Mata Virgem

Jlia Martins Mirandas PINDORAMA series is a luminous tribute to origin, memory, and the rhythms of her Brazilian roots. This series transforms poetry and music into a vivid symphony of color, where the warmth of the sun and the pulse of ancestral sounds shape each composition.

Pindorama, meaning land of the palm trees, is the name the indigenous Tupi-Guarani people gave to their homelandcenturies before it became known as Brazil. Mirandas works honor this deep history, drawing from the verses of Adlia Prado, the melodies of Tom Jobim, and the spirit of Brazils cultural tapestry. Each painting is an emotional landscapebold, rhythmic, and alivewhere orange becomes the suns embrace, light becomes movement, and every brushstroke echoes with the cadence of a distant song.

Mirandas speaks about the paintings A minha casa vive aberta & Mata virgem:

My home is always open and “Virgem Forest are a part of the green series in Pindorama. The first one takes its title from the lyrics of gua de Beber by Tom Jobim. Casa is home, and what I call home – our soul and body – always open to the flow of joy and the abundance of life.

Mata Virgem is the title of a song by Raul Seixas. In these paintings, I bring to the canvas the memory of the nature that has always enveloped me in my homeland and the peaceful feeling that it brings. The sun is always present, as a symbol of the divine. Its a window to my tropical paradise, my piece of home shared with the world.

About the series:
[this series is] an ode to life and joy, and celebrates feelings that are deeply associated with my own roots, my land, my family, and the environment that defines an important piece of who I am. It captures the warmth, vibrancy, rhythms, and movement of my Pindorama, and honors a culture that I love and carry with me no matter where I am. The Pindorama series is an invitation to enter my universe through a symphony of colors that evoke the spirit and sounds of my homeland.