Spring Multicolor Surrealist Paintings

Mendes Ferreira

"When I enter my studio, I put on music – it helps me connect my inner world with everything that surrounds me. Inspiration appears and... it is the fire that I keep alive."

Maria Elizabeth Mendes Ferreira was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1956. "I grew up in Porto Alegre," she says. "While still a child, I... read more