Marco Nobre’s paintings feel like fragments of a dream, where façades, arches, and masks stand as silent witnesses to untold stories. His art draws the viewer into a Mediterranean world - at once ancient and contemporary, where every wall, every pattern, seems to breathe with memory.

At the heart of Marco’s work lies architecture. Doors, windows, and ornamental motifs become more than structures - they are souls, carriers of history, each one layered with stories that whisper beneath the surface. Masks appear like guardians, animals wander through the compositions, and botanical or marine elements interlace with ornamental geometry. His palette is rooted in earthy tones: terracotta, ochre, muted whites, soft blues - colors that echo the Mediterranean landscape and its timeless rhythm.

Marco’s paintings evoke stillness and presence. They are contemplative, like standing before an old house in silence and sensing the lives that have passed through its doors and walls. His art invites the viewer to reflect on memory, belonging, and the invisible narratives carried by places. It is both poetic and architectural - a balance between structure and emotion.

Working primarily with acrylics on canvas, Marco builds his paintings through textured layers that give the surfaces a tactile, almost weathered quality - like walls marked by time. The interplay of precise lines, patterns, and free brushwork creates a dialogue between order and spontaneity, permanence and impermanence.

Born in 1979 in Germany and raised in Portugal, Marco studied architectural house design and went on to work with the renowned architect José Alberto Alegria. This collaboration left a lasting impression, as he contributed to the design of mosaic floor patterns for luxury resorts such as Quinta do Lago and Vale do Lobo. In parallel, Marco also developed another path of expression through large-scale decorative wall paintings across the Algarve. Later, in Sweden, he spent fourteen years as a tattoo artist - an experience that refined his sense of detail, precision, and the symbolic weight of imagery.

Today, Marco lives and works in Portugal, where he shares a studio-home with his wife, artist Sandra Elisabeth Nobre.