Angelika Maertterer

This Zen Shell series is a series of very fine drawings dedicated to the aesthetics and meditative aura of sea snails and shells. It dates from 1999 to the present time.

These fine drawings are from the series Mussel Shells. They give human faces to the objects found in the sea in order to draw attention to their importance as living creatures in our oceans. The series is dated 1999-2001

These fine ink drawings belong to the series Zen Flowers, dated from 2000 to 2003. The immersion in the forms of the plant world involves a meditative process that can also be transferred to the viewer.

These very fine drawings honor the vibrancy and resilience of water-storing plants and their warm, sunny, origins, but also show a vigorous underwater plant, kelp.

Each line drawn by each little hair shows my deepest respect for the inhabitants of the ocean, the souls of the oceans. I started this series when climate change began, now it's more relevant than ever!

This series expresses my elementary wish of being surrounded by nature: sky, water and earth.

The series "Small Trees of Life" were created after a trip to Venice and a visit to the Biennale "The Milk of Dreams". The colors of Venice and the shapes of art gave rise to it. Small trees of my dreams!

This series leeds to places, were my souls feels at home, places of peace, warmth and harmony, somewhere in Italy, maybe!

This very fine, colorful ink drawing on acid-free paper combines my love of Italian architecture and nature with the natural dwellings of Mediterranean sea creatures in a surreal way.