The introduction of colour and the play of tonal variations and densities is unmistakable and representative of António Sena's work from the seventies onwards. Scarlet red dominates the whole of painting 1V-BR-2, although there are some areas of oscillation between light and dark, in which the temperature of the tones confers dynamism and a surprising pictorial depth. The surface is interrupted by streaks of light at the intersection and overlapping of acrylic, oil pastel and crayon, bringing to light a striped composition of scratches and vertical and horizontal bars that are structured and complexified with what appear to be letters, numbers and words.
The density of the elements challenges and intrigues the viewer as they struggle to find a possible reading. The graphics are inscribed in words that cannot be read, that are interrupted, scattered and erased, becoming something that can only be imagined.
In this way, the manifestation of writing as a gesture and an expressive extension of the irregular movement of the hand and as a subjective value adjacent to the intention or possible creative impulse is admirable. As an emotional mark or trait, it contains a particular diachronic code, which at the same time extends and echoes in the perception of each viewer. 

Carolina Quintela