Calm sea
Oil on Linen
35x43in
Austria
« I am inspired by art history- from Rembrandt and Velasquez, to Degas, Cezanne, and Giacometti. »
Eliza Mayer's paintings are inspired by nature.
Often you see blurred landscapes but also naturalistically depicted figures that do not really represent reality.
Although observation is often Mayer's starting point, her works are products of imagination and intuition.
She combines thin layers of paint with thick brushwork and paints over areas that look too real.
She chooses oil paint as her medium and dilutes the paint to give it a transparent quality, thereby removing the paint's materiality.
The landscapes or figures are subtle, emotional, sentimental and have a mood.
The work is spontaneous, with quick gestures, it is a search.