When entering the pictorial universe of Dayana Trindade, we’re invited to walk through
sensory trails, where the green of the forest pulses in infinite shades, and the damp scent of
roots blends with the liquid light of the rivers. The Amazon emerges from her canvases not
merely as a landscape, but as a living body, a maternal spirit, and a vibrant mirror of
Brazilian feminine power.
There’s a forest within Dayana—not a jungle of metaphors, but an organism of sensations
embedded in every fiber of her art. As she herself explains, the diversity of leaves, flowers,
roots, water, and creatures is reconstructed through brushstrokes that reflect the
complexity of our own bodies: “just as our physical bodies are made of vital organs that
allow us to experience the senses of life and nature.” Her paintings are emotional biomes—
territories of memory and dreams.
Her technique is born from affection and fascination with simplicity. River stones, the first
surfaces for her expression, symbolize paths, ancestral energy grounded in the earth.
Dayana transforms what hurried eyes often overlook into poetic material: a pebble, a
spiraling falling leaf, the fleeting dance of a leaping fish. Each gesture, each layer of paint,
carries the quiet vocation of care—like the gentle touch of nursing, her other art form, which
she defines as “the art of caring.” In painting nature, Dayana extends, through shapes and
shades, an ethic of care—for herself, for others, for the world.
At the heart of her creative work also emerges the figure of the woman: riverside mothers,
fisherwomen, Indigenous elders, young pregnant women. It’s not about idealization, but
translation—telling everyday stories, lived experiences, and the ancestry of a fertile, resilient
womb: “The art of breastfeeding, of carrying and giving birth, is something that deeply
moves me. The female figures are the embodiment of intense dreams, revealed through
soft contours and color.” Each painting is both a ritual and a celebration—from childhood to
motherhood, from daily gestures to extraordinary existence.
Dayana’s Amazon is womb and seed: power and vulnerability, strength and fragility. When
she paints jaguars with piercing gazes, cloaked in unexpected colors, she portrays the
paradox of the biome—beauty at risk, fertility under threat, diversity as both treasure and
shield. “The Amazon is a powerful and mysterious force… medicine for the mind, for those
who allow themselves to feel.” Her paintings are an invitation to awe and reflection—but
also a gentle manifesto for the care this paradise demands.