Original Art Piece

This piece is an abstract painting with a mix of vibrant and subdued colors, emphasizing texture and depth. The horizontal layout with a prominent central light area draws the eye, creating a focal point. The dark border provides contrast, emphasizing the glowing inner portion. The visual journey moves from the more subdued tones on the left to the warm, dynamic hues on the right, giving the piece a narrative feel. The palette ranges from deep blues and purples to bright pinks and whites, creating a sense of depth and mystery. The blend of cool and warm tones evokes both serenity and vitality, suggesting a landscape transitioning between day and night or a symbolic emotional passage. The textured application of paint is a defining feature. The layering and rough brushstrokes give the piece a tactile quality, inviting viewers to "feel" the painting visually. The texture also adds dimensionality, enhancing the abstract nature of the work. The imagery appears to suggest a dreamlike landscape—perhaps a metaphor for a journey, memory, or an emotional state. The organic shapes on the left and the rising pink tower-like form on the right hint at natural and symbolic elements. The title "Secret Places" further deepens the sense of mystery and invites introspection. Overall, this painting successfully combines abstraction with emotional depth, offering viewers an engaging experience that encourages imagination and reflection.

Maggie Romanovici was born in Romania, during the Communist dictatorship. In a closed society, there was an attraction to the arts and culture in general, as the only escape in life. Maggie showed a natural inclination towards drawing and colored pencils early on. In elementary school, teachers noticed that Maggie was very talented at drawing. Her father, also having had a penchant for painting, exerted an important influence on the artistic development of his daughter.
Maggie began to attend art school. Here, for six years, she formally learned drawing, watercolor, oil painting, and whatever else the school curriculum contained. Then she continued to hone her skills in private lessons with consecrated local painters. Her first participation in an exhibition was at age 12, with an oil painting. Others followed.
Because the Communist regime in her native Romania did not favor an artistic career, Maggie chose to teach languages. The contact with art never left her, but it was just later in her life and in Canada that Maggie returned to painting full time.
The first years are dedicated to figurative painting, but gradually Maggie discovers the freedom of expression offered by abstract painting. She has continued to take art classes on new techniques and materials to enrich and polish her way of expressing herself. Her curiosity and desire to progress remain constant.
Maggie is a member of several artists associations and is a professional member of RAAV . To date, Maggie has participated in more than 80 exhibitions and her paintings are found in Canada and Europe. She lives in Montreal.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I draw my inspiration from my many life experiences lived in different countries, trips to several others, moments in everyday life, culture and nature.
I am comfortable with oil and acrylic, but I like to dip into watercolor or ink and alcohol. I also favor the mixed media by the introduction of collages, the mixing of mediums, modelling paste, gold, silver, fabrics, etc. I favor the superposition of the color strokes with the spatula, but I also love smooth glazing effects. I produce abstract works in which the ideas, the emotions are seized by the colors and by the movements. The resulting paintings are distinguished by bright, vibrant colors, surprising textures, fluid and dynamic movements, which give a real feast to the eyes and nourish the spirit. The brushstrokes or spatula always give direction and fluidity to the creation, easy to follow by the eye.
For me, painting is very personal. By immersing myself in it, I become increasingly free and self-revealing. The resulting painting is nothing but an exchange between my inner world and the outer one.
Painting is also a journey that begins with feeling, then thought. Shape and color follow with the harmony between texture and gesture, with the subtle balance between light and shadow. I try to make the ordinary extraordinary and I use all the means to reach my goal: I brush, I drip, I sand, I scrape, so that my works present texture, depth, a weaving of colors that give them a unique signature.
As an artist, I honestly hope my artwork calls for the participation of the audience to the same extent as my involvement in it.