I’m a surface pattern designer, illustrator and crafty woman that loves to grab some tools and create beautiful things. Born in a small town in Southern Brazil, I grew up seeing my mom and my grandmother knitting, crocheting, and exploring new recipes in the kitchen. This atmosphere gave me the freedom to be curious, creative and an endless desire to experiment. Even though art and design are passions I carry since childhood, I graduated and worked as an architect and urban planner for several years, and moved from Brazil to Germany and then Portugal – huge detours before I was ready to embrace my artistic soul. And It has been magical. I cannot put in words all the sensations and the sense of realization that grows in me with every pattern I create. This new journey demands lightness of soul and is helping me slow down, appreciate the little details and look at everything with fresh eyes – a beautiful world of new possibilities.
In 2021 I started a travelling adventure with no final destination and no expiration date. For a few months now I’m living on Faial island, after spending a lovely time on São Miguel, both in the Azores archipelago, halfway between North America and Europe. And it’s from here, surrounded by nature and by the sea, that I create artworks for products and companies in the home decor, textile, and stationery industries. It’s mostly through loose watercolor and ink pen that the artworks come to life. I also like to explore the digitalization of random objects, especially when I know they’ll give me the gestural lines I’m looking for. Inspired by nature, by simple things in life and by my own journey, I’ve been drawing a variety of themes, from flowers, leaves and food to buildings and abstract compositions.