Stories

Spirit Animals

In certain spiritual traditions or cultures, spirit animal refers to a spirit which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. While I have not been an animal person so to say, I have always found animal imagery in my art. I do feel that the …

Welcome to Simcoe

It is through meditation and gratitude that art becomes. When I moved to Simcoe County, I became obsessed with the sights and scenes that mother nature would present daily. I celebrated this by taking some time daily to document what it was the caught my eye. I coupled this with my meditation practice and it …

About the Artist

Maria Kelebeev is a Moscow born Toronto-based artist and a community art facilitator. Maria creates landscapes, still lives, and portraiture in a loose contemporary impressionistic style. She is very passionate about the benefit of art creation and consumption on mental health and takes every available opportunity to bring art closer to the community. “From a …

Artist Statement

I have been creating art for the last 25 years. I turn to creating when I am looking to articulate or express a certain feeling, experience, or emotion. I am always watching and analyzing what is happening around me with a goal to collect visuals of beautiful nature, ordinary objects, and human interactions and stories …