About

I'm Manoela, a visual artist.

My main mediums are oil painting, digital art, sketchbook drawing and tattooing.

I enjoy capturing the deepest thoughts and emotions one could have. That's also why my paintings tend to have a melancholic (and even eerie) intention to them. They provoke those mixed feelings on those who not only look, but trully see it.

Each piece carries the weight of the expression of emotions and every brushstroke creates the meeting point between technique and humanity. I always end up having a story for the character or composition once it's finished. That's because I usually let the painting set the path and I just follow, feel where it's going, the flow of the silhouette, the shapes, colors and mood.

The colors are less saturated and sometimes only one of them is bright, exclusively to show contrast, reflecting the dynamics of turbulent and calm thoughts and also to represent how dull and intense persevere side by side in the world.