We were lucky to catch up with Maryia Walker recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Maryia, thanks for joining us today. What did your parents do right, and how has that impacted you in your life and career?
That’s a great question!
My parents taught me a lot that dreams always come true and creativity is a huge power! My dad used to sew clothing, he did furniture with his own hands and made a lot of purses with his hands too. I love watching him when he was in his studio, focused, hard-working, dedicated to boosting his business and inspiring to choose a profession that matches our talents. It’s important to dig them out and show them to the world instead of choosing a path that is imposed by society or limited beliefs.
My mother is a wonderful writer, and she has amazing taste in everything. I took it from her to always believe in myself and that life is a miracle, and we should enjoy every moment of it. I am grateful I can express feelings of joy, happiness and connection with the divine power of belonging to the world. Thanks to my mother that I can express this in my art.
Then my older brother is another biggest example in my life of how to be a believer and a dreamer! He is the most creative and innovative person I have ever known. He always helped me to think outside the box and seek solutions that would be quite challenging and yet simple. He started painting when he was 16 and then went into design. I was fascinated by how he could design amazing ideas and make them come to life.
Later me, a mix of dad-all-hands, mother-wonderful-writer and brother-outside-of-the-box, I soaked all these powers in and cherished them carefully in my heart, hoping to pass them on to my kids one day. Life is freedom, a miracle and a joy when you truly live up to your potential and doing what you love, surrounded by loved ones of course.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?
I began my career 5 years ago as an abstract artist while working as an accountant. It was a hobby for me at first, and I was learning different painting languages by copying paintings from famous artists like Van Gogh or Claude Monet. It was a relaxing time for me. Then later I developed my own abstract taste and started looking at art deeper than just a visual object. Some artworks were like a door that invites to different worlds, a portal to the different layers of reality that coexists with the current one. And later on, I started exploring new worlds and expressing messages from them in a new form of art which allows me to be my most vulnerable and open self in the form of a sacred energy art.
I was influenced by the careers of two artists – Anna Miklashevich and Anush Artist. Anna helped me to polish my technical skills and Anush guided me in the energy structure. Her paintings are full of high vibrational energies, and I was immediately drawn to her style. Her works influenced me the most. Later on I studied the biography of Hilma af Klint and found lots of inspirations in her style and approach.
To my mind, the art is mostly about the artist. The personality of the artist and the state that artworks are created in is what makes artworks transformative. It is the continuation of an artist, being all in, with the heart and the soul in the process, forgetting who you are and then remembering yourself back. The world of irrational living that serves the truth: one is art.
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
One of my main goals through art is to express myself and ignite feminine power.
The power of flow painting is healing and grounding, speaking to the immersive and expanding part of human nature wanting to be expressed diversely. Creativity in any form is a passive and meditative structure of energy which is a resemblance to the energy of mother nature. When connected to the creative irrational part of ourselves, I am an artist guided by my roots and feel grounded and connected to nature. This planet is a pure source of magnetic force. Lots of my abstract ideas come to me when sunbathing. The nature is talking to us. Through this, we are the nature.
Intelligence is where nature meets the soul. And art is one of the most luxurious forms of expressing it.
As noted in one of my short poems devoted to creative art:
To the very deep and unseen
Part of my arising soul
That find its living, so sweet,
In the most luxurious form.
What do you find most rewarding about being creative?
I admire seeing beauty everywhere. I truly believe the world is a very beautiful place if we look at it from the right angle. Being able to adore the energy, witness life flowing through me and connecting to my sacred heart gives my work depth and constant inspiration.
My reward is not the goal to achieve. I think I still go by the fact that I enjoy the process of creating art. If so, then that’s the most fluffing aspect of being an artist.
I also love to inspire others around me to be more creative, to pick up a brush and express oneself! Working with people around me really touches that part of me that could not be reached being alone in the studio. The magic or power of connection and co-inspiring, co-working is truly fulfilling, and I am happy to be surrounded by the most talented and brave people.”
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.maryiawalker.com
- Instagram: maryiawalkerartist.com
Image Credits
Regina Foster (photographer) Olga Popova (photographer)