In her bold colour-block paintings, Júlia Martins uses warm colours & abstraction to paint nature

Júlia Martins Miranda paints nature the way memory remembers it warm, simplified, softened by emotion and distance. Born in Brazil and shaped by years in Milan, New York, and now Sicily, her bold colour-block paintings transform tropical landscapes, plants, and sunlight into deeply personal abstractions. Using glowing oranges, apricots, and golden yellows, Júlia creates works that feel less like places and more like emotional climates rooted in nostalgia, ancestry, and the warmth of home carried