Born in Gerês in the year of 1939. His heart aimed to two vocations: the medicine and the painting. However, his passage by the atelier of the Master Painter "Manuel Viana" and is friendly relationship with the Art painter Professor "Lus Geraldes" (Sidney College of Fine Arts), marked definitely is vocation and formation.Is a Member of the Society of Geography of Lisbon collaborates in the Section of Hraldica with his president, Dr. "Francisco de Cimas Alves de Azevedo", became passionate by the painting of coats of arms (enamel) of several Spanish and Portuguese houses. Almaia is a specialist in the oil portrait and coal. The landscapes are one of his preferred subjects, using the Alentejo as main inspiration.