PLAY
“Silence, quiet moments, plants, water and blank pages are essential for me.”
A life dedicated to illustrating stories slowly — books, nature, and the calm observation of everyday beauty
DISCOVER
Slow stories, play, childhood, beauty and daily poetry.
Moments of drawing, painting, touching and caressing the passing days. A visual diary of small gestures, songs, memories.
“We are the landscape of all we have seen.”
Isamo Noguchi
Explore
Teaching through images, poetry and movement.
Cultivating creativity with picturebooks and sensory exploration
“My classroom is a garden…”
REASONS TO BE SLOW
“Sometimes, when you listen to silence, paradoxically, you can paint a world full of colors.”
Sometimes, when you listen to silence, paradoxically, you can paint a world full of colors.
Silence is essential for me. Its quietness allows me to breath, marvell… and create.
My name is Matilde Portalés. I am a book Illustrator and Art Educator at the University of Valencia, I am just a highly sensitive woman, a nature and book lover, and a visual artist.
After a long trip, and living always at the Mediterranean seaside, I simply try to capture the beauty that sorrounds and interweaves our daily lives.