Hello, I'm Maria R.

Maria's work has been collected in the US​,​ UK and Europe. She has exhibited at The Mall Galleries London and The South West Academy of Fine & Applied Arts​,​ amongst others. She has currently passed the first round for entry to The Royal Hibernian Exhibition​,​ Dublin (2020) with "Somebody Loves Me” and also for The English Art Club​,​ Mall Galleries​,​ with “About to Rain....” She received a Special Merit in March 2020 for her painting "Winter" from Light Space Time online art gallery. Her work aims at a realism​/​abstract style aiming to capture a mood or memory. She is drawn to pattern and simplification and playing with words. Her sculptures​,​ however​,​ often stem from experimenting with materials​,​ such as the whimsical “Knitter’s Chair”. Recently​,​ she has been inspired by Beatrix Potter’s tale of the “Tailor of Gloucester” resulting hopefully in a soft sculpture of the tailor in the future. Maria was born in Dublin and moved to London in the 1980s. Her artistic experience covers drawing​,​ painting​,​ and textile art​,​ resulting in a mixed-media approach. In 2008 She received a Distinction for her final studies in textile art while at Windsor College​,​ U.K. After working from a small studio in her back garden she was delighted​,​ when in 2013​,​ she set up a studio at Wimbledon Art Studios​,​ Earlsfield​,​ London​,​ where she combines her previous artistic experiences; resulting in a diverse style. Inspiration has been drawn from the Dhunami teachings (dhunami.org) and researching artists such as Mach​,​ Matisse​,​ Klimt​,​ Sonya Delaunay and Claes Oldenburg.