Menina Melissa , international artist, at home in Switzerland and Cabo Verde, discovered her passion for art in 2016 in a painting course in Greece. Her abstract acrylic paintings are created in her studio in Switzerland over weeks, sometimes months. The colors are based on the tones and moods of nature. Each painting tells its own story and invites the viewer to pause and dis-cover. Different materials, such as newspapers and sand, create, layer by layer, exciting struc-tures that give depth to the canvas. The artwork is subject to a higher consciousness, which takes shape from the deep relationship between the artist, the colors and the canvas. This turns the canvas into a source of energy.