Maria Sorce Westland
 Sorce Westland Fine Art
Oil painting

Born in Belgium of Sicilian parents, I grew up influenced by both cultures. which exposed me to the long painting tradition of the Belgian masters and the Greek antiquities of Sicily. I soon found my desire to paint and joined an oil painting workshop in Oupeye Belgium.

​ My paintings are inspired by my love and affinity for the countryside. Throughout my childhood and into my teenage years, I enjoyed spending my summers in the little countryside house my grandparents had in Sicily. Living those wonderful moments with them fostered a familiarity and appreciation for nature. My European eyes now find grandeur, mystery and majesty in the landscape and natural wonders of Montana where even the smallest flower is of importance and worthy of value and admiration for the simple gift of beauty it so generously offers.

I like to use thick oil paint strokes on my canvas or board to enhance the shapes of my subjects and lend texture to the essentials of the message I wish to communicate. By mixing, merging, and gathering these colors in harmony with brushes and knives, my desire is to convey the fullness, the purity and the patterns of light and shadows that I gratefully embrace when I am out in nature.

 I create my art in order to make the scene come alive, providing the comfort and peace I personally experience and directing the viewer to the intensity of life that exists in wild nature.

​The interaction between myself and nature is an important story to relate. The uniqueness of the moment, the gentle touch of something growing wild, and the rhythmic sound of the wind transport me to a private place of meditation. This ensemble of vibrating emotions always offer me a new and privileged experience that I wish to share with others through my art.

Maria Sorce Westland
 Sorce Westland Fine Art
msorcewestland.faso.com
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