Mireia Planas Art

Bold, Expressive, Full of Life.

DOWN THE MEMORY LANE

A journey of memory, light, and emotion.

In this new collection, I return to the Mediterranean landscapes that shaped my sense of home and belonging. Every painting is inspired by personal photographs and places I’ve wandered, loved, and longed for.

They are fragments in time.

I invite you to walk with me, down the memory lane.

Welcome!

HEY, I'M MIREIA!

I’m a painter of landscapes and emotions. My work explores memory and nature, using acrylics on raw cotton canvas.

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I didn’t study art.
I just started painting — and kept going.

At first, I thought I had to follow what I saw online:
Big words. Polished posts. A certain way of “being an artist.”

But here’s what actually helped: doing the work, messing up, starting over.
These are 5 things I learned the hard way — as someone figuring it out without a manual.

You don’t need to be perfect. You don’t need permission.
You just need to keep showing up.

I have this issue — I never really know when a painting is finished.

I get attached to the middle stage, when things are messy but interesting.

Sometimes I know I could take it further, but I kind of like it half-done.

And honestly, I think I do this in life too.

I stay in situations, routines, projects… even when I know they’re not where they should be.

Anyone else do this?

Most people see the final painting.
But setting up? Organizing? Cleaning brushes? Choosing light?
This part takes forever.
And still—somehow—I keep showing up for it.

I actually like creating content. The painting, the filming, the editing, the writing.

But lately, I’ve been feeling everything just vanishes into the feed.

It’s not the likes.
It’s the feeling that we’ve all started treating art, care, and effort like it’s disposable.

We scroll. We forget.

But behind this post is a person.
Someone who paints, feels, thinks, chooses, shares — with intention.

So if you’re here, and you felt something — don’t let it be a passive moment.
Say something. React.
Not for the algorithm,
but for the human behind it.

I’d love to know what this makes you think.

🎉 Està passant.
La meva exposició “Down the Memory Lane, Pel Camí dels Records” s’inaugura el 27 de setembre a @laperagallerystudio , Premià de Mar.

Aquesta col·lecció està feta de fragments mediterranis — pintats des del record, fotografies i enyorança.

📍 Dissabte, 27.09 – de 17 a 20h
🤍 Entrada lliure

👉 Guarda la data i comparteix-ho amb algú a qui li encanti l’art amb ànima.

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It’s happening.
My solo show “Down the Memory Lane” opens September 27th at La Pera Gallery Studio, Premià de Mar.

This collection is made of Mediterranean fragments — painted from memory, photos, longing.

📍 Saturday, 27.09 – 17 to 20h
🤍 Free entry

👉 Save the date & share with someone who’d love this.

I don’t always feel like listening to music.
Today was one of those days.

I brought coffee into the studio. Lit some incense.
Felt more like listening to a voice —
So I played a @dimitramilan video on YouTube, like it was a podcast.

Today was about precision. Oil details.
Quiet work. Slow focus.
And somehow, that felt just right.

Do you have a ritual that helps you focus or slow down — even on busy days? Do you work with podcasts or with music?

I know I don’t speak perfectly.
And yeah, some sounds are just not happening — because I have half-face paralysis.
But guess what? People still understand me.
I put all my effort into it. And when words don’t come out…
No worries.

I think this one’s going to be the most personal piece in the whole collection.
It’s based on a photo my dad took — my grandpa and my little sister fishing.
There’s a lot of emotion in it for me.
Started with a really watery, intuitive underpainting…
no plan, just letting it come through.

🎥 Sharing the first steps — before it becomes something.

I had the setup: acrylics, a ceramic palette my grandma made, Mediterranean flowers all around.
Everything looked good.

Started painting skin tones. But halfway through I stared at the two figures and thought:
“They’re not standing. Not working.”

So now I’ve decided… oils will have to come in and save the day.

Acrylics did what they could — but this job needs backup.

I’ve never been the sketchbook type.
I’ve tried, but it always felt forced.
So I use my camera.
I walk, I pause, I take a photo.
Sometimes it becomes a painting.
Sometimes it just stays in my memory folder.

