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Mónica Leitão Mota

@monicaleitaomota.bsky.social

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Portuguese visual artist in Canada https://bio.site/monicaleitaomota

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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · 1d

Afternoon light. Wip.👁️➡️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · 2d

Still here.👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · 8d

Sintra is taking form…👁️➡️ Tea bag elements add layers of texture and depth.
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · 9d

Blue skies and something else, wip.
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · 10d

Latest work in progress, mixed in with life’s fragments.Tea bag paper on painted canvas, layered and continually glazed.
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Sep 10

Layers of printed and cut tea bag paper.➡️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Sep 9

How the layers and textures change, tea bag prints and collage on painted canvas.
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Sep 5

After several glazed layers…the last one was a really light blue and I’m very happy with it!
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Aug 14

Inside garden, working on several surfaces simultaneously, shifting perspectives and layers. ➡️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Aug 14

Inside garden, details in red, mixing media on a third wood panel. 🌱
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Aug 8

Touching the sky, blue on white on green 🌱🌾, wood panel from before, now finished.
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Aug 5

On my table, inside garden in progress. Detailing with tea bag paper elements, drawing and painting on a gelli plate and then printing, cutting and collaging onto the canvas. The layers become richer and deeper slowly and gradually. ➡️➡️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jul 28

Secret Garden on the wall, with detail. I feel I’m in the right direction. Again. 👀➡️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jul 24

Work in progress, more blooms. Putting the focus on the tea bag paper printed elements, as I always try to do, but frequently get distracted by everything else that is going on on the canvas.
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jun 26

Still walking down the garden, in progress.
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jun 19

“The Devil is in the details”👀 🔍 Printed silk organza elements being applied, the garden is blooming.🌿
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jun 14

Golden lines, detail. Wip.
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jun 13

Silk organza crops and golden fields are slowly covering the painted surface. WIP. 🌿➡️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jun 6

Today’s drawings, marks, prints, in green. Ink on gel plate, tea bag paper. I hope you have a nice weekend!☀️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jun 5

Golden bits, in motion and up close. These three wood panels look good together or by themselves, sides to be finished yet. 🟨🟨🟨
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jun 3

El Jardin, o jardim, the garden, in progress. Three 12”x12” recycled wood panels, tea bag paper elements define organic shapes and patterns. ➡️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · Jun 2

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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · May 30

Yellow glazed layer, in progress, do not think it will be the last one. 🟨➡️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · May 29

I lost count of the layers already. Tea bag paper elements are always key to the process, colour, contrast and pattern studies continue. ➡️
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Mónica Leitão Mota @monicaleitaomota.bsky.social · May 22

Back to sketching, back to small studies, back to organizing my mind.➡️
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