Maria Marais

Maria Marais working on a monoprint plate at The Artists' Press

Maria Marais is an artist who lives and works in Mbombela, Mpumalanga. Born in Eswatini to Portuguese parents, her family relocated to the Lowveld in 1965. Marais writes "Having grown up in a family that didn't travel, after marrying, roads and road trips offered the discovery of new places not only physically, but also emotionally. 

Living away from the Lowveld with the ever present desire to return, Sabie was home away from home for many years.  The forestry roads leading to and from that town became deeply embedded in my psyche.  The road, depicted in these prints now leads me back home, to the Lowveld."

In these monotypes, she explores the spaces between being at home and being at one's destination. It is the liminal space between being certain and uncertain, the space that allows the delight of the unexpected to slip into an understanding of where one is on the journey. What remains after a perfect day, the feeling of leaving, but simultaneously returning or arriving.

Most of Marais's career has been working in architecture, alongside which she has participated in several exhibitions and art-related workshops.

New Editions from The Artists' Press

Artists A - L (listed by surname)

Artists M- X (listed by surname)

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monoprint of landscape with road and trees

Title: Rebound I
Medium: Monotype
Paper size: 77 x 57.5 cm
Image size: 70 x 50.5 cm
Edition size: 1/1
SOLD


print of road with looming trees at either dusk or dawn

Title: Rebound II
Medium: Monotype
Paper size: 77 x 57.5 cm
Image size: 70 x 50.5 cm
Edition size: 1/1
SOLD


monotype print of road with trees and distant view

Title: Places and Spaces in Between I
Medium: Monotype
Paper size: 77 x 57.5 cm
Image size: 70 x 50.5 cm
Edition size: 1/1
SOLD


rural roadtrip landscape with trees and sky in soft colours

Title: Places and Spaces in Between II
Medium: Monotype
Paper size: 77 x 57.5 cm
Image size: 70 x 50.5 cm
Edition size: 1/1
SOLD


evening or dawn landscape with road, trees and starry sky

Title: Nebula
Medium: Monotype
Paper size: 77 x 57.5 cm
Image size: 70 x 50.5 cm
Edition size: 1/1
SOLD


landscape of road and mountains with trees at dawn in soft blues, greens and browns

Title: The Wake of the Day I
Medium: Monotype
Paper size: 77 x 57.5 cm
Image size: 70 x 50.5 cm
Edition size: 1/1
SOLD


landscape seen from middle of a road with clouds, trees in muted colours

Title: The Wake of the Day II
Medium: Monotype
Paper size: 77 x 57.5 cm
Image size: 70 x 50.5 cm
Edition size: 1/1
SOLD


monoprint of road with trees, bush and reddish sky

Title: Winding Back  I
Medium: Monotype
Paper size: 77 x 57.5 cm
Image size: 70 x 50.5 cm
Edition size: 1/1
Price: R 6 500 (excl.VAT)


landscape with road in centre facing towards horizon with looming trees and red sky with white wisp

Title: Winding Back  II
Medium: Monotype
Paper size: 77 x 57.5 cm
Image size: 70 x 50.5 cm
Edition size: 1/1
Price: R 6 500 (excl.VAT)


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