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Nightfall in Aveiro Portugal, my new original handmade watercolor painting about the gondola style Moliceiros boats float gently along a serene canal of Ria de Aveiro, bordered by colorful buildings. Their reflections shimmering in the tranquil but dark water in the early evening hours. The scene captures the calm ambiance of the picturesque waterfront town at nightfall, right after sunset.
My painting was inspired by my own photograph.

Aveiro is also called as the Portuguese Venice, a beautiful place at the west coast of Portugal, a maritime city with water in its soul.
The cityscape is divided by canals, set along a lagoon called Ria de Aveiro. The gondola style traditional painted boats of Aveiro called moliceiros were used originally to harvest seaweed, which were used as fertiliser in the agriculture, now are tourist vessels. On a tour with these boats, you can admire the Art Nouveau style houses painted for pastel colours along the quays in the Rossio district.

My name is Dora I am an Artist, living in sunny Portugal. Thank you for visiting my Portfolio, everything what you see in my Gallery are real, handmade, traditional watercolor paintings made with love, with brushes on paper. My passions are to paint about my adoptive country, beautiful Portugal, and also I consider myself as a Cat Artist, as I love to paint about the sophisticated felines! If you are in either category, love everything Portuguese same as me, or you are a Crazy Catlady, or a devoted Cat dad, or you like watercolor paintings in general such as beautiful landscapes, romantic villages, sea paintings, also animal artworks, you are at the right spot. I hope my Portugal Paintings will bring back to you happy memories, and you...