Mara G. Szyp

“The only time I feel alive is when I am painting” Vincent Van Gogh

Her story

Mara was born in 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At a very young age she showed aptitude and interest for the arts in general.

Through her young adult years, she always dreamed to travel and so she did. She focused in discovering Argentina first and then she traveled to Spain and around America. She lived in Los Angeles for some years and then she made her way to Victoria, BC Canada, where she made this beautiful island her home. 

A life after cancer

Mara is a cancer survivor.  She has had to overcome many obstacles and as she struggled with those obstacles, she found art to be the only medium to be able to express what she was feeling.   

Today Mara is an independent, creative, accomplished and unique artist, that looks beyond the confines of four walls for her inspiration. You can see this in some of her art works where she utilizes the sea, female forms, animals and eyes as some of the tools to describe a feeling.  

The birth of her art

She goes from sketching/doodling when she can't sleep, painting with acrylics & oils, she has done some photography as well as sculpture, she writes short stories and poems. She is always open to try new and different art forms. Mara has illustrated two children's books; she has been featured in Here! Magazine, Voice of Eve, The Heroine's Journey, October Hill Magazine NY, shows/exhibitions for Coast Collective Art Gallery, Archipelago Art Gallery, Pacific Arts Market, Hive solo show, Heron Rock Bistro, and more.

 She puts all of herself in each art piece she births. She is a very sensitive artist and her senses are always open to perceive the world around her and that's something you can see through her art.