Postsde-maria memberin Curators Community • 6 days ago • 2 min readWhy I love painting mystery. (Acrylic on canvas)Hello guys, how are you all doing, today I will like to talk about why I love painting mysteries and how I see it.The honest truth is, that is how I see life, most times I see how people view things in a negative way but I try my best to interpret it in a better and positive ways, although they look dark but some are not entirely dark. Like one…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 8 days ago • 1 min readBetween faith and fear. (Acrylic on canvas)The vulture rests peacefully on top of the church calmly and unbothered, In many Nigerian communities, such a sight would immediately be called a bad sign a symbol of death, darkness, or evil, and in most cases some will even curse the church. But the painting challenges that belief, the bird is not hunting, attacking, or causing harm. It simply…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 23 days ago • 1 min readDancing with the devil (acrylic on canvas)This piece talks about a lady who loves playing with fire, like being with dangerous men, the man she's dancing with is a dangerous and reckless man, but she doesn't care, she loves it. This relates to a lot of women out there that just want to enjoy their lives, not caring about the risk. But beyond the surface of pleasure and excitement, this…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 24 days ago • 1 min readI Decide. (Acrylic on canvas)A man’s destiny lies within his own hands. The globe she holds represents that destiny that is not perfect and not complete, but filled with both darkness and light, the dark colourful areas are the parts that demand change, effort, growth, and responsibility, they are the struggles she can not ignore, the weight she must carry if she is to…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 29 days ago • 1 min readBlush of light (Acrylic on canvas)This piece explodes the gentle conversation between colours and illumination, soft transitions of yellow, pink, orange and green evoke the sense of connection and balance, this piece is created to make people find beauty in places that feels unseen, and inner peace where they lost expected. progress shotsde-maria memberin Curators Community • last month • 1 min readSoft power. (Acrylic on canvas)There's this level of confidence women have after a good makeover, and especially when you finish it up with a good lip combo, for me it speaks of choice of identity, restraint of knowing when to reveal and when to remain. And one of the part I love most in my body is my lips, that is why I love to beautifying my lips and that is why I made this…de-maria memberin Curators Community • last month • 1 min readÈsó (Fruit). ( Acrylic on canvas)Hi guys, how are you all doing today, I will be sharing with you my new piece "Èsó" (Fruit). This piece represents a woman surrounded by the fruits of labour, in Yoruba culture Eso means fruit and it also represents a child, this painting symbolise survival and provision, her bundle of joy is not what lies in the basket alone, but what rest in…de-maria memberin Curators Community • last month • 1 min readWork in progressHello my beautiful people, how are you all doing. Today I will love to share with you this beautiful piece I'm almost done with. so I decided that I didn't want an ordinary background, I wanted something that will tell a story, after a while of thinking I decided to paint nature around it , although it still needs some finishing touches but I…de-maria memberin Curators Community • last month • 1 min readWork in progress. (Acrylic on canvas)center> Hi guys, how are you all doing today. Can you believe I had to change some of the fruits because I can’t control the color and it has more details than I expected , instead I added more grapes and coconut instead, and another thing I corrected was the strawberries, and the mango. progress shotsde-maria memberin Curators Community • last month • 1 min readWork in progressHi guys, how are you all doing today, have being working on the body, clothes and some of the fruits which is my main focus, I planned on finishing the basket of fruits today then give you guys the update tomorrow, so guys what do you think about the progress. progress shotsde-maria memberin Curators Community • last month • 1 min readWork in progress (Acrylic on canvas)Have been really busy today that I wasn't able to do much on this piece but I made sure I worked on it, so today I painted the baby's hair and the rest of his body and I worked on the woman's scalp and her dress but am not done with the dress, so stay turned guys. progress shotsde-maria memberin Curators Community • last month • 1 min readWork In progress ( acrylic on canvas)Hy guys, today I will sharing with a piece I'm working on, this is my first time of painting human, honestly it's a little bit challenging but I am trusting the process, I have decided to take my time with this painting because I want it to come out wonderful, this is a painting of a mother carrying her child while selling fruits, I feel so…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 2 months ago • 1 min readWatcher of the deep night (Acrylic on canvas).Hello beautiful people, how are you all doing today, I will love to share with you my new piece Watcher of the deep night. This piece highlights supernatural ravens that protect s the deep at night from any negative force and humans that may want to disturb or endanger the spirits and the hidden treasures in the deep. progress shotsde-maria memberin Curators Community • 2 months ago • 1 min readWork in progress (acrylic on canvas)Hi guys, hope you had a great day today, today I will be sharing with you the latest piece I'm working on, after painting watcher of the night the idea of this piece I'm working on currently came to my head and immediately I knew it wouldn't a bad idea at all, I couldn't wait to bring the idea to life, and now that I'm doing so, I feel so happy…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 3 months ago • 1 min readWatcher of the Night .(Acrylic on canvas).Hello guys, how are you all doing today, I am finaly done!! I am so happy how this painting came out, one thing I love about cats is that they love to be in high places for security and observe their territory especially at night. For that reason this painting represents a cat sitting on a mysterious tree watching, the human, spirits and any…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 3 months ago • 1 min readWork in progress (Acrylic on canvas).Hello guys, how are you all doing today, have been absent for a while now due to some personal reasons but I'm back now. When it comes to creating, you have to think deep, but somethings it comes freely, you are like should I do it this way or that way, you get confused, tired even without starting it yet because you are working with your brain…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 3 months ago • 1 min readMidnight rain in a dark forest . (Acrylic on canvas)Hello guys how are you all doing today, I will love to share with you guys my new art piece. This painting came to my mind this morning without stress,or thinking too much and I was so happy, while doing other things i needed to do in the house I was so eager to finish what I was doing and go painting, while painting this piece it was easy at…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 3 months ago • 1 min readThe forest guardian. (Acrylic on canvas)Hyyyy guys, I'm finally done with this amazing piece , working with palette knife throughout this piece has been so amazing, I am so happy I used it in majority of this painting, from the mountain to the forest with tiny mountains in the forest, experimenting with palette knife has not been a bad idea after all. It's been a while I finished this…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 3 months ago • 1 min readWork in progress (acrylic on canvas)Hello my beautiful people, it's been a while, today I will love to share with you one of the art pieces I'm working on recently. One of the things I am always scared of trying out in painting, is using palette knife, the few times I tried it I was so scared of making mistakes, but sometimes I get lucky, but that didn't take away my fear, so I…de-maria memberin Curators Community • 4 months ago • 1 min readFavourite hideout.( Acrylic on canvas)Title: Favourite Hideout Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 16.5 x 12 Inches Year: 2026 This piece portrays a place of peace rather than loneliness, I have always longed for a moments of escape, a place where I can call my favourite hideout, a place where nature offers me comfort, peace and a place of clarity, a place that allows my mind to…