ARTIST STATEMENT
“Beyond what our eyes can see there exist hidden worlds, veiled by metaphors and allusions; and it is through our imagination that we are transported through time –the past, present and future- carrying visions of people, creatures, places and objects. We also find ourselves being the eternal explorers of our inner world. My work aims to transform these very feelings and thoughts into images. For me, painting is much like traveling into a dream world, into subconscious worlds, of legends, ancient religions and myths. Contemporary surrealist mexican artist
I find fertile terrain in graphically describing these worlds and inter mixing them. One single image can have more than one meaning, and this initial meaning can bring us to another, and yet another, generating a chain reaction of unending interrelated stories. One can read these images in the same way in which one might decipher a code.
Nevertheless, my own interpretation is personal, not universal, and the last world always goes to the person who contemplates those worlds transformed into images. The conclusions, from the most basic level of materialism to the metaphysical value, both being equally valid, given the multiple meanings of the image. The observer ultimately realizes that personal perception about what is displayed is merely a reflection; hence converting the artwork into a mirror.” Contemporary surrealist mexican Artist
BIOGRAPHY
Margarita Maxson
Born in 1977 in the village of Tulancingo de Bravo, Hidalgo, Mexico; Margarita has worked designing stages, logotypes and advertisement for the Federal Government of Hidalgo State, in the departments of Tourism and Economy.
Besides, Margarita kept painting for specific clientele, especially portraits and historical themes of Mexico. The principal subjects of her paintings were villagers, farmers, prehispanic natives, Aztec & Maya Mythology and the Spanish Conquest.
She immigrated to the United States in 2006, and started exhibiting through the region. Her work has been published in The Norwich Bulletin, the New Haven newspaper The Register, the New London newspaper “The Day”, and The New York Times. In 2009 Margarita started working in doll making, and mixed media. Her work is found in collections across USA, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Chile, Argentina, France, and India.