Gathering

Made this mural for @louresartepublica. The mural started as a reflection about the location where this painting is inserted: A small town, just like many others across Portugal, where the local communities gather and spend time together. The village of Murteira has a great female history around the "lavadeiras" - washerwomen - since the early days, and I started from this premise and worked with the duality of that memory together with the contemporaneity of the building. As an approach, I opted for an intimate setting marked by the candle lights, the proximity of the secondary figures and a colour palette that would go more towards a nostalgic feel. This painting is a tribute to the human relationships and the importance of these gatherings, which were the only way to feed our social needs in harsher times, particularly in these smaller communities.