ELEANOR PARKER FINE ART

marshes, staring up at the sky and absorbing the light to have it spill out onto the canvas and leave the viewer at peace. “I love how nobody sees art the same way,” she says. “There is no right or wrong. I love how it changes a room and how every time you look at a painting you see something different.”

Parker is a member of the Charleston Artist Guild and has shown at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) for three years. Her work can be seen online at sewe.com. “I have enjoyed being an exhibiting artist with SEWE,” she says. “I get to meet so many wonderful people at the exhibition, both artists and collectors. It is wonderful to be a part of such an important event for Charleston, where my work—and that of so many other talented artists from all over—is brought out to celebrate the beauty of nature. Living here, I have such rich inspiration all around me, from the marshes to the coast. I look forward to this event and all it brings every year.”

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COLOMBIAN-born artist

Liliana Maya began her love for painting decades ago, but it wasn’t until her three daughters were grown that she steadily turned what had so long been a hobby into a career as an international artist. “Early on in my professional journey, I studied art under an instructor in Colombia,” says the largely selftaught artist. “In those sessions, I learned the importance of using shadows and light to create movement, breakage and dimension in my artwork.”

Now, she paints from her home studio in Summerville, South Carolina, where she creates pieces that are incredibly colorful and expressive—almost whimsical in their composition.

“My style is free-flowing,” notes Maya, whose work is filled with thick brushstrokes and paint splatters rather than precise technique “I like to take the beauty of nature and create an abstract image that is based on boundless, fluid and layered brushstrokes guided by my imagination. I feel so connected to nature. The landscapes I observe imprint in my head, and I simply reflect it through art.”

That interpretation—or, as she calls it, a reflection—is her signature, as are the layering and textures in her paintings. “I have always expressed myself through art, as that is when I feel the freest,” she says. “Paintbrushes are the wings that give me the freedom to express my thoughts and emotions, and because of that, there is a lot of spirit and depth behind each piece.”