“For much of my work I use mixed media and experimentation, trusting instinctively the creative process to produce abstract and representational works on canvas.” “My art is an emotional response to an experience or concept and is developed in 3 stages: Firstly, the ‘ contemplation ' process, physical and mental, gathering of the information. Secondly, is sorting for ‘ clarity ' or the usefulness of the relevant information. Thirdly, the ‘ conclusion ', an end product or information that is express interpretive and is resolved legibly.”
Maryika is an award winning Queensland based artist who was born and raised in country Victoria. At present she tutors and paints mainly with mixed mediums and has an interest in colour, design and printmaking.
She has recently studied selected units from the Visual Arts (Dip) at South Queensland Institute of T.A.F.E., Toowoomba and has also studied at the North Adelaide School of Art, where the process of concept and development, was considered as relevant as the end product.
Her work was accepted and exhibited at the Queensland Museum, during the 8 th Festival of Polish Visual and Reforming Arts, from December 2000 to January 2001.
As well as exhibiting at Bark Modern Art Gallery, Hong Kong , in 2004, her work is well represented overseas and extensively in Australian private collections. One of her commissions has been published in “Peoplescape”, produced by the National Council for the Centenary of Federation, 2002.