Figurative/Motivated Mind Painting

Maya Twersky is an Israeli / British artist based in London. She attended Central Saint Martins Foundation course and specialised in Illustrative Arts at City & Guilds of London Art School. Since graduating art school she developed her practice as a fine artist and illustrator. Her work is in a few private collections in the UK, USA, Israel, Qatar and Belgium. Currently attending classes at Hampstead School of Art, and studying for a CertHE in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London.   In my work I explore themes from psychology and philosophy. Using a variety of techniques, styles and effects I work quickly from observation or from my imagination. This expresses my critical eye and fascination with the human condition. The MT abstract series ('looking out of cave') started off as dark paintings with the intention of progressing onto lighter ones. This body of work signifies depression and hope, where an estimated 1 in 4 people will go through a depressive episode in their lives. In “the party was here long before u got here” I’m affected by my tendency to attach deep personal meaning to events which might otherwise appear insignificant. Why some things become particularly salient to us fascinates me. The figurative series are quick sketches done from observation. People in motion form marks in my sketchbook. I invite the viewer to look closer by incorporating text from literature by Dr Raj Persaud, an eminent psychiatrist and author from his books “Staying Sane” and “The Motivated Mind” as homage to his work. The Logotherapy pieces are inspired by Viktor Frankl’s book “Man’s Search for Meaning” in that “logotherapy sees in responsibility the very essence of human existence” ”..so live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!” “..at any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence”. These pieces are dedicated to and in memory of Lola Shifra Heller and my father Shimon Twersky.