My passion is to depict on canvas
my way of seeing
and expressing
my surroundings.
My passion is to depict on canvas
my way of seeing
and expressing
my surroundings.
Angela Stelin was born in Brazil, growing up between the bustling São Paulo and the serenity of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Raised in a household where music, literature, journalism, and the arts intertwined, she discovered an early fascination with drawing.
Captivated by shapes and proportions, she pursued Industrial Design, graduating from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) in 1982.
In 1994, she embarked on a journey across the world with her family, collecting colors, cultures, and inspirations along the way.
She lived amidst the exotic allure of Morocco, the mystique of Turkey, the Nordic charm of Sweden, the vibrant pulse of UK, and the natural beauty of Switzerland, until finding in Portugal a sanctuary where light and landscape became her new palette.
Throughout her travels, she embraced various artistic influences and techniques, such as delicate marbling (Ebru), miniature painting, gouache, watercolor, and acrylic on canvas, enriching her artistic expression.
Between the quietude of Åmål, the creative effervescence of Gothenburg, and the energy of London, Angela developed her own style where nature translates into colors and emotions, blending the real with the deeply felt.
Now, embraced by the golden light of Algarve, she continues to explore new ways of expressing the profound connection between art, emotion, and the world, creating works that transcend the canvas and speak to the soul.
Fascinated by geometric figures and nature, Angela's style mixes the abstract with figurative concepts. Everyday scenes inspire the creative process, expressed on canvas using acrylic paints, tape and photographs. She enjoys the surprise when the tape is removed from the canvas, showing a concoction of figures and empty spaces, transcending between opacity and transparency, luminosity and darkness. Angela is inspired by the contradicting beauty of nature - symmetry and chaos, strength and fragility, peace and violence, light and shadow - thus becoming key components of her work.
