Maryam Nass
Abstract art is a way for Maryam Nass to express, rather than illustrate, feelings and inner emotions. Her ideas come from reflections on life. They are created without a plan, without an explanation, just a spontaneous composition after having dared to descend into her inner self. Being a diarist all her life, and a person who does not express herself verbally, painting became a way of expressing herself without the use of words. Many pages on Maryam’s diary end with dotdotdot, whereas a painting can say it all. Words are not always understandable or received well, but a painting can have hidden messages and meanings that do not have to be revealed. Her paintings are a lot like herself, they don’t tell the whole story. Layers are added and changed and mixed together to hide the real meaning behind the feelings. Not all stories are told. Being a perfectionist in her daily life, art frees Maryam of the restriction of having to be perfect all the time. Affected by many abstract expressionist artists such as Richter Gerhard and John Pollock, large textured canvases predominate Maryam’s work. They seem to constitute isolated moments of pure visual and emotional gratification. She loves the excitement of embracing chance, a sense of the unknown, the infinite and as the patterns and colors appear and layers expose themselves the painting starts to take its shape. Finally, a spontaneous illusion of space is produced, that becomes an extra page in her diary.
Selected Works
