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Unseen by Maryanne D'Silva

$300.00 CAD
$300.00 CAD
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Maryanne is a self-taught artist working in acrylic and mixed media. What began as a personal hobby has grown into a genuine and ongoing exploration of the human experience, each canvas becoming a place where color, texture, and layered materials come together to say something words often cannot. At the heart of her work is the theme of the journey of life. She is drawn to the way a path unfolds unevenly, full of turns, pauses, and moments of unexpected brightness, and she translates that sense of movement into compositions that feel both intuitive and deep. Her mixed-media approach lets her build up surfaces the way memory accumulates: in fragments, textures, and traces that reveal themselves slowly. She paints from a spirit of curiosity rather than formula, trusting instinct over rules. The result is a body of work that invites viewers to slow down, look closely, and find echoes of their own stories within hers.


Hyperemesis gravidarum (H.G.) is a severe illness of pregnancy — relentless nausea and vomiting far beyond morning sickness, often ending in dehydration, malnutrition, and hospital care. It is also largely invisible. From the outside, a person with H.G. looks like anyone expecting a child. The background is deliberately pleasant: thin spring washes of yellow, green, and blue — the version of pregnancy the world expects, and the one I was expected to perform. Cutting through it are pressure cracks from the H.G. pregnancy, barely held together by blood tinged fraying ropes. A faint tile pattern recalls the tiled rooms where so much of time was spent. Deep within the painting are colour themes, symbols and messages, kept hidden even from hope by the fear of what the illness might cost it. Three frayed cords bridge the gap. They held. A faint splatter of red runs across the cracks to symbolize blood lost throughout the H.G. pregnancy. The cracks close; the line does not. This is a painting about the hidden suffering of H.G. warriors.

 

Unseen by Maryanne D'Silva 

Acrylic on Canvas

20in x 24in x .75in