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I sat down at a local eatery and had in front of me this view behind two unoccupied tables. Perhaps it was the mundane quality of it, instead of the more important vase of flowers on top of the tables for instance. I created the sketch on location and at the time I knew I would eventually make a painting of it.
According to an architect friend, world famous Brazilian landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx created the garden depicted in this drawing. The garden is located inside a nondescript shopping mall in a small town in the interior of São Paulo state.
I had been visiting Brazil a few years back, and I headed to the mall to check out their bookstore.
When I came across the garden it had just finished raining. The mall’s roof had openings above the garden, and you could feel nature inside the building.
This is not by any means a glamorous Roberto Burle Marx project. It resides in a humble location, but that is what makes it so special.