Maria Rud

Maria Rud lives and works in Edinburgh. Maria’s work has distinctly unique style and is immediately recognisable. Her extensive and inspirational body of work, built up over three decades of ceaseless application, echoes seemingly ancient themes while resonating with the present world.Maria believes her work should not be intellectualised. The paintings are not the product of the intellect, but visceral expressions of images received “fully formed” in her mind. Despite the obvious technical excellence, there is a simplicity that can be understood without explanation. Each and every painting can be read and interpreted by anyone on a purely emotional level.

Maria began studying Fine Art aged just 7 years old, graduating from Surikov School of Art, Moscow and Academy of Culture, St.Petersburg. Apart from being a painter, she worked in many art fields including fashion design, book illustration, television, film, stained glass, ceramics and art glass.

Maria had numerous exhibitions and her paintings are in collections throughout the world.