Reflections - Oil Paintings — Maïra Maravillosa Art

Reflections

The Reflection Series was born from a fascination with water, light and the way reality distorts and transforms when seen through reflective surfaces. Traveling is the inspiration behind exploring how water mirrors its surroundings - sometimes with perfect clarity, other times in fluid, dreamlike distortions. These ever-changing and ephemeral reflections serve as a metaphor for perception, memory and the fleeting nature of experience.

Reflections I - Cyanotype
24 x 27 cm - Berlin, Pool at Prinzenbad, Germany — Reflections I - Cyanotype 24 x 27 cm - Berlin, Pool at Prinzenbad, Germany

Shrimp Pool in Oil (Diptych) - Oil Paint on Canvas
30 x 30 cm - Berlin, Germany — Shrimp Pool in Oil (Diptych) - Oil Paint on Canvas 30 x 30 cm - Berlin, Germany

Prazer (Reflexões) - Oil Paint on Canvas -60 x 60 cm - Cabo Frio, Brazil

Pedregoso (Reflexiones) - Oil Paint on Canvas - 100 x 100 cm - Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Argentina

Reflections III - Oil Paint and Acrylics on Canvas - 60 x 60 cm - Valencia, Spain

Synestesia Symphony (Reflections) - Triptych - 3 à 30 x 30 cm - Oil Paint on Canvas - Barcelona, Spain

Reflections II - Egg Tempera Oil Paint on Acrylic Cardboard - 60 x 80 cm - Venice, Italy

Shivering Dunes - Oil Paint and Copper Pigment on Canvas - 100 x 100 cm - Berlin, Germany

Reflctions - Egg Tempera Oil Paint on Wood - 30 x 42 cm - Kopenhagen, Denmark

Vou te Contar (Reflexões) - Oil Paint on Canvas - 19 x 25.5 cm - Brazil

Impressionist Reflections - Oil Paint on Wood - 62 x 86 cm - Lake Chiemsee, Germany - SOLD

Reflections VII - Aquarelle Colors and Fineliner on Paper - 42 x 30 cm - Medellín, Colombia

Reflections

The first pieces of the series emerged from my time in Berlin, Valencia and Venice, observing the interplay of colors, movement and atmosphere in water reflections. In Patagonia, the reflections of stones in the Beagle Channel inspired the painting “Pedregoso” and Aquarelle Paintings.

The paintings invite to see beyond the surface, to experience movement within stillness and to reflect on own perspectives. Through oil, watercolor and cyanotype techniques, the series is continued, capturing the interplay between nature, perception and transformation.