Stephanie Maria Collection

Stephanie Maria:

Part allegory and part portraiture, these paintings speak of the masks we wear to claim our identity. Just like a portrait from the eighteenth century, these platters represent an idealized life. Porcelain china with delicate floral patterns are a metaphor and the desire for a pretty life of happy families, lovely home decor and Holiday meals on heirloom dinnerware.
As a second generation Mexican American I question my own identity and long for a connection to a culture that seems lost to me. For my family, who assimilated with pride, the ultimate goal was to be as American as possible. I am looking behind the bone-white china and expressing what's lost, broken or something closer to my personal reality and my ancestors’ history.

Beyond this personal meaning, I am also expressing loss of an environment where oceans had an abundance of sea-life and global warming was inconceivable, but even amidst our precarious world there is great beauty and love.

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Cake Out In The Rain, acrylic on board, 60" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Stitches, acrylic on board, 72" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Mother Ship Of Love And Hate, acrylic on board, 60" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Tatters, acrylic on board, 48" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Corona, acrylic on board and vintage porcelain plate, 16" x 24", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Water View, acrylic on vintage porcelain plate, 10" diameter, Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Souvenir Beach, acrylic on board, 60" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Sun Sets on Porcelain Charger, acrylic on board, 60" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Wild Atlantic Porcelain, house paint on board, 72" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Once You're a Plate You Can Never Go Back, house paint on board, 60" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942. 

Arrival, acrylic on board, 32" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Pink Horizons, acrylic on board, 36 x 60", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Silver Lining, acrylic on board, 42" x 72", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

The Future Is Bright, acrylic on board, 60" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Princess Corazon, acrylic on board, 46" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Agape, acrylic on board, 47" x 35", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Piece of My Heart, house paint on board, 72" x 42", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Heirloom, house paint on board, 44" x 33.5", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Faces of the Moon, house paint on board, 48" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

School Lunch, Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 11.5" diameter, 1" depth, Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Willful Bliss, Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 6.5" diameter, Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Specials Of The Day, Acrylic on Vintage Porcelain, 16" x12", 2" height, Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Jordan's Flight, acrylic on board, triptych, 72" x 54", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Evangelist, acrylic on board, 60" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Patriot, acrylic on board, 60" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Effigy, acrylic on board, triptych, 72" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Librada's Rosary, acrylic on board, triptych, 54" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

 Night Walker, acrylic on board, triptych, 72" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Curandera, acrylic on board, triptych, 72" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Thin Ice, acrylic on board, triptych, 72" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

The Crossing, acrylic on board, triptych, 48" x 108", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

El Presidente, acrylic on board, 60" x 36", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

First Pitch, acrylic on board, 72" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Lucky, acrylic on board, 48" x 60", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Young Americans, acrylic on board, triptych, 48" x 72", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942.

Jacket and Trench Coat, acrylic on board, diptych, 48" x 72", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942

Dinner Guest, acrylic on board, 48" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942

The Hunt, acrylic on board, 48" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942

Regalia, acrylic on board, 36" x 48", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942

Brown Bubble, acrylic on board, 30" x 96", Call for pricing: 508-655-1942