Serra, Rui Alexandre Rosa Grincho, 1970-Cabral, Maria José Falcão da Silva Caiado, 1993-2018-05-232018-05-232018-04-162018-05-23http://hdl.handle.net/10451/33631The present dissertation aims do seek the understanding of those I consider to be, today, the main contributions to my artistic (re)creations. From them arise my personal landscapes: thought, painted and written. For that, it is a reflection about the overlap of time, where concepts related to the observation of analogue photographs belonging to my childhood memory will be approached. Concepts that appear in my work, arising from that memory, of my imaginary museum and from leisure as a mean of personal development, giving importance to the affective and creative experiences. Personal landscapes emerge from the need to interpret and bring to the present the several layers responsible for the positive emotions that have become inherent in my identity construction. This investigation is divided in four moments, in each one of them writers/authors and artists contribute to establish the bridge between theoretical thought and plastic creation connected to nostalgia. Considering the infinite permanent absence of a concrete response to nostalgia, as one of the reasons why my painting and Continuum are a work in progressporQueiroz, João, 1957-Hockney, David, 1937-Richter, Gerhard, 1932-Douglas, Stan, 1960-Cabral, Maria José Falcão da Silva Caiado, 1993-PinturaFotografiaMemóriaImaginárioÓcioCriaçãoLayersmaster thesis201899426