1. Maude Maris
    Vestales, 2015
    oil on canvas
    150 x 250 cm / 59,06 x 98,43 in.
  2. Maude Maris
    Rudiments, 2015
    oil on canvas
    160 x 130 cm
  3. Maude Maris
    Roma, 2015
    oil on canvas
    160 x 130 cm
  4. Maude Maris
    Chimères, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    162 x 130 cm
  5. Maude Maris
    Shelters, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    72.8 x 98.4 in
  6. Maude Maris
    Amnésie, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    250 x 185 cm
  7. Maude Maris
    Pyramide, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    97 x 130 cm
  8. Maude Maris
    Les Robes brûlées, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    130 x 195 cm
  9. Maude Maris
    Sombres Hôtes, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    41 x 33 cm
  10. Maude Maris
    Reconstitution, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    195 x 130 cm
  11. Maude Maris
    Trophée, 2015
    Oil on canvas
    36.2 x 28.7 in
  12. Maude Maris
    La porte, 2014
    Oil on canvas
    195 x 130 cm

    Collection particulière
  13. Maude Maris
    La tribu, 2014
    Oil on canvas
    195 x 130 cm
  14. Maude Maris
    La lisière, 2014
    Oil on canvas
    195 x 130 cm
  15. Maude Maris
    Faire fausse route, 2014
    Oil on canvas
    150 x 150 cm
  16. Maude Maris
    Les chefs, 2014
    Réserve lapidaire
    Oil on canvas
    92 x 73 cm
  17. Maude Maris
    L'exploratrice, 2013
    Réserve lapidaire
    Oil on canvas
    130 x 195 cm

    Collection particulière
  18. Maude Maris
    Paysage blanc, 2013
    Polaires
    Oil on canvas
    130 x 195 cm
  19. Maude Maris
    Noctambules, 2015
    Crayon de couleur et mine de plomb sur papier
    21 x 29,7 cm
  20. Maude Maris
    Érosion, 2015
    Coloured pencil and graphite on paper
    8.3 x 11.7 in
  21. Maude Maris
    Génie civil, 2014
    Réserve lapidaire
    Technique mixte sur papier japon
    50 x 65 cm
  22. Maude Maris
    Pirka 1, 2015
    Graphite on Japanese paper
    11.7 X 8.3 in
  23. Maude Maris
    Pirka 2, 2015
    Graphite on Japanese paper
    11.7 X 8.3 in
  24. Maude Maris
    Profil rose, 2013
    Réserve lapidaire
    Mine de plomb et crayon de couleur sur papier de soie
    29,7 x 21 cm
  25. Maude Maris
    Horizon jaune, 2012
    Les esseulés
    lead and color pencil on tissue paper
    29,7 x 21 cm
  26. Maude Maris
    Lévitation, 2012
    Les esseulés
    lead and color pencil on tissue paper
    29,7 x 21 cm


Introduction

Between painting, volume and drawing, Maude Maris has created a plastic and mental universe based on the representation of a world peopled with carefully articulated forms, objects and colours. The paintings of Maude Maris, marked by an almost uneasy illusionism in proportion to their seeming coldness of execution, are the terms of a process of preparation which uses the techniques of architectural modelling, design and industrial sketching.


The artist continues to search for objects in relation to the idea of controlled nature: toys, everyday scraps and decorative elements. After this comes the work of cutting, sanding and plaster casting. With the succession of castings she creates a collection of objects which she classifies in families according to their forms, colours or power of evocation. The new objects are then placed in a three-walled box. These compositions are photographed and then painted on canvas. The still lifes of Maude Maris are frozen in time and space. The final work is thus derived from a long process marked by filters which lead to a smoothed image. By eliminating thickness and texture, the artist strives to maintain an effect of almost chirurgical distance from the subject. Little by little, other objects have colonized this same space, thus participating in the theatrical character of her work by adopting the function of both decor and characters.