Desert Storm

Maritsa Micos

Artwork

Mixed Media on Linen
Framed in Oak
95 cm (H) x 95 cm (W)

+ About this Artwork

Desert Storm deconstructs the intriguing personality of a dust storm. Sand is moving throughout the composition furiously lifting the land and rearranging its composition, the viewer is invited to participate in an emotional journey.

+ Artist Statement

My artwork draws energy and inspiration from the land in its many interpreting forms, the layers of impasto and graffiti-like marks are evident within my mixed media palette which at times comprises of acrylics, collage, aerosol, gouache, ink and graphite.

Artists such as William De Kooning, CY Twombly and Aida Tomescu have inspired my changing style.

The process of mark-making became my focus when I joined the New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture in Soho under my mentor, Graham Nickson.

The vocabulary of drawing crossed the boundaries of painting which enabled my personal style to broaden through unorthodox tools and exercises, as a result, my process became intuitive in its approach.

I break down what I see in order to reveal the soul of my work, I then attempt to capture the colours of the emotions I feel in the fleeting moments of creating.

+ About The Artist

Maritsa Micos is an abstract expressionist who drawers influence form her changing environment and landscapes. Using layers of mark – making she aims to deconstruct the literal form by breaking down what she sees in order to recreate the image in search of its ‘soul / personality”

Maritsa has been featured nationally and internationally in public and private domains for over three decades, after participating in The Drawing Marathon in Soho Maritsa was inspired to broaden the boundaries of painting / drawing through unorthodox tools and exercises and as a result Maritsa’s work became intuitive in its approach.

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