Theme of Nature
In Theme of Nature, landscape is approached less as description and more as atmosphere. These paintings use ambiguity, color, and gesture to evoke memory, familiarity, and emotional space without tying the viewer to one specific place. Nature becomes a vehicle for reflection — intimate, open, and quietly human.
The Theme of Nature series explores nature as atmosphere, memory, and emotional space.
Lost
Oil on Canvas – 48″x21″
Lost II
Oil on Canvas – 48″ x 21″
Hope
Oil. on Canvas – 28″ x 36″
Galleon’s Lap
Oil on Paper – 2.5″ x 3.5″
Passages
Oil on Canvas – 36″ X 60″
Boat
Oil on Canvas – 13″ x 8.5″
Daydream
Oil on Linen – 62″ x 25″
Composition-yellow
Oil on canvas – 40″ x 36″
Composition Blue
Oil on canvas – 40″ x 36″
Daytrip
Oil on Paper – 3″ x 5″
Free Will
Oil on Canvas – 13″ x 21″
Perils of Life
Oil on Paper – 3″ x 5″
Retreat from Nantucket
Oil on Paper – 6″ x 4″
Rumblings of Discontent
Oil on Canvas – 40″ x 36″
As the Wind Blows
Oil on Paper – 3″ x 5″
Floating
Oil on Canvas – 21″ x 13″
Slow Motion
Oil on Paper – 3″ x 5″
Under the Surface
Oil on Canvas – 48″ x 40″
The simple expression for the complex thought is what I strive for, not to be grandiose but intimate and human. Maria Maneos