Lena Blaha paints what moves her on her travels: places between Italy and Africa, faces, encounters, fleeting moments. Her pictures thrive on strong colour contrasts, bold cropping and coloured shadows. Complementary colours such as red and green create tension, while rough brushstrokes and freely running paint remain deliberately visible.

The result is work full of energy, as varied as life itself and hard to fit into any category. What drives her: making people happy through her passion.