Since always you knew you wanted to follow the arts?
MI: Since I was little I always liked to draw and paint. Only after 14 years of age is that I decided I want to make this my life, arts as a profession.
To show your work, as a rule you try to participate in exhibitions?
MI: So, if you notice the site, most of the works I do result from exposures. The illustrations for books were only three.
How do you choose the topics, the number of works that you want to exhibit?
MI: It depends, if I create a solo exhibition concept and try to adapt it to fit well in space. If it's a group show, I have in mind the overall theme and what they ask. But I always try to do something that falls well in the gallery.
Would you rather make pictures? Why?
MI: I do not know, I think is part of my style. I cannot explain just why. I do always prefer pictures rather than other type of illustration.
The colors you use have an influence?
IM: A lot. I think that's why I follow the path of the arts, what led me to painting were the colors. I love them.
I noticed you have a very soft color palette. Has something to do with your personality?
MI: I do not know. I'm not exactly a gentle person. I think! (Laughs) I am always using those colors and have been staying; they are the ones I like best.
And for when the next show?
IM: I have now a show in Rome. They invited me, I do not know how they got to my work, didn't asked how the process took place, but I think it was through the internet. It is a group exhibition with several artists. Soon, I'll present another one in Lisbon and in Oporto.
