Mara. J XL - Between Sea and Sky

It isn’t immediately clear whether you’re looking up or down. Between Sea and Sky inhabits that ambiguous threshold where water becomes air and the sky becomes abyss. The leaves — turquoise, green, violet — overlap like waves or like clouds, indecisive about their own nature. At the center, a violet heart beats softly, the lone warm spot in a world dominated by the teal’s bright coldness. And then there are them: the small white specks, scattered everywhere like stars reflected on a still surface of water. We don’t know whether they are fireflies, dewdrops, or distant stars. Perhaps it doesn’t matter. What counts is that sense of total suspension — as if time, here, had decided to stop.

Signed and dated 2026 at the bottom right
Image size: 90 x 70 cm
Overall canvas size: 100 x 80 cm
The work is sold unframed; it will be rolled and shipped in a cardboard tube.
The certificate of authenticity is issued exclusively on request, in digital format.

Mara J. explores the beauty and intensity of nature and the human body, creating works that tell emotions and states of mind through light and form. Her landscapes evoke fluid and suspended atmospheres, where color and luminosity shape space, while human figures, delicate and introspective, become a means of emotional expression. Each painting is an invitation to dive into a world of subtle sensations, where nature and humanity intertwine in a deep dialogue.