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Combining both cubism and abstract expressionism into one practice, Pedro Sousa Louro’s work is his way of portraying emotions and perceptions - both consciously and unconsciously - through detailed geometric compositions balanced with lines and shapes. Using multiple techniques in his work, the artist is primarily concerned with creating a dialogue with colour and form rather than over-focusing on subject matter.

Numerous materials come into play during Sousa Louro’s process such as textiles, reclaimed wood objects, old journals and wallpapers. With canvas or wooden panels for a base, these are combined with rustic deteriorating metal elements, created through a technique he developed by using oxidising copper powders. Combinations of letters and numbers are applied to balance the composition, and finally each artwork is finished with yacht varnish. 

Originally from Portugal, Sousa Louro has established his career as an artist in London where he graduated with a BA in Fine Art at the Chelsea College of Arts in 1998. Despite having a preference for contemporary artists such as Francis Bacon, his reminiscence comes from the neoplasticism of Mondrian and Ben Nickolson, Robert Rauschenberg and in some way Picasso. The artist’s work is a vivid reflection of the evolution of his his dialogue with colour and geometry.

Pedro Sousa Louro

August directions 18, 2018

Mix media on canvas, 123 x 153cm  £4,250

Pedro Sousa Louro

Lights of happiness, 2019

Mix media on canvas, 124 x 155cm  £4,300

Pedro Sousa Louro

There is a stone in my heart, 2018

Mix media copper powders on canvas, 123 x 153cm  £4,250