Artist from Portugal living in Canada Ontario. Diogo's work revolves around public transit, this theme was picked to symbolize the speed of city culture. Due to the speed of its culture things tend to get missed, specifically the architecture of urbanscapes.
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Wilson Station # 5, 11" x 14" Oil on Wood. Painting Wilson station in Toronto Canada. Sold🔴
One of the pieces currently at the Kingsway Lambton Charity Art show from March 25 - April 3 (online only). A portion of all sales will go towards local charities. Link below and in bio☺️🎉🎊
https://kingswaylambtonartshow.ca/collections/diogo-pinheiro
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First paint through of this piece. It's another Wilson station painting and it's only a coincidence that two pieces are the same station lol. (Subway station in Toronto Canada) This first stage is generally to get base colours down and get a general light direction. Drawing errors get fixed in this stage.
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Hey everyone! If you're wondering who that is well that's me, the quiet guy behind the art work on this account. Thought I would take this opportunity to tell you a little about myself, I'm sure everyone is very excited 😏. Born in Portugal Lisbon and immigrated to Canada back in the 90s . . . Actually on second thought instead of reading 30+ years Bio it might just be easier to check out the interview by @thedrake that I did after my artist in residence with them😉.
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This is last piece piece I did for my Artist in Residence at @thedrakehotel . This piece is of Rosedale station, a subway station in Toronto Canada. 5 feet x 3.5ish feet chalk on chalkboard. The two pieces will be put up in the hotel.☺️🎉 Special thanks to Ashley Mulvihill the curator and @thedrakehotel for providing me this wonderful experience and hope to work together again.☺️🙏
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My Artist in Residence at @thedrakehotel is officially done. Here is one of the pieces that I made during my stay. Davisville station in Toronto Canada. 5 feet by 3ish feet.
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Second chalkboard illustration study and line work. This work is a set of chalkboards that are being done at my artist residency at the drake hotel in toronto canada while living in their Artist Loft which is quite nice, in the second photo I am taking advantage of the second floor to get an arial photo of the piece.
The board is about 5 feet x 3.5ish....cant remember the exact size :P
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Progress pics of some of my work at the artist in residence at the drake hotel Artist Loft in Toronto Canada. 😁🎉
The study sketches and preliminary line work down on the chalkboard. Having fun with chalk as a medium, a little messy and hard to control but it should have interesting results.
Haven't worked with chalk before so when I was presented with the opportunity I thought it would be a fun challenge and a way to go outside of the medium that I'm comfortable with.
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I'll be the Artist in Residence @thedrake in Toronto for the next few days. Working from their Artist loft.☺️ I'll be working on a small project doing illustrations on 5 foot chalkboards. (Like the one in the first pic) This will be fun and challenging since I've never worked with chalk as a medium.🎊😋 Stay tuned for updates!! . . . . . #diogopinheiroart #perspectiveart #contemporaryarts #fineartwork #geometricabstraction #canadianarts #fineartist #curator #geometricaart #fineart #architecture #thedrake #thedrakehotel #toronto #residence #residency #artistresidency #chalk (at The Drake Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBkgpIPjfp/?utm_medium=tumblr
Mount Pleasant #2 2017 Oil on wood. 16" x 20" An early piece of Mount Pleasant station in Ontario Canada. The painting shows the early morning during winter. The station stop is heated during the winter which turns the interior of the stop red.
The set of photos taken of Mount pleasant were taken during the same time period either early morning or late night while I was working overnights and painting during the day (I don't recommend it).
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Union Station #8 2018. Oil on Wood 10" x 8" an earlier piece from 2018, generally I use the smaller pieces to test things out and with this one I wanted to see how texture changed the overall painting. I like the texture in the cool sky but I think it was a little too strong in comparison to the rest of the painting.
I think overall I think the painting was succesful and a great learning experience.
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Brampton Go Station #2 2018 The main station in Brampton, a city in Ontario Canada that's slowly growing.One of the things that caught my eye was the original building of the station is still up after 100+ years with the new additions on the right side.
I remember that one of the reason the collector bought this piece was because it felt dream like, especially without the fence on the right side. The station is on a slight hill which almost looks like its floating when you remove the city buildings on the right.
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Union Station#9 ,11" x 14" oil on wood. A 2019 oil painting of Union Station, one of the main stations in Ontario Canada during its never ending construction cyles lol. Interestingly since painting this piece they've added a new skyscraper in the background and a part of the station in the painting has been demolished and reconstructed.
I can probably repaint this exact composition and have it look like different painting which is one of the things I like about the subject I work with, it changes quite a bit over time.
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Queen Station #1 2020, Oil on Wood 11" x 14" Painting based on Queen Station in Toronto Canada. One of the harder pieces that i've done because of the curved ceiling .
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Queen Station #1 2020, Oil on Wood 11" x 14"
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“Rosedale Station #2” it’s based on a subway station in Toronto Canada. Had a lot of fun painting this especially when I finish the left wall with the hard shadow/light contrast.
Postcard print of this painting is available in my shop. highly recommend ordering things early because I predict shipping times will be wild this holiday period. :)
Thanks to everyone who has shared my work, the support is appreciated. :)
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11" x 14" oil on wood, "Union Station # 16" Last piece of the triptych️
The work is based on Union station in Toronto Canada. This work among others will be at the Gladstonehouseto as long term project.
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Second painting of the triptych of Union Station in Toronto Canada.
