Maria del Carmen is a Sydney-based artist from Chile. Her work navigates intuitive feeling and emotion, expressed through abstract landscapes and figurative paintings. Maria’s imaginary sceneries explore the intricate connection between mother nature and the inner self.  Frida Kahlo said, “I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” The statement also applies to Maria, whose artworks alternate between large expressive canvases and small ink works on paper. Maria’s creative process arises from a drive to express the female freedom she senses in her connection with nature and the healing experience of this bond. 

The force of Maria’s creative process transforms negativity into resilient energy. Through making the artwork, she confronts her innermost fears - transforming them into something she considers beautiful: a pure form of expression. 

Her figurative works represent women in nature and demonstrate the power of the natural surroundings to spark the process of healing us, as human beings. It is in her connection with the ocean, the land and the universe that she finds the most profound source of healing. Maria see women as powerful beings, capable of healing themselves and future generations by breaking the cycle of sick attachments and patterns by fostering meaningful connections with the feminine force. Her paintings embody this power and is a driving theme behind many of her works.