Claudia Capri

I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and grew up in front of Ipanema beach.

I spent a lot of time at the beach watching the sun set behind the mountains. During my childhood I had a black cat and perroquets and that ignited my fascination with nature and animals. Having spent a lot of time visiting the Royal Botanic Gardens in Rio de Janeiro I started a life-long connection to trees, plants and the animal kingdom.

Currently living in Edinburgh, Scotland, I swapped the sunny beaches in Rio for the winter and solitude of the Scottish coast.

In the moments in between working in Financial Services I found myself drawn to galleries in particular the Edinburgh National Portrait Gallery. It was at this time that I took the leap to join an Art Group where my interest became a passion. It wasn’t until I attended the Leith School of Art that I found more of a voice and a medium I could use to express that voice.

Submitted by GALERIA AZUR