Nair Morna

Nair Morna was born in Funchal, The Archipelago of Madeira, Portugal in 1977, where she resided there with her husband and son until mid January 2013. She moved to Carlisle, England. She grew up in the middle of an artistic family, surrounded by art and music. Studied arts at the secondary school in the 90s, leaving school with year 12 unfinished. She took a short course of Painting at the University of Madeira in 2008, no degree given. Since the beginning her main interest is realism and portrait. "You take away the speech, the voice, the noise of a human being and you are left with their humanity, their soul, their fragility, their doubts, their happiness, their presence... This is why I love portraits". She showed her work in several exhibitions and participated in several art events throughout The Archipelago of Madeira. She taught workshops in Illustration, Portrait Drawing and Sketching in the U.K. She is a member of Urban Sketchers She is an ex-member of C.A.B.A.S. (Carlisle and Border Art Society) Carlisle, Cumbria