11" x 14" oil on wood, " Union Station # 16"
As mentioned before this triptych and a few other paintings are a collaboration project with The Gladstonhouse where a few selected artist get to showcase there work in individual rooms️.:) The Gladstone has been part of the Toronto Art community for decades and am exicited to have my work be part of it.
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One of the paintings part of a triptych of Union Station in Toronto Canada.
11" x 14" oil on wood, "Union Station # 16"
The triptych is a new piece for a project in collaboration with Gladstone House where a selected few artists get to show there art in individual rooms. I'll post the other two paintings part of this triptych in the upcoming days.🎉
Thank you Gladstone House for the opportunity ☺️🙏.
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Composition #5 - Architecture St.George subway station in Toronto Canada
100% of revenue from this print will be donated to Food Banks Canada, to help individuals and families that currently experiencing hunger in Canada due to financial difficulties. You get a beaultiful handmade limited art piece and help a good cause, if you can please consider it.
The Woodcut print features a geometrical simplified composition of St.George subway station in Toronto Canada. The print was designed to show a nightly frozen scene of transportation architecture that is often overlooked due to its function of bringing people to a destination.
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St.George station commission, 11" x 14" oil on wood.
Recently finished commission of St.George station in Toronto Canada. Quite happy with how it turned out☺️. I can only do a few commissions per month and Sept is getting filled, if you're interested in one then email me and we can talk about your idea.
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Sheppard West Station Study # 1, 8" x 10". Oil on paper. .
One of the painting studies that I showed at TOAF earlier this month. Just wanted to say congrats to the IG@torontooutdoorart team for putting on such a great in person show and keeping everyone safe. It gave the opportunity to chat about my work and also meeting some of you as well. BTW thank you for all the compliments, they're always welcomed.☺️😉 .
Thank you to IG@luhenghenry the curator for the TOAF "Codes, Patterns, and the Unspoken" Collection for including my "Union Station # 15" painting in the collection.😊🙏. .
Finally thanks to everyone who shared and liked the posts during the show and before, it's a nice way to let me know that you're enjoying my work and it helps my work reach more peoples.😊
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Wilson Station Study # 1, oil on paper. Paper 8" x 10" , Painting 5" x 6" The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair finished now a week ago and honestly couldnt have been happier with the outcome. After almost 1.5 years without an in person show TOAF give me the hit that I needed :D. I have quite a few commissions that I'll be working on for the next few weeks, so i'll be posting some of the oil painting studies that will eventually be used as references for final paintings. Next week I'll be putting some of these studies in my Etsy shop so if you're interested then check back on Monday. (July 26th)
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Glencairn Station #1, Oil on Wood 14" x 11" Sold
I am participating in the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair July 2 - 11 Online (link below) and will be showcasing at stackt market in person Booth #1 on July 10 - 11 (11 AM - 8 PM both days! If you find yourself in the neighbourhood, visit the Stacktmarket at 28 Bathurst St in Toronto.
Happy 60th birthday, TOAF! The longest running art fair in Canada. Also just really happy to be exibiting in person again, its been a year and half since my last one due to covid. :):)
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Mini postcard prints of a few of my paintings sold as a set 5 different paintings. The paintings are based on Toronto Canada subway stations. They’re 4 x 6 inches and is suitable for framing,Thick stock paper (300gsm+) and the back is uncoated so you can write a note and mail it. These are a great way to have a piece of my work and the support is always appreciated. :)
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Wilson Station # 3, 14" x 11" Oil on Wood painting. Based on the subway station in Toronto Canada. This will be one of the new paintings at TOAF 60 show in July 2-11. This is my third time being at this awesome show and can't wait for it to get started. The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair has been going on strong for 60 years and this year they'll have an online portion and small scale in person show
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My first interview! This was exciting and an awesome experience, i spend most of my time in my studio so I don’t get to talk about my work all that much :P. If you want to get a deeper glimpse of my art practice follow the link and give it a read. Special thanks to You Made It an art group that focuses on the Peel Region artist community in Ontario Canada. :):):)
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One of my older pieces Union Station #6 Oil on Wood Panel, wish I had taken a better photograph of this piece but its long gone now.
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One of the many paintings that's currently in progress and I'm excited of the progress so far, so gonna stick with this one for now. I really need to finish up paintings instead of starting new ones 😅. 11" x 14" oil on wood
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“Union Station # 14” 6" x 8", Oil on Wood. For those outside of Canada this painting is based on Union Station in Toronto Ontario which is I think Canada’s largest station. . This piece gave me quite a bit of trouble I ended up leaving it alone for about a week because something felt off at the beginning but I couldn’t figure out what. I did small value sketches and I think I finally fixed it. As always let me know what you think of this piece.😊
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Mini postcard prints of a few of my paintings sold as a set 5 different paintings. The paintings are based on Toronto Canada subway stations. They're 4 x 6 inches and is suitable for framing,Thick stock paper (300gsm+) and the back is uncoated so you can write a note and mail it. These are a great way to have a piece of my work and the support is always appreciated. :)
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Two of my pieces sold at the Kingsway Lambton art show. Lawrence West Station #5, Oil on Wood 20" x 16", Wilson Station #2, Oil on Wood 14" x 11". Thank you for the support☺️🙏. Congrats to @kingswayartshow(IG) for such a great show. I am quite happy that these two are going to new homes and we were able to support local charities through these two sales.
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Shop has some postcard size prints of some of my paintings for those interested. :)