Hi, my name is Maria

I am a contemporary abstract painter working intuitively with color, movement, texture and material.

I rarely begin with a fixed idea of what a painting should become.
Most works start with an impulse — a color, a gesture, a texture,
a movement — and develop through response.

One decision creates the next. Layers appear, disappear, overlap and transform. Earlier marks may remain visible as traces, while new structures emerge from what is already there.

My process is deeply intuitive and embodied. Sometimes it is quiet and slow, sometimes physical, playful or intense. I often move with the painting rather than trying to control it.

A painting can become a window into another world.
And almost every time I return to a work, there is a sense of surprise — as if I am seeing it for the first time, discovering something I hadn't noticed befor

For me, painting is less about executing an idea and more about discovering something through the process.

Not knowing is part of it.

So is change.

So is trust.