Contemporary painter Mary Tomás captures the quiet grace of natural forms; creating restful interludes in which to contemplate her ethereal scenes and to discover the metaphoric imagery revealed within their simplicity that gives three-dimensional context to the literal, emotional and spiritual world she interprets.
Using translucent and saturated color, light and shadow, form and space, Tomás explores the cohesive and mutable relationships between the elements of air, water, earth and sky, and their parallels in human nature. Evoking serenity to inspire a meditative calm, she seeks to awaken the consciousness.
Her technique, layering thin oil washes as in the early chiaroscuro painters who used intense lights and darks to create a heightened sensorial experience, engages the viewer on a journey deeper into the canvas. The effect is a visual conversation; punctuated with the intrigue between line and form, flowing with the subtle play of light, and changing with nuances between subject and viewer.
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Family Values Series
New paintings in progress metaphorically comparing family relationships with the forest trees and the interactions with each other through support, communication, uplifting, acceptance, protection, diversity and many other relationship experiences.
MORNING MEDITATION oil on canvas 48” x 60” SOLD
MORNING MEDITATION oil on canvas 48” x 60” SOLD
EMBRACE oil on canvas 60” x 48” SOLD
EMBRACE oil on canvas 60” x 48” SOLD
Creation Series
IN THE BEGINNING oil on canvas 55” x 55”
IN THE BEGINNING oil on canvas 55” x 55”
AWE AND WONDER oil on canvas 60” x 114” SOLD
AWE AND WONDER oil on canvas 60” x 114” SOLD
ANCIENT FUTURE oil on canvas 60” x 114” SOLD
ANCIENT FUTURE oil on canvas 60” x 114” SOLD
EDEN oil on canvas 48″ x 48″
EDEN oil on canvas 48″ x 48″
DIVIDED INTO oil on canvas 60” x 48”
DIVIDED INTO oil on canvas 60” x 48”
GATHERING oil on canvas 48” x 48” SOLD
GATHERING oil on canvas 48” x 48” SOLD
TEEMING WITH LIFE oil on canvas 60” x 48” SOLD
TEEMING WITH LIFE oil on canvas 60” x 48” SOLD
LET THERE BE LIGHT oil on canvas 48” x 48”
LET THERE BE LIGHT oil on canvas 48” x 48”
KNOWLEDGE oil on canvas 60” x 48” SOLD
KNOWLEDGE oil on canvas 60” x 48” SOLD
RHYTHM OF REST oil on canvas triptych 24” x 20” each
RHYTHM OF REST oil on canvas triptych 24” x 20” each
MEDITATION oil on canvas 24” x 72” SOLD
MEDITATION oil on canvas 24” x 72” SOLD
Additional Series
INTERIOR MIND I oil on canvas 60” x 47”
INTERIOR MIND I oil on canvas 60” x 47”
FREQUENT OSCILLATION oil on canvas 48” x 48”
FREQUENT OSCILLATION oil on canvas 48” x 48”
VAPOR II oil on canvas 48” x 60”
VAPOR II oil on canvas 48” x 60”
THE CENTER BETWEEN THE TWO oil on canvas 36” x 60”
THE CENTER BETWEEN THE TWO oil on canvas 36” x 60”
SUNLIGHT oil on canvas 24” x 60”
SUNLIGHT oil on canvas 24” x 60”
WISH YOU WERE HERE diptych oil on canvas 36” x 36” ea
WISH YOU WERE HERE diptych oil on canvas 36” x 36” ea
TRANSPARENT oil on canvas 36” x 36
TRANSPARENT oil on canvas 36” x 36
SERENITY III oil on canvas 36” x 36” SOLD
SERENITY III oil on canvas 36” x 36” SOLD
RYTHM oil on canvas 36” x 24”
RYTHM oil on canvas 36” x 24”
TOUCHED BY oil on canvas 30” x 30”
TOUCHED BY oil on canvas 30” x 30”
FRAGRANCE oil on canvas 36” x 36”
FRAGRANCE oil on canvas 36” x 36”
BLUE AND ORANGE DAY oil on canvas 48” x 36”
BLUE AND ORANGE DAY oil on canvas 48” x 36”
CHANNELING I II III triptych oil on cradled panel 24” x 18” ea SOLD
CHANNELING I II III triptych oil on cradled panel 24” x 18” ea SOLD