AIR, and EARTH, which are the most basic levels of man's existence. He then proceeds to lay over the emotions, which men carry within themselves. He uses the blues and greens of water and the warm colors for fire to create a feeling of completeness or as an ordered whole. Superimposed on that, Geraldes states the mystical or esoteric forms from the past and present. By this last statement he puts men in a total form of relationship to the five signs of water, air, fire, earth and spirit. Geraldes is able to put down his innermost involvement in life. Later Geraldes has been developing an awareness of the relationship of art with its surroundings, developing art works that are concerned with natural disasters, and the shock of the unknown that affects the human condition in relation to all beings. His colors have dramatically changed into reds, oranges and black. Geraldes' works are represented in the Haifa Museum of Art, Israel; the Chiado (National Museum of Contemporary Art), the Art Museum of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos and the Ismaili Art Collection of the Aga Khan Foundation, all in Lisbon; the Madeira Island Modern Art Museum; Guarda City Art Museum; and other important private and government art collections. References External links Official website 1957 births Portuguese painters Portuguese male painters Living people RMIT University faculty People from Lisbon