Neto is a self-taught artist. Very early is his life, the artist had already demonstrated great interest in drawing and painting. At 12 years old, Neto was admitted into a program for young artist at the Faculty of fine arts. At 18 years old, the artist wins a first place in artistic competition called “Young Talents Competition” sponsored by the Long House Arts Gallery. From then, Neto participates in numerous exhibitions in Goiânia, his hometown. In 1985, Neto graduates in architecture and urbanism from the Catholic University of Goiás, Brazil.
Figurative's paintings: Skin tones, often called skin color or complexion, refers to the actual color of a sitter’s skin (black, brown, red, yellow, white, etc.) and is often called local color. Flesh tones, on the other hand, refer to the different nuances within the actual color. Within the black, brown, red, yellow or white skin color, there are several subtle combinations, or nuances, that are known as flesh tones. Like the yin and yang philosophy, many colors come together to make one color, and in one color exists many different colors. For example, from a distance we see White complexion, Black complexion, Brown complexion or Red complexion. When we look closer, we start to notice the blues, pinks, yellows, purples and all the subtle nuances ranging from muted to intense mixtures, warm and cool tones. It’s just like looking at a computer image. If you reduce or scale down a picture to a smaller size, the picture will get as fine and detailed as possible. But enlarge it and you will see big squares of pixels.