Maria Marvosh

I started exhibiting photography in 2017.  Shortly after this, I began taking lessons in watercolor and then acrylics and alcohol ink.  It was a natural progression from photography to painting, to be able express what I see and interpret it in my own way.

Photography offers me endless artistic opportunities to capture a moment in time.   I like to define the beauty in flowers because they are delicate, shapely and brilliantly colorful.  I see faces and animal shapes as characters embedded in the rocks, and think of the people from eons ago who saw and lived with the same formations.  I see the drama of changing light and shadow values in the local mountains and desert.   When I photograph people in a natural way, I can capture their warmth and feeling, or pure emotion; and, there may be a story to tell.  When I observe architecture, I question what artistic value makes a building special; is it design, history, personal connection?  Patterns and colors are everywhere: how leaves fall, in wooden fences, sunlit afterglow, graffiti, silhouettes, a field of colorful shrubs, and so much more.

I like to project my inner senses through impressionistic and abstract styles.  Sometimes I can convey an inner sense with a realistic watercolor, such as a pair of worn hiking boots poised in front of a mountain backdrop.

When all is done for display, I enjoy communicating my visual experiences with others and how the photograph or painting evolved.  If a common ground of enthusiasm evolves between me, the artist to tell the story, and the listener, who relates to the story, I then know that my experiment with artistic expression has been fully realized.