Michael Palin's visit to my studio

Sombra and Palin in Rio

One of the many visitors to Fabio's studio, the Brittish actor and BBC television presenter Michael Palin wrote in his book Brazil:

"Fabio Sombra shows me his latest painting, lovely bright evocations of the good life of Rio. The only thing I'd quibble about is that in Fabio's paintings the sun is always shining. Tonight, as we look out from the balcony nursing jabuticaba caipirinhas, a thick, gray drizzle is falling all around us and the Cidade Maravilhosa is like Rotherham in November." (page 210)

Palin also wrote, in the same book (page:

 "Fabio Sombra is a man who lives, breathes and encapsulates Rio de Janeiro. He is a writer, artist, magician, musician and gourmet. A day in Fabio's company is a day spent on a very individual view of the city he loves." (page 206)  

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