Welcome to Marianne Vila's online art gallery.
Feel free to reach out for collaborations and portrait commissions.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Otherness has been at the center of my concerns and interests since I reached adulthood. Be it in my doctoral dissertation, my first career as an educator or in my current artistic endeavors, identity has always been an overarching theme, often correlated with the issues of injustice and stereotypes.
Through my work, I wish to explore people's inward significance below appearances and societal constructs, disclosing the necessary process of self-reflection which, through trials and errors, leads us to the ultimate liberation of the mind from all oppressive diktats.
Thus, I want to dispose of all the oppositions that tear cultures, genders and races apart in order to reveal the universal notions of beauty, strength, resilience and faith that exist in billions of variants in each one of us.
My work is therefore a constant pendulum swing between diversity and unity, the inner self and the illusion of appearances, life and death, past and present, the painting's subject and the viewer, our artistic heritage and current topics.
That dichotomy not only resides in the themes I explore, it also permeates my technical endeavor. Indeed, my work is at the junction of different influences: that of classical portraiture with its quest for harmony, precision and balance and more contemporary experimentations with bold colors, maximalist patterns, shapes and textures.
PURCHASES
Please go to the art shop page for any purchase of prints or original paintings.
If you want to see how a painting would look like in your home please send a picture of your wall and I will create a mock-up for you.
Original paintings are signed on the front and dated on the back.
Framing is available upon request.
Mounted, stretched canvases are shipped in boxes while unmounted canvases will be rolled and shipped in tubes.
Delivery is available worldwide for a fee. Please inquire for further information.
PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS
My -oil or acrylic- commission paintings are 100% handmade.
The creative process lasts 3 to 4 weeks depending on size.
Feel free to share your reference pictures and inspirations and I'll be delighted to create a beautiful and unique art piece for you.
Delivery is available worldwide for a fee.
Framing service is available upon request.
Please go to the art shop page dedicated to portrait commissions for more information.
