Romero Britto

Romero Britto is a self-taught painter who launched his career using nothing but scraps of newspaper and cardboard and turning them into makeshift canvases for his unique artwork. Brazilian-born, Romero Britto moved Miami in 1988, where he emerged as an international artist, painter, serigrapher, and sculptor, but it wasn’t as easy and colorful as his work. His earliest paintings are created on makeshift canvases with finger-paint, pastels, tempera or whatever he could get his hands on. Before being able to buy brushes, the artist used his hands and fingers to create his iconic style, never imagining that he would be able to be an artist as a career, Romero Britto says, “I always loved art, it was always present in my life, but I never imagined it would become a full time job.”