Overview
lana nobrega
Portugal-based artist Lana Nobrega creates atmospheric works in oil that explore the quiet thresholds of perception. With a background in Economics and dedicated training in Old Masters techniques, her practice bridges analytical depth and timeless craft.
Her paintings—ranging from evocative landscapes to pure abstraction—capture fleeting moments of light and atmosphere, translating them into luminous, layered surfaces. Each work is a meditative record, inviting the viewer into a shared space of contemplation and memory.
Nobrega’s art asks us to pause and witness the world as it softly settles into reminiscence.
Her paintings—ranging from evocative landscapes to pure abstraction—capture fleeting moments of light and atmosphere, translating them into luminous, layered surfaces. Each work is a meditative record, inviting the viewer into a shared space of contemplation and memory.
Nobrega’s art asks us to pause and witness the world as it softly settles into reminiscence.
works
Avalon
I can fly
Abstract n.1
Abstract n.2
Abstract n.3
Abstract n.4
Evening landscape
Morning landscape
Golden land
Breeze is coming
Sun meditation
Earth meditation
Skagen light
Skagen walk
Reminiscences collection
2026
oil/canvas
60/90 cm
oil/canvas
60/90 cm
2026
oil/canvas
125/150 cm
oil/canvas
125/150 cm
2026
oil/canvas
85/100cm
oil/canvas
85/100cm
2026
oil/canvas
85/100cm
oil/canvas
85/100cm
2026
oil/canvas
50/50 cm
oil/canvas
50/50 cm
2026
oil/canvas
50/50 cm
oil/canvas
50/50 cm
2025
oil/canvas
40/60 cm
oil/canvas
40/60 cm
2025
oil/canvas
40/60 cm
oil/canvas
40/60 cm
2025
oil/canvas
70/95 cm
oil/canvas
70/95 cm
2025
oil/canvas
70/95 cm
oil/canvas
70/95 cm
2025
oil/canvas
90/130 cm
oil/canvas
90/130 cm
2025
oil/canvas
90/130 cm
oil/canvas
90/130 cm
2026
oil/canvas
50/60 cm
oil/canvas
50/60 cm
2026
oil/canvas
60/90 cm
oil/canvas
60/90 cm
Transformation collection
2024
oil on canvas
150/100 cm
oil on canvas
150/100 cm
2024
oil on canvas
150/100 cm
oil on canvas
150/100 cm
2024
oil on canvas
80/80 cm
oil on canvas
80/80 cm
2021
oil on canvas
80/80 cm
oil on canvas
80/80 cm
2021
oil on canvas
70/60 cm
oil on canvas
70/60 cm
2021
oil on canvas
90/65 cm
oil on canvas
90/65 cm
Fond memory
A moment in time
Beyond
To the light
Fire element
Transformation
gardens collection
2023
oil on canvas, golden foil
65/80 cm
oil on canvas, golden foil
65/80 cm
2023
oil on canvas, golden foil
92/73 cm
oil on canvas, golden foil
92/73 cm
Morning strelizia
Evening strelizia
exhibitions
Arvore gallery
Porto, Portugal
Porto, Portugal
February 2026
Reminiscences solo exhibition
Manuel António da Mota foundation
Porto, Portugal
Porto, Portugal
November 2025
39th Group exhibition of Arvore cooperativ
biography
lana nobrega
Born in 1969, Lana Nobrega is a Portugal based artist whose work contemplates the delicate spaces between observation and memory. Her unique perspective is shaped by an early academic path—she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics—which instilled a lasting focus on balance, intangible value, and underlying systems. This analytical framework deeply informs her artistic exploration of sensory and emotional thresholds.
Trained at the art school under academy mentor Eugenia Schipakina she studied the disciplined techniques of the Old Masters. This training in classical methods — from layered glazing to the preparation of grounds and the use of historically crafted material — forms the enduring technical foundation of her practice. She intentionally employs this venerable knowledge to achieve the depth, luminosity, and enduring quality that define her canvases.
Nobrega’s process is a form of meditative translation. She works primarily with oil on canvas, capturing ephemeral moments where light fades, sound lingers, or atmosphere becomes palpable. Her brushstrokes are deliberate records of presence, building serene fields that exist between the representational and the abstract. The resulting paintings are not mere depictions but sensorial echoes—quiet environments where time slows and feeling is given form.
Through her work, Nobrega extends an invitation: to step into these painted pauses, to share in the act of quiet witnessing, and to reflect on the transient beauty that slips, like light, into reminiscence.
Trained at the art school under academy mentor Eugenia Schipakina she studied the disciplined techniques of the Old Masters. This training in classical methods — from layered glazing to the preparation of grounds and the use of historically crafted material — forms the enduring technical foundation of her practice. She intentionally employs this venerable knowledge to achieve the depth, luminosity, and enduring quality that define her canvases.
Nobrega’s process is a form of meditative translation. She works primarily with oil on canvas, capturing ephemeral moments where light fades, sound lingers, or atmosphere becomes palpable. Her brushstrokes are deliberate records of presence, building serene fields that exist between the representational and the abstract. The resulting paintings are not mere depictions but sensorial echoes—quiet environments where time slows and feeling is given form.
Through her work, Nobrega extends an invitation: to step into these painted pauses, to share in the act of quiet witnessing, and to reflect on the transient beauty that slips, like light, into reminiscence.