Landscapes - Marie Ban

North Sea III, Bergen Aan Zee, 2023

North Sea III, Bergen Aan Zee - Marie Ban

North Sea II, Bergen Aan Zee, 2023

North Sea II, Bergen Aan Zee by Marie Ban

North Sea I, Bergen Aan Zee, 2023

The Favorite place of Mr. J.B., 2021

Turquise grove, Český Ráj, 2019

A Small Jungle, Masca, Tenerife, 2018

Turquiose Forest, Beskydy, 2018

Šútovo Stream, Small Fatra, 2017

Evening forest, Kašperské hory, 2016

My passion for landscape painting was born of need to create from time to time something quick and easy, unlike the thought-out pictures, where I work also with topics and more complex compositions. I found that I really enjoy landscape painting, and over time a number of such paintings have been created. Where I travel and walk, I always look around for some beautiful scenes in the countryside, especially in the woods. These then become inspirations for the painting, after I have somewhat forgotten what it really looks like out there, and instead unleash my imagination to let fantasy play with colours. Sometimes what manifests are wildly colored landscapes, which I call “psychedelic“ while at other times what comes out are calm and meditative scenes. With some exceptions, they are usually smaller in format than other images, and what I like best is to lock myself in a studio with them for a few days and complete them before the first brush strokes get dried. Recently I have become inspired mostly with landscapes in my native Czechia, where I live at the moment, but I started landscape painting in Andalusia, Spain, where I spent several years of my life. I also look for inspiration when travelling, so in my landscape pictures there are hints of places from different parts of the world.