TrueColoursArt

Let my paintings speak for me.

Mariano’s “El Sueño de Martina” was the winner of TrueColoursArt Competition 2005.

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I have always been an artist. Great artists, poets, playwriters, and other creative people attended intelectual discussions at my parent’s house in Adrogué. My childhood home had an Andalusian patio and a garden – where peacocks and dozens of other birds roamed free – which were the inspiration for artists of all disciplines. I grew up there, admiring their philosophy and way of life. I have painted since I was a girl and have obtained national and international prizes from a very young age. When I was old enough to choose a career I decided, without hesitation, to go for the Fine Arts. I obtained my degree at the Facultad de Bellas Artes de La Plata. As for my work, it went through different periods (surrealism, metaphysics, expresionism). Now I am creating a series of virtual spaces where irregular formats and a sort of “tromp l’oeil” enhance the effect of virtual 3D objects. Since 2000, I have been working on the series “Circular Spaces” where I introduce unstable and undefined spaces. From the content point of view, it represents an existencial questioning: the city, its speed, the technological advance, etc. From a human point of view, it describes Man’s internal time, sensibility, adaptation … or failure to adapt, the suffering of mankind and the communication amongst human beings. From the artistic point of view, it combines expressionism with metaphysical painting, supported by a solid draughtmanship, colour intensity and an unreal treatment of light.

Mary Ellis-Hawkins is a well known watercolour artist from the Lincolnshire Wolds. Mary’s artwork is exhibited locally and many of her paintings can be seen in homes around the county.

Her paintings are of the English and Scottish countryside and scenes, with occassional pieces from Europe, that act as memories of her travels.

Mary, and her husband, Frederick, are both watercolourists whose works are usually seen complementing each other in exhibitions.