Before a single brushstroke, there’s this part.

I buy the raw cotton canvas by the metre, build the frame, stretch it, and apply two coats of clear gesso. It takes a few days before I can even begin painting — and weirdly, I’ve grown to love this stage.

It’s slow. It’s physical. It connects me to the piece in a way no pre-made canvas ever did.

I used to skip showing this part. But lately I think: if someone brings a painting home, maybe they’d want to know where it really began.

If you enjoyed seeing this part of the process, feel free to share

This painting caught me by surprise.
It started like any other — a soft idea, an old photo from Costa Brava, a quiet afternoon in the studio.
But something shifted halfway. The composition, the colors… maybe even the format. It just worked.
I found myself loving the outcome more than I expected.

Funny how the ones you don’t overthink often become your favorites.

Also — I had another little studio buddy with me this week (my sister’s dog).
Maybe that helped too. 🐾

No music.
No voiceover.
Just brush on canvas in the background.

The quiet parts matter too.
🎧 Tap for sound.
↗️ Share if you felt this.

A very productive morning.
I worked on two little 20x20s — a size that usually intimidates me.

But here?
I just enjoyed it.
I loved every part of the process.
These pieces may be tiny, but they feel so simple and full.

I hope you like them as I do, please share your love if you do!

#acryliconcanvas #artistatwork #smallpaintings

These two paintings come from quiet places I didn’t expect to revisit today.

One is from last year at Platja del Trabucador, in the Delta de l’Ebre.
One of those slow, barefoot afternoons where the world feels paused.

The other is from Gavà, on an October day.
It was sunny, warm even—but we were almost alone on the beach.

I’ve always loved both pictures.
And somehow… they made their way onto the canvas.

This isn’t part of my usual work.
It’s something my therapist suggested: to paint without planning, without filtering—just feeling.

So I gave in to abstraction. Used my hands, my brushes, whatever colors I felt like.
It’s not finished. It’s not meant to be.
I’ll come back to it when I need to.

Also… why do I always record in the ugliest clothes I own?
Yes, I do have a wardrobe. No, you’ll never see it in these reels 😂

Save this if you ever need a therapeutic idea.
Have you ever painted just to let something out?

I’ve loved this painting from the very beginning.
Just how it started — pouring paint and seawater onto the canvas, scraping sand into it and watching it stick to the color — it felt incredibly freeing.

Freeing because, for once, I didn’t care about the materials.
I just knew they were going to work with me.

I got completely into the moment — getting messy with sand and blue paint.
There was wind, but it didn’t bother me.
The sun was warm on my skin, but it didn’t burn.

I loved being there — letting go while my loved ones ran and laughed around me.
I felt so calm. So full of love.

Creative freedom in real life? Looks like this.
Came to paint. Planned to film it all.
Forgot the reel halfway through.
Thank god Carlos remembered 😅
The result? One of the most honest painting sessions I’ve had in ages.
No pressure. No perfection.
Just a beach, my brush, and the people I love.
That’s what creative freedom looks like — and I’m keeping it that way.

🎨 Platja del Trabucador
🐾 Carlos + the dogs
🎥 Filmed half on purpose, half by accident

#creativefreedom #pleinairpainting #acryliconcanvas #artistlife #artwithsoul #behindthepainting #paintingoutside

Not my usual setup.
Not my usual pace.
But I loved this.

I’ve followed @victoriarosepark plein air work for years — so I grabbed my stuff, went to the beach, and tried it myself.

Just me, the wind, the paint… and a whole lot of sand everywhere 😂

Definitely doing this again.

#creativefreedom #pleinairpainting #paintingoutside #acryliconcanvas #artwithsoul

Inside: paint tubes everywhere, me chasing light across the canvas, and a growing collection that’s starting to feel real.
Outside: sun, imagined sea breeze, and dog barks.

May gave me a messy studio, stained clothes, and so many ideas.
I’ll take it. 🖌️✨

#ArtistLife #MayRecap #StudioVibe #AcrylicOnCanvas #ArtProcess

We parked in Port Lligat, right by Dalí’s house.
We reached Cadaqués following the quick route Google Maps suggested.

