About me

OUT OF THE DARKNESS
By Maree Edwards

The urge to express emotions and share my thoughts through paintings only came in 2009 and helped me overcome a gloomy chapter in my life. Those first paintings "The Tears" signify the dark side of one's life. They invoke the memories of sorrow, pain and loneliness that we feel when hurt, lost, unloved, betrayed... But just as light exists together with the darkness, the opposite sensations began to appear in my work. Since then my art has shifted and matured. Ability to express myself through paintings enriched me with Freedom and helped me rediscover colour in the world.
The artworks I create are versatile, each depicting a rainbow of emotions awakened by the world within & around us. There is a feeling, an experience and wisdom that I put behind each painting in attempt to share and connect with others. To further reach the soul and provide a sense of unity, to invite others to interact with the painting I use acrylic and oils and diffe