My website move to blog Art Portfolio

I wanted to make a space in where I can see the main portfolio of my Art story as I had it in my website. If you are reading this and maybe knew my website, now you might discover that "mariammay.com" is gone. And this post, at times a mourning for it, it also shows that it was necessary for my to grow towards other realms. 

That page is part of a path towards Restoration-Conservation and Art Creation within Ireland. Now, nothing has changed: I am still living here and I do create in my moments of leisure for myself. But sometimes I can't spread myself too thing, so as I am not that active with the page, and neither as a creator of plastic Art, it is better to move all here. 

This is the reason for the last posts and the great gallery and prices of my Art work shown downbelow. Of course, text me if interested in any similar works as I show here. Or if you think you can get some idea of what you want and my style suits your preference, send me an email to mariamartinmayorga@gmail.com and I will respond, so grateful, to your enquiry.

Now, with no further ado, let's take a look into the Art time machine: from old to recent:

Character Colouring (2012)

Design for T de Triana Bar (2014)

Character Design & Colouring (2016)

Tattoo Design "Gogga" Ink&Colour (2016)

Dragon Colouring (2016)

Spartan Design (2016)

Tattoo Design "Samurai" Ink (2017)

Split Contest Design B&W (2017)

Seville's Cathedral Original (a4) from 2011
Sold for 150€

Split Contest Design (2017)

"Seville" (2017)

"I Dreamed a Dream" (2018)
Original: 225,00€
Print: 25,00€

"Swam" (2018)
Original: 150,00€
Print: 15,00€

"Hold me"
Example for Couple's Portrait Commission
B&W with Ink in A3
Original: 220,00€
Print: 28,00€

"Cosima"
Example of single portrail commission A4, B&W with Graphite
Original: 180,00€
Print: 15,00€

Pet "Epi"
Example of single pet commission in A5 with Watercolours/Ink
Original: 150,00€
Print: 15,00€

"Sing" (A5)
Original: 150,00€
Print:15,00€

"Feel the Music"(A3)
Original: 300,00€
Print: 25,00€

"Zebras"
Example for couple pets commission in A3 with Watercolours/Ink
Orignal: 180,00€
Print: 18,00€

"Giraldillo"
Example for commission for Arquitecture Ink in A4
Original: SOLD for 200,00€
Print: 18,00€

"Westport House"
Original: 120,00€
Print: 15,00€

"Harbour"
Original: 125,00€
Print: 15,50€

"Hogwarts Express"
Original: 200,00€
Print: 15,00€

"Alejandro"
Example of single portrait commission B&W with graphite on A3
Price: 180,00€

"Julie's Family"
Commission for Family Portrait B&W with Graphipe & Charcoal on A3 Grey Paper
Original: 120,00€
Print: 18,00€ 

"Trust Us"
Example for couples portrait commission with Watercolours&Ink on A3
Original: 400,00€
Print: 28,00€

Eire Mermaid or "Kelpie"
Example for single portrait commission with Coloured Graphites on A4
Original: 180,00€
Print: 25,00€

"An Irish Path"
Commission of Ink landscape A5
Original: 120,00€
Print: 15,00€

"Railway 2.0"
Example for Single Portrait (Vertical) with Watercolours/Ink on A3
Average Prize: 250,00€
Original: 400,00€
Print: 25,00€

"Swizz Memories"
Commission with Ink&White Graphite on Toned A5
Original: 120,00€
Print: 15,00€

"My Secret Place"
Original: 120,00€
Print: 15,00€

"It Feels Nice in Here"
Original: 100,00€
Print: 15,00€

"Swams on the Lake"
Original: 120,00€
Print: 15,00€

"Irish Landscape"
Original: 120,00€
Print: 15,00€

"Hogwarts Castle"
Original: 200,00€
Print: 15,50€

"The Holy Mountain"
Commission of Watercolour Landscape on A3
Original: 120,00€
Print: 25,00€

"Squared Mind"
Example for single portrait (horizontal) with Watercolours/Ink on A3
Average Prize: 250,00€
Original: 300,00€
Prize: 25,00€

"Awakening 2.0" (A3)
Original: 200,00€
Print: 22,00€

"Helena 30's" 
Commission for Portrait+Landscape with Coloured Graphites on A3
Original: 280,00€
Print: 25,00€

"Hagrid's Cottage" (A3)
Original: 220,00€
Print A3: 20,00€
Print A5: 8,00€

"Hobbit's Home"
Original: 120,00€
Print: 8,00€

"Colin's Fire"
Commissioned Portrait on A4 (9in x 12in)
Dry Technique on Gray Acid Free Paper.
Original: 300,00€

For the ones who made it this far, thank you, and see you in the next post. 

Farewell, my beautiful art webpage and welcome to my blog-art-portfolio. 

© María M. Mayorga

Why I changed a career in Conservation-Restoration to focus on Natural Health

The while that took me to come back, so many things changed. One of the main happenings is this one:

I am saying «see you later» to Restoration and Conservation to follow another path, again.

Even though the knowledge prevails I felt as if my path was bringing me in another direction. I believe that sometimes, even trying hard, your life never goes as planned. Or maybe there is something that feels off, i.e. a bit forced.

Whatever it is I asked the wise ones, and along with my intuition I thought: it’s time to leave it behind as an active part of you. In the meantime, active life stopped. So I took the chances to go on regular walks, watching clearly and in detail the plants around me: The shapes and colour they had, how quickly they changed within the season. 

How and idea became an inspiration looking at others ahead

Close people were planting herbs, flowers and plants in their garden. In my case, I took a step back: instead of killing more herbs from the supermarket, I prefered to focus on foraging wild plants.

