Colour is my language.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Margarida Atelier has been featured in Observador, NiT, Gerador, and Noissue, and is listed on ArtView Gallery, Lisbon.
Over 150 collectors trust an original from the atelier — each piece hand-signed, one of a kind, never reprinted.
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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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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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. Trained in design, self-taught in colour. The atelier is where the rules stop applying, built one weekend at a time, around a full-time job and a family.
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