Maria Photinakis

Diaspora, mixed media on Arches, 16 x 20. 2018.

This piece premieres at Arisia 2019.

Liveloula, mixed media on paper, 6 x 18. 2018.

(Liveloula is Greek for dragonfly.)

Pollinator, mixed media on Arches, 8×8. 2019

This work was first shown at Arisia 2019.

Stigma, mixed media on paper, 16 x 20. 2018.

This piece was first shown at Arisia 2019.

Artwork to help heal

I’ve now twice worked on artwork for healing. My first time was teaching a friend on how to use acrylic paints to convey something she wanted to make: A picture visualizing her body and her chemotherapy and immune system battling the cancer inside her. The second time I worked on a commission visualizing a friend fighting a part of her body that was causing her pain and was to be surgically…

Materials for all paintings in the Smoke Paintings series: charcoal dust, olibanum resin, acrylics — on canvas

The Sound of His Voice, 2018

  Forgiving Past Mistakes, 2018 Almost Drowned, 2018

Untitled 9, mixed media on canvas, 2017

Have A Good Paradise