PROFUSION | Recent paintings by Maria Bell-Salter

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"This is gentle yet exuberant art, with colours that sing and that would bring a sense of summer to the viewer on even the coldest day. There is definitely a hint of the French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists here, combined with a 21st-century sensibility that tells us that these images are very much of our own moment." Frances Follin, Cassone Magazine.

Maria Bell-Salter is a London based artist. She paints in oils on canvas or linen with the spirit of plein-air painting at the heart of her work. Self-taught as an artist, she has an MA in French and an MA in the history of Art with a focus on the French Impressionists. It was this path that led her to turn to painting and develop her own style, inspired by a desire to convey the beauty, light and positivity in nature. She has painted professionally since the mid 1990’s, exhibiting in the United States then moving her studio to Paris, showing with galleries on the prestigious Rue de Seine and Avenue Matignon before returning to her English roots.

Maria’s exuberant paintings of landscapes and herbaceous borders feature in numerous private collections in the UK and internationally, including the United States, France and the Far East. Commissions also form a large part of her practice.