"Breaking Barriers" from the 2024  limited “Improvisations” collection, stands as a vivid declaration of liberation — both personal and artistic. Painted on raw, unprimed linen, the work embodies the courage to embrace imperfection and the power of transformation through spontaneity. The untreated surface retains its natural folds and textures, symbolizing authenticity and the unfiltered journey toward self-expression. Layers of pigment move with instinctive rhythm, echoing the artist’s transition from the structured world of corporate leadership to the boundless realm of creative freedom in Serra da Estrela.

Sonia J. Art Studio

"Breaking Barriers!

"Micelica N2"

"Micelica"

"Radical Honestly Unfinished"

" Strenghts that does not shout itself loudly"

"Elsewhere, it Rains"

"The unspoken depth where feeling is stored"

"Reflections beyond the line"

"Dialogue between matter and emotion"

Strengths Do Not Shout Loudly
by Sonia J. - featuring The Rain Doesn’t Cry

There is a strength that doesn’t perform — a quiet force that breathes beneath the surface.
In Strengths Do Not Shout Loudly, Sonia J. presents ten large-scale canvases from her collection The Rain Doesn’t Cry, where emotion becomes texture and silence turns into color.

Through layered acrylics, sand, and gesso, Sonia transforms inner storms into luminous surfaces that evoke both fragility and endurance. Her paintings speak of resilience that does not need to prove itself — strength found in stillness, beauty born from surrender.

The works invite us to slow down, to feel rather than analyze, to listen to what strength sounds like when it stops shouting.

Because sometimes, the most powerful voices are whispered through texture, light, and presence.

"Calmness: Strenghts Do Not Shout Loudly"

A cabin in the forest

"Breaking Barriers!

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