Keywords Brazil, painting, intertwined layers, visual language College Fine Arts and Communications Abstract Often artists are asked to explain their art: How do you make it? Why do you make it? Who is it for? What are you saying? How do you justify it? In other words, artists are asked to take responsibility for their work. Recommended Citation Wride, Janelle Celia and Everett, Peter (2014) "Brazil Field Studies," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 445.