About me

Hello! My name is Laura owner of olhosvioleta. “Olhos Violeta” means violet eyes in Portuguese. As an artist born in Portugal but currently living in the UK it was important to me to have something from my roots incorporated in my business. Since I was a child I was obsessed with everything related to fairies and magical worlds and that’s reflected in my creativity until today. As a very observant person, I’m heavily inspired by nature specially the details, shapes, patterns and colours of flowers and insects. I’m also inspired by women, nostalgia and folklore that’s why fairies is what I love to illustrate the most. I do everything myself from the illustration, to the printing and admin.

I moved to the UK by myself in 2018 when I was 19 years old. I’m currently living in Brighton and working as a waitress but art has always been my passion so I use my free time to work on my small business. 

I moved to the UK to do a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art at Cambridge School of Art that lasted four years. Unfortunately the pandemic hit in the second year leaving me feeling like I didn’t enjoy or completed the course to it’s full potential but I’m immensely proud of the work I did during those years. 

I also completed a three year Fashion Design course in Portugal. I thought it would be a safe option of a career in the art world. I learn a lot of skills that I still use today but at the end I understood that was something I didn’t want to do professionally. 

Through whimsical and detailed illustrations, my art invites you to escape into my world of kindness and mystery with characters that remind us that once we wanted to be fairies.