"My work is unashamedly decorative and colourful, the aim is simply to be joyous." says Maria "I love to experiment with painterly techniques, combining acrylic and water colour paint with mono-print, some drawing with inks and oil pastel and collage, both found and made - in short ‘mixed-media’ allowing me to create individualistic visual stories.
Subject matter is very organic and based on my local Leicestershire landscape, and my garden which I love. They inspire me with their colour, atmosphere and mood that I hope to capture using my mixed-media bag of tricks. I hope they delight the eye. The work is often small and intimate, done with the intention of sharing a sense of place, and as seasons change, it also affords me the opportunity to play with light and colour."
Maria Potempski trained in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University following Foundation studies at Bolton College of Art. Her work has been exhibited around the East Midlands in small galleries, theatres and at Art House Leicester (2024-2025). She is an exhibiting member of Nottingham Society of Artists, and Leicester Sketch Club where she won the Bryan Ward prize in 2024. She was long listed for the ‘Visual Artists Open ‘24’ by the Visual Artists Association in London, and regularly shows at the White Dove Gallery, Shenton.
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