About Vinka Maras

I am a Croatian abstract and surrealist artist creating under the name vMaras Art.

My work is rooted in emotion, memory, transformation, and the inner landscapes we often carry quietly. I am drawn to colour, contrast, texture, movement, and symbolism — especially the tension between light and darkness, softness and strength, chaos and harmony.

Art has been part of me for as long as I can remember. It has always been my way of translating what words cannot fully express. Over the years, painting became more than creativity; it became a language for grief, love, identity, resilience, and becoming.

After experiencing deep personal loss, I returned to art with a different kind of honesty. My paintings are not created only to be decorative. They are emotional pieces — fragments of memory, feeling, and imagination made visible. Some are gentle and dreamlike. Some are intense and dark. Some are colourful, strange, symbolic, or almost otherworldly. All of them come from a real place.

 

Artist Statement

My art explores the emotional spaces between what is seen and what is felt.

I am especially inspired by the unseen inner worlds people live with: longing, love, loneliness, hope, survival, freedom, and the search for meaning. I often work intuitively, allowing colour, texture, and form to lead the way until the piece begins to reveal its own story.

There is often duality in my work — light and shadow, softness and intensity, beauty and pain, calm and chaos. I am interested in the way these opposites can exist together, just as they do in life.

Through abstract and surrealist expression, I create pieces that invite people to pause, feel something, and connect with their own inner world. I believe art should carry energy. It should have presence. It should mean something.

 

My Work

Each original painting is one of a kind.

I work with acrylic and mixed media, often building pieces through layers, movement, colour, and emotional instinct. Some works begin with a clear feeling or memory. Others develop slowly and reveal themselves through the process.

Selected works are also available as fine art prints, allowing collectors to bring a piece of the vMaras Art world into their home in a more accessible way.

My goal is to create art that feels alive — pieces that hold emotion, atmosphere, and personal meaning.

 

Collecting vMaras Art

Original paintings and selected fine art prints are available to collect directly through this website. Prices are shown where available. For larger works, commissions, special requests, or international shipping, please get in touch.

I occasionally create experimental pieces inspired by colour palettes, emotions, places, or personal stories. Join my collector list for early access to new originals, limited prints, and special studio releases.

 

Thank You

Thank you for being here and for taking the time to enter my world.

Every painting carries a part of a story. My hope is that the right piece finds the right person — someone who sees something in it, feels something from it, and gives it a meaningful place to live.

— Vinka Maras

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