I live and I work in Lisbon, Portugal, where I was born in 1954. I graduated from ESBAL (Lisbon’s Fine Arts School) in 1978 with a degree in architecture, and have been a practicing architect ever since. I currently work as an architect for the Portuguese Ministry of Health. In addition, I run the blog BONECOS DE BOLSO (www.bonecosdebolso1.blogspot.pt) and I collaborate with URBAN SKETCHERS (http://www.urbansketchers.org/) and URBAN SKETCHERS PORTUGAL (http://urbansketchers-portugal.blogspot.pt/) I am married with two children, a daughter-in- law a grandson and a granddaughter. I draw, I sail and I walk my travels.