After lunch, I had a brilliant idea:
“Let’s take the scenic route back.”

Camí de Ronda: zero balance, one dog, one clumsy artist, one very patient Carlos @carlosjo21

I even lost a jacket somewhere along a cliff… and didn’t notice.

But somewhere in the middle of the chaos, I took a photo.
A quiet beach moment — the kind that stays with you.
That photo became the starting point for this painting.

What really pulled me in, though?
The invisible threads between the people in that scene.
Their gestures. Their stillness.
Their story.

Still untitled.
If a name comes to mind, I’d love to hear it 💬

#Cadaques #PaintingStory #AcrylicOnCanvas #ExpressivePainting #BeachScene

🎶 “I’m too messy”
The third painting from Down the Memory Lane is finished —
and so is any trace of tidiness in my studio.

But there’s something beautiful in the chaos, at least for me (mama knows it).
The stained papers, open jars, watery brushes, and all the acrylic tubes scattered around...
This mess? It's proof something real is happening.

Want to see the final reveal?
Maybe in a few days.
Until then — let me live in my creative clutter.

#artstudio #ArtInProgress #AcrylicOnCanvas #mireiaplanasart #DownTheMemoryLane #StudioMess #RealArtLife

This is a part of my story.
I’ve lived in different places, worked other jobs, gone through stillness and change.

Now I paint from what I’ve lived, loved, and carried.
These are fragments of me: real, imperfect, and enough.

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Aquesta és una part de la meva història.
He viscut en molts llocs, he fet feines diferents, he passat per aturades i canvis.

Ara pinto des del que he viscut i estimat.
Aquests són fragments de mi: reals, imperfectes i suficients.

About to turn 31.

Not married. No house. No babies.

Just colors and a different kind of timeline.

This is for anyone who’s ever felt like they’re not “where they should be.”

Maybe you are exactly where you are ment to be.

Maybe you’re just growing in color too.

💬 Does this resonate with you?

→ Feel free to share it with someone who needs it.

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A punt de fer 31 anys.

No estic casada. No tinc hipoteca. No tinc fills.

Només colors i un camí que no segueix el guió establert.

Aquest vídeo és per a totes les que us heu sentit fora de lloc.

Potser ets exactament on has de ser.

Potser tu també estàs creixent en colors.

💬 Et ressona? Explica-m’ho.

→ Comparteix-lo si creus que algú més ho necessita

This was a last-minute addition—something instinctive.

I’ve always admired how @victoriarosepark adds textured color marks to her paintings. It feels honest, tactile, and human. That inspired me to try something of my own.

For each painting in my new series, I’m now adding five marks of color, made with pigment and molding paste. They reflect the only colors I see with my bad eye.

I have limited vision in this eye. What stays with me are just a few color blocks—usually five. No detail. Just emotional impressions.

This is the most personal part of the painting.

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Ha estat una decisió d’última hora.

Sempre m’ha inspirat com Victoria Rose Park incorpora marques de color amb textura a les seves obres. És una manera honesta i humana de connectar amb la pintura.

A cada quadre de la nova sèrie hi afegeixo ara cinc marques de color. Reflecteixen els colors que aconsegueixo veure amb l'ull dolent.

Tinc visió limitada en aquest ull. El que em queda són només unes poques taques de color—normalment cinc. Sense detalls. Només impressió emocional.

És la part més personal del quadre.

Every painting has hidden treasures.

This one holds the colors, textures, light, and memories of Collioure… and summer friendships that never fade

Which detail is your favorite?

Save this for when you need Mediterranean inspiration!

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Cada quadre amaga petits tresors.

Aquest conté els colors, textures, llum i records de Cotlliure… i d’aquelles amistats d’estiu que mai s’esvaeixen

Quin detall és el teu preferit?

Desa-ho per inspirar-te amb la Mediterrània!

Summer friendships are the most magical...
Do you have someone you only meet in summer, but when you do, it feels like no time has passed?

This painting was inspired by a photo I took in Collioure, France, that frames a moment that made me think of the perfect summer friendship.

Tell me your summer friendship story below.

