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Maria Reinhard excels in depicting still life, figures, and landscapes in an impressionist style. She paints in oil, oil bars, oil pastels, acrylic and water mixed media.
She states:
Serious study in art started immediately after high school when an early desire to draw and create sent me to Dawson College in Montreal , the Commercial Arts Program.. However, my life dictated that my love for art be interrupted by a career in purchasing, marketing and sales. I discovered recently that indulging my passion for drawing and painting has proven to be my personal therapy, an emotional release from the stress of the business world.
My attraction to color and desire to create something subjective, intriguing and stimulating pushed me back into the art world. What intrigues me most? The effect of light as well as the contrasts in nature; sunlight streaming through trees, so penetrating that it pierces the dense foliage and finds a solitary spot on the forest floor, warming and illuminating hidden life; rays of light gleaming on water, reflecting a myriad of colors, or brightening snow on a chill winter day; the fashionable flowers we pick and place in vases, whose scent we can only imagine when enjoying the artists impression or trying to capture the personality of our animal friends with their energy harnessed for one motionless moment on canvas….
I have studied with artists across Canada and the U.S., and continue to apply myself at workshops, as life is constantly changing—a work in progress. I challenge myself with new ideas and new ways of looking at subjects, whether travelling, or in my studio. I hope to share with you my love of art.”
She states:
Serious study in art started immediately after high school when an early desire to draw and create sent me to Dawson College in Montreal , the Commercial Arts Program.. However, my life dictated that my love for art be interrupted by a career in purchasing, marketing and sales. I discovered recently that indulging my passion for drawing and painting has proven to be my personal therapy, an emotional release from the stress of the business world.
My attraction to color and desire to create something subjective, intriguing and stimulating pushed me back into the art world. What intrigues me most? The effect of light as well as the contrasts in nature; sunlight streaming through trees, so penetrating that it pierces the dense foliage and finds a solitary spot on the forest floor, warming and illuminating hidden life; rays of light gleaming on water, reflecting a myriad of colors, or brightening snow on a chill winter day; the fashionable flowers we pick and place in vases, whose scent we can only imagine when enjoying the artists impression or trying to capture the personality of our animal friends with their energy harnessed for one motionless moment on canvas….
I have studied with artists across Canada and the U.S., and continue to apply myself at workshops, as life is constantly changing—a work in progress. I challenge myself with new ideas and new ways of looking at subjects, whether travelling, or in my studio. I hope to share with you my love of art.”