I ended up doing Herbalism courses about local Irish plants and its benefits. I also moved into making more of my cosmetics at home to go natural and handcrafted.

My point here is that instead of banging my head against the wall I prefered to walk a new path, one that kept me interested and not anxious. In other circumstances I wouldn’t have minded the constant learning but I guess it didn’t click in that way.

I decided to recycle myself again

The reason I get from this is that this knowledge could help people now, instead of working with belongings. Health was more important for me than possessions, in these moments something secondary. I don’t mean bad to the professionals in this realm but as I said: for me something was off. My options weren’t the best and other paths became brighter. I wanted to discover my world through my surroundings, understanding the real reason I never left this country. Trying to get into the magic that makes so many people come back with no clear explanation.

What happens now?

I am working on many things but I am glad to say that magic comes in every day to who knows where to look for inspiration. And maybe that’s the reason I did not want to leave this country yet. 

The experience of beauty has for the most part a particular force. There are times when beauty is shy and hesitates until it can trust the worthiness of the beholder.

John O’Donohue: «Divine Beauty».

Details on my work at the moment

For the moment I focus on my Art in many ways. But I started my own company of handcrafted cosmetics, specially body soap. 

Although the details of that will be revealed in another post. <3

© María M. Mayorga

About the experience #createwithmey live art sessions

A few months have passed since I finished this experience that started in March and continued until May. But time was neede to gather some wisdom I got from the experience.

What I loved and what I have to learn for next time

I just realized that I never reflected about a sudden idea I had that gave me so many sweet and a few sour moments. This idea being that I wanted to connect better with friends and family in a way that I can communicate my way.

We talk different languages according to the way we behave and act in life. Days before I got a message from friends_ and the universe through them_ that I needed to connect with them more. I was getting too inwards with my art in a way that I’d lose them if I’d keep going like that. Call it workaholic if you want.

So after hours of thinking, I had an idea. As I couldn’t naturally connect with them in their way, I just needed to find an easy link to make creativitymore accessible to them. This way I wouldn,t listen anymore to things like «I wish I was creative like you» or «I could just draw a stickman and that’s about it».

Bullshit, excuse my language. But it’s true. And after reading several books about the theme I can come to one term:

Creativity is a tool for all to help us cope

Creativity is a tool for all to use. Even if you don’t consider it as a job for you, being creative in any way is a part of us as creatures of Nature. You just need to re-discover it. No matter the quality of your result because of the doing and what experience can give you _once you get rid of the external cricit voices_ it’s what really matters!

Being in the flow is being part of the creation. The unknown that guides you to your better sense. That grounds you back to your real being. It is a meditative practice while you have fun.

This idea crossed my head as a way to work together through the last 2 months of a heavy quarantine in Ireland for some of us.

Things I loved and realized with the experience:

So I did it and it felt great! My fears of the camera and talking in public vanished the first day. Maybe the second I wasn’t in my best moment for real tiredness but I showed up for my art and people.

1st week’s sketch: Fountain

And even if I got 5 people painting for me, that showed that there was a minimum interest. I could connect with those who wanted to have a calming time with me and get out of their comfort zone. Because, guess what! I was doing the same with them!

We went through the use of different techniques to paint a fountain, a hobby that we wanted to nurture, a flower to welcome Spring and to end we used a colour to work on our favourite landscape.

Now that I can think it through I can say that we went from small details of an object in place to a whole missed place to go, passing through dreams and rejoicing about the nature around us. That’ s powerful!

We were indeed healing together through Art! I’m so glad I was part of that even if I was focused on teaching things instead of creating with the music as the background. Some people just watch, and that’s ok too. We are all at different levels of the story.

I got to connect with old friends or acquaintances I met in college, which is my real present here. And I also got to connect a family for an hour to paint together and have fun and relaxing time.

What I wish I had prepared better and need to chance for next time

I tried to go all at once on two social media platforms, Instagram being my main one. So the first day, of course, I could not make it work so that I’d connect with more people.

3rd week’s sketch: Flower

There were friends in that area that wanted to join but at not being possible that time I lost them. There were others which the time and day I chose would not go with their schedule. And that’ s ok too.

I was doing a day that went ok for me, that let me go back to art after a busy week and I got the people that could join me.

Next time I’d try another platform, maybe another day. But now it’s time to retreat and learn by myself.

It can be really exhausting and challenging to be thinking about things to say, in which language, in order to attract people to not leave. This game of attention tricks you to think that if you have no many followers you are boring. But I continue thinking that it’s not that. Just that I did not find my niche yet. Let’s give it time and work.

Small victories are easier to handle and I learn from them rather than dealing with lots of people with different proposals that I don’t follow.

A small community of people genuinely interested is more of my taste than having numbers that don’t matter in real connection.

If I can help just one soul- as aunt Lydia would say- that will make my path worthy.

What will be my next approach to the live sessions?

The idea that created the first one is already done so I need to create a new purpose for the next one: For example, so far I’m collecting experiences I learned in college that can help people as therapy sessions for lost souls.

4th and last week’s sketch as example

I’d follow my belief once I finish my recovery path (TAW) that we all need to learn and share with each other. And also that creativity is the spiritual and rebellious path to stay sane in this insane world that we all share.

It is more general and trascendental, not as precise, but I guess you get my point, no?

That needs more preparation… Until one day all of the sudden I miss it so much that I’ll just connect to say hi. And then I’ll paint my thing while I hope to be accompanied painting similar topics.

For me, Life it’s a bit of planning and a bit of just letting your gut decide.

The only thing I know now is that my path is to finish some personal stuff and learning before I can share it away.

Let’s take a reset and see you very soon!

Last drawing: Landscape in green-ish tones, given away

© María M. Mayorga