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Les amistats d’estiu són les més màgiques...
Tens algú a qui només veus a l’estiu, però quan us retrobeu sembla que el temps no hagi passat?

Aquesta obra està inspirada en una fotografia que vaig fer a Cotlliure, França, que enquadra un moment que em fa pensar en un estiu perfecte amb els amics.

Explica’m la teva història d’amistat d’estiu.

Close-up moments in the studio… I’ve been working on this coastal town painting while listening to the thoughtful words of @brookecormier on her YouTube channel. I really enjoy her insights and the calm, honest way she shares her artistic journey. It feels like the perfect companion while I create

Mornings are when I feel most productive and connected to my work. And although we all know we should "take care of ourselves," I feel (me, the first!) that we rarely give it the space it deserves. Creating in peace, with something inspiring in the background, is my small way of practicing it.

A quiet start to something meaningful.

There’s always something sacred about the first moment of a new painting. This time, it’s the beginning of a very special portrait commission that holds deep personal meaning for the family who entrusted me with it. I love how the soft turquoise flows onto the raw cotton, like a memory taking shape. I can’t wait to see where this journey leads.

I always choose colors that bring calm, warmth, and timeless beauty to a home 💙

This Mediterranean palette will inspire my next work.

👉 Save it if you love this aesthetic for your home.

👉 Share it with someone who dreams of Mediterranean serenity

My studio is imperfect, cozy, and full of tiny rituals I adore 💙

Every morning, these little details bring me peace before I begin creating.

Tell me: what small thing makes your home or space feel special?

I want to hear your answer 👇

When @adriadeluna and @ninablancos wedding day arrived, @carlosjo21 and I knew we wanted to give them something truly personal, and so we thought in a personalized painting, inspired by the sea where we’ve shared such beautiful memories together.

He crafted the frame, I captured the moment on canvas.

This is why I love creating art.

Because the most beautiful gift is one that holds meaning and emotion.

If you’d love to turn a memory into art for yourself or someone you love, I’d be honored to help.
Tell me… what memory would you choose? 👇

#artgift #weddinggift #personalizedpainting

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Quan va arribar el dia del casament de l'Adrià i la Nina, el Carlos i jo sabíem que volíem regalar-los quelcom realment personal, i vam pensar en un quadre personalitzat, inspirat en el mar on hem compartit tants records bonics junts.

Ell va crear el marc, jo vaig capturar el moment sobre el llenç.

Això és el que més m’estimo de crear art.

Perquè el regal més bonic és aquell que guarda significat i emoció.

Si t’agradaria transformar un record en art per a tu o per a algú que estimes, estaria encantada d’ajudar-te.
Explica’m… quin record triaries? 👇

Hi, I’m Mireia 🤍
I’m an artist based just outside Barcelona. I’ve spent the past years exploring painting—portraits, abstracts, landscapes... and a mix of mediums, always trying to find my own voice.

Right now, something quieter is calling me.
I’ve just started a new collection of landscape fragments and moments, instants, memories tied to the Mediterranean Sea. Painted with acrylic on raw cotton canvas, these works are honest, emotional, and deeply personal.

I don’t know exactly where this is going yet—but I’m letting it unfold.

If you’re someone who finds peace in stillness, beauty in memory, and art that feels like a breath,
I’d love to have you here.

📩 You can reach out anytime for questions or commissions
🖼️ Follow along as this story takes shape

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Hola, sóc la Mireia 🤍
Sóc artista i visc a prop de Barcelona. Els últims anys he estat explorant la pintura—retrats, abstractes, paisatges... i una barreja de tècniques, buscant la meva pròpia veu.

Ara mateix, sento que em crida alguna cosa més natural, més tranquil·la.
Acabo de començar una nova col·lecció de fragments de paisatges i moments, instants, records lligats al mar Mediterrani. Pintats amb acrílic sobre tela de cotó en brut, són obres sinceres, emocionals i molt meves.

No sé exactament cap a on em portarà aquesta col·lecció, però la deixo créixer a poc a poc,.

Si ets d’aquelles persones que troben pau en la calma, bellesa en el record i art que respira,
m’encantaria que et quedessis.

