ao Papá
11 – Ride vs Sagas (rmx)