Paintings
Paintings by Maria Maneos explore memory, mythology, and lived experience through landscape, symbolism, and narrative. explore memory, mythology, and lived experience through landscape, symbolism, and narrative. Moving between observation and imagination, the work reflects emotional states such as longing, belonging, transformation, and reflection.
Each series approaches these ideas from a different perspective, creating spaces that feel both personal and universal.
Explore the Series
Hiraeth
A series rooted in longing for home, memory, and a place that may be real, imagined, or lost. These landscapes are emotional rather than literal, shaped by atmosphere, color, and quiet reflection.
Theme of Nature
A series that approaches nature as an emotional space rather than a defined location. These paintings move beyond literal representation, allowing atmosphere, light, and color to carry meaning.
The landscapes remain intentionally open, familiar but not fixed, inviting viewers to recognize something of their own without fully defining it.
Female as Object
A series exploring women as both subject and symbol, moving between vulnerability, beauty, and ambiguity. These works draw from fragments of popular culture, fashion imagery, and cinematic moments, reimagined into scenes suspended in time.
The figures exist without a fixed narrative, caught between reality and illusion, strength and fragility. Each painting suggests a story without fully defining it, leaving space for interpretation and emotional projection.
