Maria Karla Watson

Eternal Branches, Original Painting

2025

Series: Between light and silence A quiet forest path winds through interlaced trees, their branches reaching like threads of destiny. This opening piece invites the viewer into a wo...

About the artist : Maria Teresa Bertina , painter and sculptor, Silver Medal de l'Académie des Arts, Sciences et Lettres France. Portuguese origin, was born in 1953, lives in Brazil ...

Serenity by Sophia Chalklen [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Oil on Box Canvas Image size: H:61 cm x W:45 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:61 cm x W:45 cm x D:3cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Aspen trees reaching up to the light. Part of my vibrant blue sky series. The feeling of the leaves gently swaying in the breeze give me a sense of peace. Hence why I called it Serenity. I love the contrasting colours of the blue sky against the leaves in warm red, oranges and yellows. The trunks and trees have a painted. Contemporary artist Sophia Chalklen sold online and in our gallery at Wychwood Art. Sophia has always had a strong passion for Art ever since she was a child. Sophia studied at Winchester school of Art where she completed a BA specialising in Textile design. After achieving her BA she went on to become a Freelance Printed Textile designer for a small company in London. Shortly after that she managed to get a job as a Fine Jewellery Designer for the Crown Jewellers, Asprey and Garrard Bond St. Sophia became a specialist in designing high end Jewellery, accessories, and ornaments for English and Middle Eastern Royalty and the Elite. She also designed a great variety of items including rings, Jewellery Suites, watches, cufflinks, Jewel incrusted clocks, tiaras and precious ornaments. Her eye for detail leant well to her career in jewellery design and she became an expert in her field. Once she decided to start a family she went back to main her love of fine art, drawing and painting and started her own business running Art classes for all age groups. Running weekly classes teaching children aged 5-11 as well as running private group lessons for teenagers and adults. She also taught weekly, in care homes...

Rather than re-creating a literal landscape on canvas or paper, I aim to express its essence in a rich and complex form of delicately painted organic subjects that float and trail ac...