📩 Pots escriure’m sempre que vulguis per preguntes o encàrrecs
🖼️ Segueix-me per veure com pren forma aquesta història #ipreview via @preview.app

I didn’t know I was starting a collection. Actually, the idea hit me just after signing the painting.
I just painted a photography I really liked and that made me feel still in Cadaqués.

I called it "Colors del Mediterrani".

And so, later I saw it clearly: it was the first fragment.

"Down the Memory Lane – Mediterranean Fragments"
is my journey back through painted memories along mediterranean water — one canvas at a time.

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No sabia que començava una col·lecció, de fet la idea em va venir després de signar.
Només vaig pintar una fotografia que m'agradava i em feia sentir encara a Cadaqués.

La vaig titular "Colors del Mediterrani".

I ho vaig tenir clar: era el primer fragment.

Down the Memory Lane – Fragments del Mediterrani
és el meu viatge cap enrere a través dels records pintats al costat de les aigües mediterrànies— un quadre després de l'altre.

Random phone pics from this week ❤️
From painting photos to moments of happiness with my little family 🐾
@carlosjo21

It began with a picture taken on a sunny, happy day.
The kind of day you don’t realize will stay with you.
I didn’t paint the photo — I painted how it felt.

This piece is just one note in a larger story.

🎨 "Colors del Mediterrani" • Acrylic on raw cotton
📍 Cadaqués

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Va començar amb una foto feta en un bon dia molt assolellat.
D’aquells dies que no saps que es quedaran amb tu.
No he pintat la foto — vaig pintar com se sentia.

Aquesta peça és només una nota dins d’una història més gran.

🎨 "Colors del Mediterrani" • Acrílic sobre cotó
📍 Cadaqués

Yesterday, the world stood still.
No electricity. No screens.
A society made powerless by its own choices.
Some lives today depend completely on this digital world.
Yesterday was a wake-up call.
We cannot keep building our lives around digitalization alone.
We must return to real connection, to nature, to what truly sustains the soul.

I felt grateful that what I do — painting — doesn't stop when the power goes out.
I simply moved outside, into the sunlight, and continued creating.
Art lives beyond the screens.

Share this with someone who needs to remember:
their life is bigger than a screen.

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Ahir, el món es va aturar.
Sense electricitat. Sense pantalles.
Una societat que s'ha inutilitzat ella mateixa.
Avui hi ha vides que depenen completament d'aquest món digital.
Ahir va ser una advertència.
No podem continuar construint la nostra vida només al voltant de la digitalització.
Hem de tornar a la connexió real, a la natura, al que realment sustenta l'ànima.

Vaig sentir-me agraïda que el que faig — pintar — no s'atura quan falta la llum.
Només vaig haver de moure'm a fora, aprofitant la llum natural, i seguir creant.
L’art viu més enllà de les pantalles.

Comparteix-ho amb algú que necessiti recordar:
la seva vida és més gran que una pantalla.

This painting started simply — I wanted to use spring colors. No place in mind, just soft greens and blues and some purples.
Then we went to Cadaqués.

While walking between Cadaqués and Port Lligat, we passed Dalí’s house and followed the coastline. That’s when I realized: the painting I had started was already becoming la Costa Brava.

Those purple flowers I’d painted earlier? Similar ones were growing all along the cliffs.

Originally, the water was greyish. But to bring in that Mediterranean feeling, I added a glaze of turquoise. Small changes made it clearer what it was becoming.

I’m calling it "Camí de Ronda".

I’ll be sharing more work and processes behind it here — feel free to follow if you’d like to see what comes next.

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Aquest quadre va començar de manera senzilla — volia fer servir colors de primavera. Cap lloc concret al cap, només verds i blaus suaus, i alguns liles.
Després vam anar a Cadaqués.

Caminant entre Cadaqués i Portlligat, vam passar per davant de la casa de Dalí i vam seguir la costa. Va ser llavors quan vaig adonar-me que el quadre que havia començat ja s’estava convertint en la Costa Brava.

Aquelles flors liles que havia pintat abans? N’hi havia de molt semblants per tot el penya-segat.

