We are delighted to present this online exhibition of new works on paper by Marise Maas.
All the works are available for viewing at the gallery. Please call or to make an appointment.
Excerpt from catalogue essay by Elli Walsh: Each composition is an intimate vignette, a visual anecdote foregrounding daily decisions and the objects she values. Chalky, skeletal lines push their way through shadowy fields of paint as if searching for form. Each mark is rustic yet refined, bringing attention to the materiality of the paintings, which become objects rendering objects. Working from observation and imagination, Maas intuitively engages with elements of composition, line, shape and texture, creating formal dialogues that speak of the currency of objecthood. Built up like a sketchbook, unfiltered and immediate, the paintings siphon her everyday surroundings. As Maas’ meandering brush searches for meaning in the mundane, accidents are given purpose and the unexpected enshrouds the familiar.
