Marie Mohanna’s illustrates lifeless landscapes that have an uneasy feeling to them, creating geometric worlds that are colorful yet obscure. “I like mystery, bizarre and eerie things,” she explained in an interview with wertn. “In most of my works, there’s no one in the scene. I try to create an ambiance with the color palette, the elements, and the composition.”
“The whole thing creates a strange scenery where the viewer is free to imagine everything they want to in it. For me, suggesting is stronger than showing, and that’s how I try to work.” Indeed, her illustrations’ composition and overall ambiance are strange, calling to mind blank comic strips, waiting to be filled.
“When I started, I didn’t have preconceptions or rules,” she said. “I didn’t have a trained eye, and no idea of what I wanted to become. There was so much to discover. I started to work in black and white because it was easier, I wasn’t very interested in details. But then, I started to use bright colors and never stopped since. My work got more realistic, more detailed and more finished. Now I think I’ve found my way of working and my style has become stable.”
Take a look at some of her creations.
