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Find out more about Mara Gulens at: about.me/maragulens
Artwork is not for sale.
Image Description: Artist Mara Gulens, a white skinned woman with dark hair, wearing a tank top and shorts, stands behind a giant golden picture frame. She is waving at the camera and smiling. Behind her is a cement brick wall.
Title: Slow Down For April
Ink and watercolour
Image Description: Image of two barren trees with pink buds starting to grow surrounded by swirls of pink ribbons. The artist writes: “2020 is a strange year and it seems cold to share news by email. … The breast cancer is in my brain and now I am terminal… The journey has been decades long but not a cancer battle … April will continue to arrive and when it does please enjoy the cherry blossoms for me!”
Title: Yes, There Will Be Apples
Ink and watercolour
Image Description: A watercolour painting of a tree, with leaves starting to grow. The tree is in front of other trees in the background.
Title: Winter At The Cottage
Ink and watercolour
Image Description: A watercolour painting of barren trees and deep snow in the winter. There is a small path between the trees.
Title: Wonderness
Oil pastel
Image Description: A watercolour painting of beautiful fall colours, green, orange and red, painted in larger splotches. A blue sky is in the background and a path covered with leaves is between the trees.
I’ve had artistic moments, but it’s only recently that I’ve taken visual creation seriously. Photography, drawing and painting have been important components of my brain injury recovery.
