Vozniak Art
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NOW ON THE ISLAND

Painter • watercolour and oil • Tenerife

María
Vozniak

paints the light

Moments
of the day

The light changes. Tenerife inspires.
Every moment has its colour.

The first golden light over the beach and the rocks of southern Tenerife
06:50

Dawn

the first light on the basalt

Colour palette
The turquoise Atlantic between volcanic rocks at midday
12:00

Midday

full blue, short shadows

Colour palette
The low sun setting the beach pebbles alight in the golden hour
18:10

Golden Hour

the air catches fire

Colour palette
A sunset of pink and orange ash over the bay
20:40

Sunset

pink ash over the island

Colour palette

Every moment, its light. Every light, its colour. Tenerife, in its full palette.

Every piece, in its own hour

A selection of recent work. Each piece opens its own sheet: medium, series and the story behind the image.

María painting a watercolour of the cliffs from the bow of a boat, palette in hand
Painting from life

Light is painted where it is

I often paint outside the studio: on the coast, in the mountains or out at sea. A sketch from life keeps the light of that moment; back in the studio it becomes a finished piece.

  1. Looking
  2. Study
  3. The piece
More sketches on Instagram →
María Vozniak holding one of her seascapes on the studio terrace, with the coast of Tenerife behind her
The artist

From Ukraine to Tenerife. Here I found a new way of looking.

I moved from Ukraine to Tenerife with my family. Here I found a new relationship with light, colour and landscape. The island changed the way I see and, little by little, the way I create as well.

I paint mainly in watercolour and oil. I also make digital illustrations and paint murals. Each medium lets me explore a different way of telling stories through colour and image.

I paint to hold the light, the movement and the calm of the places that inspire me.

My practice

Watercolour and oil are at the centre of my work. I also explore digital illustration and murals, taking my ideas from paper into all kinds of spaces.

I work in series: the Atlantic, the light of the island, the island on canvas and my Ukrainian roots. I also cut linocuts and print them by hand.

See my work →
María smiling with her watercolour palette and open sketchbook, painting outdoors by the sea
Watercolour · Oil · Printmaking · Illustration · Murals

From paper to canvas,from canvas to the wall.

Murals · large-scale work

The same hand,
another scale

A selection of murals painted indoors and on walls around the island.

A mural of laurel forest painted by María on a stone wall, out in the street
A path through the laurel forest, in the hills of Anaga
ANAGA · THE PLACE
The same forest ANAGA · THE PLACE
María hand-painting a gold floral mural on a green wall indoors
Indoorsgold flowers painted by hand on a green wall
Three murals by María on an outside wall, seen from the street
Outdoorsfaçades and walls — the island as a gallery
01
Sketch of the mural on the wall

Sketch

The idea is first drawn over a photo of the wall.

02
First layers of colour on the mural

First layers

Colour built up in layers — the same language, at another scale.

03
The finished mural

Finished

Final details and a protective coat.

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