Colour is my language.
Painter and designer. I know colour and composition by trade, and I paint by gesture and instinct.
100×100 cm each.
Acrylic and mixed media on cotton canvas. Unframed.
Original. Premium Canvas. Sold as Set
Shipping: Price includes delivery to Portugal.
Two canvases, one river. Painted side by side on the studio floor — barefoot, brush in hand — Rivers I & II were born together, each one responding to the other as the work moved.
The inspiration was water in motion: the curl of a current, algae bending under the flow, the way a river never moves in a straight line. Blues spiral. Greens settle and drift. Flashes of orange and yellow rise like light hitting the surface.
Colors may vary slightly from screen — photographed under natural light in the studio.Living room image is AI-generated mockup to help you visualise the paintings in a real space.
Selected Works
101×101cm
Acrylic and mixed media on cotton canvas. Unframed.
Original. Premium Canvas.
Shipping: Price includes delivery to Portugal.
Nothing is Static
Comes from nature: earth tones, bark, dry leaves — the colours the ground and the trees carry, not invented ones. That's where the idea comes from: nothing is static, but everything has a base.
A tree never stops; the wind moves the leaves, the light changes minute to minute; it's never the same tree twice. But the root stays. That's what I try to paint: the brushstroke never closes a shape; I let it dissolve the way wind draws and undoes a treetop, but underneath there's always a base holding it all together.
The thin lines of colour running through both paintings are that wind passing through. The same shapes reappear across the two canvases, like leaves from the same tree: alike, never identical.
Colors may vary slightly from screen — photographed under natural light in the studio. The living room image is an AI-generated mockup to help you visualise the paintings in a real space.
Room views are digital mockups to show scale.
150×100 cm
Acrylic and mixed media on cotton canvas. Unframed.
Original. Premium Canvas.
Shipping: Price includes delivery to Portugal
Painted without intention, only gesture, colour, instinct. Born in the wake of a Monet-inspired work, this painting broke free from it: where there was softness, here there is eruption. Kandinsky's concept of "inner necessity", the idea that true art emerges from an impulse that cannot be explained, only felt, guided the hand while the mind stayed silent.
Saudade — a Portuguese word with no direct translation, a longing for something you can't quite name — runs through the work. Not sadness. Not joy. Something in between, moving.
Note: Colors may vary slightly from photos, as each image is captured under natural studio light. Living room image is AI-generated mockup to help you visualise the paintings in a real space.
Original abstract painting, 2026, from the Inspirare collection
Inspirare: Latin for to breathe in, and to breathe life into.
The first breath of the collection. Soft yellows, rose and air. It’s light taken in, before anything turns inward. Painted with the canvas loose on the floor, no frame, the whole body in the gesture.
Details
Medium: [acrylic and mixed media] on cotton canvas
Size: 110 × 130 cm
Stretched
Signed by the artist
One of a kind. This exact piece will never be repeated.
What you’ll receive
The original painting
A premium cotton canvas, carefully prepared
A certificate of authenticity, signed and dated, with the title, size, medium and year of the work
Careful packaging, wrapped and protected for safe delivery
Shipping: Price includes delivery to Portugal.
Colours may vary slightly from screen. The painting was photographed under natural light in the studio.
Explore new Canvas originals
Root & Wind
A tree never stops; the wind moves the leaves, the light changes minute to minute, it's never the same tree twice. But the root stays. That's what I try to paint: the brushstroke never closes a shape; I let it dissolve the way wind draws and undoes a treetop, but underneath there's always a base holding it all together.
109×158cm
Acrylic and mixed media on cotton canvas. Unframed.
Original. Premium Canvas.
Shipping: Price includes delivery to Portugal.
Nothing is Static
Comes from nature: earth tones, bark, dry leaves — the colours the ground and the trees carry, not invented ones. That's where the idea comes from: nothing is static, but everything has a base.
A tree never stops , the wind moves the leaves, the light changes minute to minute, it's never the same tree twice. But the root stays. That's what I try to paint: the brushstroke never closes a shape, I let it dissolve the way wind draws and undoes a treetop, but underneath there's always a base holding it all together.
The thin lines of colour running through both paintings are that wind passing through.The same shapes reappear across the two canvases, like leaves from the same tree: alike, never identical.
Colors may vary slightly from screen — photographed under natural light in the studio.Living room image is AI-generated mockup to help you visualise the paintings in a real space.
A painting made with you
A painting has to speak to you. You have to feel it.
That’s why every piece starts with a conversation.
You send me photos of the wall and the room.
I propose a concept and a palette.
Before the canvas is stretched, you see the colour and the composition.
We talk all the way through, until it’s on your wall.
From Clients
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Daniela Correia
The purchase process was extremely smooth, quick, and easy from start to finish. Communication was clear, and everything was arranged efficiently. Since I was also based in Lisbon, the painting could be delivered directly to me, which meant there was no need for a shipping company. The direct delivery made the whole experience even better, and I also had the pleasure of meeting Margarida in person, which was really nice and made the experience feel even more personal.
Project Details: The painting is exactly what our living room needed—a splash of colour and fun. It has brought so much character to the space, and we are absolutely delighted with it.
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![An abstract black and white painting with brushstrokes, shapes, and lines, framed in light wood and placed on a white surface in front of a window with greenery outside.]()
Monique Sabina Sainz McCommons
Margarida’s art pieces in your hand are so much more than you could expect. As time passes i just love Margarida’s paintings more and more. They are pieces painted with her heart and you can feel it in every piece. Her art and heart are unique and beautiful
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Ana Calhelhas
Processo super fácil e rápido, era para oferecer e a Margarida atendeu na perfeição a seleção de cores que pretendíamos. Mostrou sempre disponibilidade para todas as dúvidas.
Ficou espetacular, é sem dúvida uma peça de destaque na nossa sala.
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![Wall art in a living room has an abstract painting with blue, pink, and green brushstrokes. Below, a wooden console table holds decorative items including a black vase, a framed photo, and small sculptures. To the right, there is a doorway leading to another room, and a small dog odor around the floor. A partial view of a person sculpture is visible on the left side of the image.]()
Isabel Novais
Margarida is an amazing artist that makes me travel inside, everytime I see her paintings. It’s an incredible mix of chaos and order, grotesque and delicatessen.
I love her nature inspirations and I feel that, the piece of art that entered my house, is a portal for something bigger than the eyes can see.
Not only an amazing artist, but also an amazing human being.
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Elisa Pinto
5 estrelas! ⭐️ vou querer mais quadros certamente! 🫶
Who
I’m Margarida. A designer for nine years, a painter always. Colour has been with me in both.
Design taught me composition and how colour works. Painting is where the rules stop applying and I follow gesture and instinct.
The atelier grew one weekend at a time, around a full-time job and a family.
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