Karachi Pakistan : With the onset of spring in Karachi , Mariam Maaz show heralds a new dawn in the artscape and is a breather of fresh air among the current art milieu. Her work is a floral journey representing her love of various kinds of flowers , meadows and glades in her first solo at Majmua The Art Gallery in Karachi. The show was recently inaugurated on April 19th 2024.
It will continue till may 6th 2024. The artist shows great promise and potential. Her body of work which is mainly 20 canvasses in acrylics she is seen celebrating nature and paying tribute to allahs wonderful foilage at its best.
One can see the beauty of nature through her use of colour and brush technique including knife work that creates amazing textures to her paintings. She is both poetic and impressionistic in rendering her compositions. Some of her work reminds you of the dutch painter Van Goh.
As she also uses the thick impasto style of laying colours on her flowers heavily.
Her trees stand tall with interplay of light eminating from beyond and the viewer can be lost in observing them only.
In her scenic landscapes with just trees she seems to be romancing and elevating natures as you see the brilliant yellows highlighting sun light and she depicts it immacutely.
Among her 20 paintings she has also tried to paint meadows and scenic landscapes in summer and autumn as well as when land is covered with snow A vivacious and dedicated artist, she is exhuberant about her first show and plans to work in different subjects as well.
The prices of her artworks are reasonable starting from forty thousand and upto ninety thousand.
The paintings are a visual treat and if you are a western classical music buff, you would enjoy each piece with either Strauss , chopin or Mozart and delve deeper into her art.
BY : Mehreen Ilahi
She has written for number of leading papers in Karachi.
Ceo of Majmua The Art gallery
Former Consultant Tdap for Handicrafts .
