"Antonio Henrique Amaral has never doubted painting's importance or expressive force, its capacity to awaken and promote reflection about the human condition or about the reality surrounding us, of being a vehicle for affirming individual freedom and a cultural sign.

Dominating visual rhetoric, he knows that, in order to have impact on and objectively communicate content, one must create distinct, clear, technically well-finished images, with precise timing and spatiality. All of these qualities have been visible in his paintings since very early on. The images he creates are convincing, in spite of being restless and disturbing. They have an almost tactile consistency."