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Experience the Artworks

See the paintings up close: their texture, depth, and intricate details revealed from every angle.

These videos offer a more intimate view of each piece, capturing the tactile surfaces, layered elements, and the play of light that bring the work to life beyond the image.

💙This Handmade Lace Changes Everything | Mixed Media Painting #botanicalart #floraart #bluepainting

My Story

I took a long path before fully understanding my need to express myself as an artist. In truth, I had always felt it somewhere inside me, but it became clear only in 2019, after moving to a Mediterranean country. There, I realized how deeply nature can heal us, and how grand and powerful it truly is.

One of my earliest memories goes back to when I was three years old. I was sitting in the grass behind our apartment building, carefully studying tiny wildflowers that had somehow found their way into the middle of the city, along with the little insects crawling along their stems, each carrying out its own mysterious purpose. And suddenly, a thought crossed my mind:
«This vast, magical world was created for me!»

Many years have passed since that moment, but that childhood discovery still feels like the most honest and important realization of my life.

I earned a Master’s degree in fashion design, later studied traditional icon painting, and spent many years searching for my artistic path, only to discover that it had always been right beside me. Through my work, I show the world through the eyes of that curious child: how extraordinary a single blade of grass, a leaf, or a flower petal can be, and how important it is today to surround ourselves with art that brings harmony, comfort, and emotional calm.

Over time, I also began to understand that nature itself is deeply poetic. It has countless emotional states: soft misty mornings, quiet golden sunsets, bright life-filled afternoons, mysterious evenings.

To express these healing, nature-inspired atmospheres, I developed my own mixed-media technique, combining textured papers created through my oil-on-water process with collage, textile elements, and hand-crocheted lace that carries the warmth and presence of human hands.

I create dreamlike botanical works, abstract butterflies, portraits of imagined half-human, half-mythical beings, and abstractions that gradually dissolve into landscapes. Yet regardless of the subject, the intention behind my work remains the same: to bring people closer to nature, closer to their own sense of belonging, and to remind them of the place where they feel most peaceful, whole, and alive.

Artist holding square sized diptych paintings on paper, abstract yellow and purple botanical art

Studio

My creative studio is a cozy, compact space spread across different corners of our home. I paint on canvas in a small bedroom nook with my easel, paint table, and daylight lamp: everything is within arm’s reach. Sketches and paper works happen at my desk in the office, while completed paintings are carefully stored in the living room.

The process of creation botanical mixed midea triptych
Mariia Raskin at work in her studio
The process of creation mixed midea portrait art on paper

Art In Interiors

I believe that every painting carries energy within it, and that energy continues to live in a space, quietly revealing itself over time. The way we feel is deeply connected to what surrounds us. By living with beautiful, harmonious, and uplifting art, we nourish those same feelings within ourselves, even through the smallest everyday moments of looking.

I create my artworks to evoke a range of positive emotions: from peaceful calm and quiet reflection to joy, vitality, and a sense of lightness. My paintings are designed to bring a feeling of cozy luxury into a home and an authentic, atmospheric presence into public spaces. They help harmonize both the interior itself and the emotional atmosphere within it.

In these curated collections, I’ve gathered interior visualizations to help you imagine how the artworks may live within a space: their scale, placement, relationship to surrounding objects, and the emotional impression they create.

Dive in and explore!

Dining area with butterflies triptych
Set of 3 Botanical Paintings On The Kitchen Wall
Bedroom Interior with botanical diptych in neutral tones
Colorful Butterfly Art On The Wall

Contact

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