Girl with Teddy bear / Tender innocence Painting

Maria Matveyeva is a member of the Artists' Union of Latvia with bachelor’s degree of Arts and master’s degree of Arts, Education and Psychology. From early childhood, Maria was in love with drawing and painting, and she has refined her artistic skill through dedicated study. Maria’s daily work has always been related to art, and she has worked in such different areas as interior decorator and miniature painting. Her paintings range from large-format canvasses to small, nuanced artworks. The artist works in various techniques, including pastel drawing, watercolour and tempera, but her favourite is oil painting technique. ARTISTIC APPROACH I believe that the world already is full of trouble and of things that trigger negative emotions, so art should be full of light and positivity, it should inspire the person who looks at it, it should catch the viewer’s fantasy, it should emanate goodness. I believe that an artist, like a musician, can change the viewer’s mood to make it better. I love people and nature. I love painting them, love the play of light and darkness, and the lively playing of colours. Mostly I paint using oil colours and watercolour. After learning the technique for painting icons, I fell in love with painting in layers. Working in oil, I like to combine transparency with applying paint in dense brush strokes. This enables me to create depth and softness, to create a new dimension.