Art: Beautifully ethereal, surrealist paintings by artist Marie Rosen

Date
30 April 2014

Artist Marie Rosen’s brand of surrealism is a very specific one; her images seem to be sinister circumstances masquerading as hazy pastel-dominated images, delivered via the medium of delicate brushstrokes and strangely realistic-looking figures. Twins crop up a lot in the Belgian artist’s work, as do geometrically patterned carpets and tiles, rainbow-coloured horizons and legs without bodies, not to mention the odd bare mattress. If it all sounds a bit like something out of The Shining then I’m not doing justice though; the eery peculiarity here is balanced with an equal dose of sweet, in the form of marshmallow skies and a quiet, soft calm. Lovely stuff.

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Marie Rosen: Untitled

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Marie Rosen: Untitled

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Marie Rosen: Untitled

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Marie Rosen: Untitled

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Marie Rosen: Untitled

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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