Maria Pazos, landscape artist

LANDSCAPES

Windblown

A view from the beach in Alcohol Inks on YUPO

From Above

11 x 14'; Alcohol Inks on YUPO

Simple Landscape

4" x 6" (unframed) Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper.

The Rocks

9" x 12" (unframed) Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper.

View of the Ocean

8x10; Alcohol Inks on YUPO

Poppies

12" x 9" (unframed) Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper.

Trees and Mountain

9" x 12" (unframed) Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper. This image began as just spots on the paper that looked to me like snowy background. I wanted to use the paper so I added the mountains. Didn't look complete so added the water... then the foreground needed something. I was so please with the results seeing as how I had no idea where it would lead!

Purple Mountain

4" x 6" (unframed) Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper. Loved the texture and colors in this little piece.

Lone Tree

9" x 12" (unframed) Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper.

Poplars

7" x 11" (unframed) Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper. Sold.

Mountains

4" x 6" Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper. (Sold)

Artist Statement

I began using the alcohol inks by painting simple landscapes, pouring out the different colors and having the natural flow of the inks create valleys, waterways and mountains. As I became more comfortable with them, I became more ambitious and wanted to develop more realism in the pieces. I still experiment a lot though, going from detailed work to very abstract pieces. There is so much opportunity for self expression and wildly different results with this medium.