Al principi, l’aigua era més grisa. Però per donar-li aquest to més mediterrani, hi vaig afegir una veladura de turquesa. Amb petits canvis, es va anar aclarint el que estava pintant.

L’he titulat "Camí de Ronda".

Aniré compartint més treballs i el procés que hi ha darrere — si et ve de gust veure el que ve després, em pots seguir.

@carlosjo21

Got birds in your head? Me too.
And thank god — they’re what keep me going when things get tough.
This one’s for the slow dreamers, the chaotic creatives, the ones who keep showing up.
Tag someone with birds in their head and remind them to let them fly.

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Tens pardals al cap? Jo també.
I sort d’ells, perquè sense, potser ja hauria tirat la tovallola.
Aquest vídeo és per totes les ànimes creatives que somnien en gran, van lentes però no s’aturen.
Etiqueta algú que també tingui pardals i no tingui por de donar-los ales.

Last week in 12 pictures:

1. Favorite color: turquoise 🩵
2. Finished the last layer of oils on my final foggy Tofino piece
3. Friends, barbecue, and 🐤
4. Favorite person 🧸
5 & 6. Halfway-through painting selfies
7. 🐤's new painting started
8. Studio mess
9. Little family 🐾
10 & 11. Day trip to Cadaqués
12. “Camí de Ronda” — only oils left now! 💪

Trying to be an artist in 2025 feels like painting while balancing on a moving treadmill.
(And if you know me, you know that’s... not my strong suit 😅)

You’re expected to create beautiful things and package them into perfect posts.
To build a business and make it look effortless.
To keep creating—even when the numbers don’t move.

Being an artist today means wearing every hat:
Creator, marketer, accountant, dreamer.
And still finding time (and heart) to make something from nothing.

But we keep showing up.
Because we love it.
Because want it.
Because we dream of it.

So if you can’t buy art, share it.
If you can’t share, send a kind message.
It really, truly helps more than you know.

Supporting artists looks like encouragement, reposts, community.

We’re doing our best with what we’ve got.

#supportartists #artistin2025 #creativejourney #artcommunity #behindtheart

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Intentar ser artista al 2025 és com pintar mentre camines damunt d’una cinta de córrer (i si em coneixes, ja saps que l’equilibri no és el meu fort 😅)

Has de crear coses boniques i les has de cobrir amb publicacions perfectes.
Has de construir el teu negoci, que sigui exitós i que sembli fàcil. Que segueixis creant, fins i tot quan els números no es mouen.

Ser artista avui vol dir portar molts barrets: creadora, venedora, comptable, somiadora.

I encara trobar temps (i ànima) per pintar.

Però continuem apareixent.
Perquè ho ens encanta.
Perquè ho volem.
Perquè somiem amb aconseguir-ho.

Si no pots comprar art, comparteix-lo.
Si no el pots compartir, comenta alguna cosa encoratjadora.

De veritat, significa molt més del que sembla.

🎨 Donar suport als artistes vol dir animar, compartir, fer comunitat.

Estem fent el millor que podem amb el que tenim.

#suportartistes #artista2025 #viatgecreatiu #comunitatartista #darrerelelart

Love these quicks videos of the process that show how things evolve quickly!

#enjoytheprocess #paintinglandscapes #expressiveart

Tell me this doesn't scream SPRING!

This sunny day called for spring colors — the kind that feel alive, joyful, and full of possibility.

I've been looking for a lanscape that gives me that quiet feeling that everything is waking up again.

This piece is for anyone who needs an escape (for a minute).
A window into spring..

Want art that lifts your mood every single day?
Follow along — and let’s fill your space with joy.

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Digues que això no crida PRIMAVERA!

Aquest dia de solet demanava a crits colors de primavera — d’aquells que se senten vius, alegres i plens de possibilitats.

Busco un paisatge que em dongui aquella sensació tranquil·la que tot s’està despertant.

Aquesta peça és per a qui necessiti escapar per una estoneta.
Una finestra a la primavera.

Vols art que et posi de bon humor cada dia?
Segueix-me — i omplim el teu espai d’alegria

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