The process of distilling or purifying is fascinating. This is a process that can take millions of years for certain elements such as minerals and water. Distilling your creative process is another matter, again a process that takes time, patience and commitment. On this journey there might be hiccups, setbacks and difficulties but the joy of small breakthroughs along the way makes it worthwhile. As long as you have someone or a community to share your process with, one feels alive in this process.

• Original one-off painting

Sold with white wood slip frame ready to hang.

Acrylic on raw Japanese canvas with stitch detail measuring 102 x 102 cm or 40.1 x 40.1 inches.

Year: 2019

Signed and titled on the back.

Price includes free shipping in custom-made art crate.

Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.

If you are placing an order from outside the UK.

Please get in touch prior to placing your order enquiries@mariahatling.com

This way import tax from your order can be deducted so that when you have paid your custom fee you will have paid the same as UK customers.

Try before you buy.

If you live in London it is possible to have a selection of paintings delivered to your house by the artist to try before you buy to see if the size and colour of the painting looks right in your home environment. The charge for this service is £200. The £200 will be deducted from the price of your painting(s) should you choose to go-ahead with the purchase after the home consultation. Enquire about this service here: enquiries@mariahatling.com

Series : Connected 2019

Everything is connected, the past and the present, what we do off and online. My current body of work is informed by the way we as human beings relate and interact with each other. My collages and paintings are mostly abstract but if you look closely you might spot characters interacting within the frame, that’s if you choose to. I am interested in striking a balance between free expression of colours and brush strokes fuelled by human emotion and finding a moment of stillness. This is what I try to achieve within my collages and paintings. For me, the dots in my work represent islands of clarity and focus.

Colour is central in my work. I collect colour stories wherever I go. I collect these stories on my way to the studio, going back to Norway and on my travels. These fragmented colour combinations collected as photos act as catalysts for the more extensive colour work I undertake in my studio. Read my colour journal here