Flow

Deep sea

The melting times

Sweet dreams

Vortex

Roses are red

Artist statement

I am a psychologist and art-psychotherapist who in times of confinement found herself within 4 walls and with some free time. So I decided through videos and tutorials and a lot of research, to learn a rare painting technique, painting with alcohol ink. I created an Instagram page called @alento.arte and gave wings to creativity. Alento is a portuguese word which represents courage, artistic inspiration and heart-warming. It is what moves us towards achieving something and one of the strengths for creativity.
I find in creativity some heart-warming. I also use creativity and art in my practice as an art-psychotherapist. Art can reveal our inner world and can lead to insights or be a good friend when we feel alone. The flow during the creative process is transformative for me and helps me to organize ideas and feelings. The final result is always a surprise because this technique doesn’t allow a lot of control during the creation and it can be really interesting to find out what we will have at the end. Also because it’s abstract art, we can see whatever we want to see or whatever we feel at the moment can be seen in the artwork. Abstract art leads to subjectivity and subjectivity is the mirror of ourselves.