Spring Painting

Maria Andrade Andrade is a Brussels-based visual artist, photographer and graphic designer and art therapist. With an educational background in Visual Artst and Photography from the Academy of Visual Arts in Anderlecht, Brussels, she creates her decorative and figurative paintings that are focusing on a beauty of life and nature through symbolism and spiritualism. Before being an visual artist, Maria worked as a graphic designer. After her trip in Ecuador in 2005 she decided to pursue a career in art. Since then she has become a member of the The International Art Fund and has participated in competitions and exhibitions around the world. They have included The 7th Annual Art International Exhibition at BoxHeart Expressions Gallery in Pittsburgh; as well as the Manhattan Arts Gallery in New York and the Agora Gallery in the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Her paintings are also held in private collections worldwide. Other projects include illustrations and book cover designs for a number of publications including The Dragon of Prali (2010) and The Wizard of Prali (2011) by American writer Davidson L. Haworth. She also gives art classes and art therapy sessions at her studio in Brussels.