Stones Unturned

Medium: Single colour lithograph.
Paper size: 57 x 46 cm
Edition size: 20

Maria Marais is an artist who lives and works in Mbombela, Mpumalanga. Born in Eswatini to Portuguese parents, her family relocated to the Lowveld in 1965.

Stones Unturned

"This is a small selection of stones my husband would bring home with him from his work travels across the world. On his return, he would choose which side to display, and on the reverse, would write the Country Code from which they were carefully chosen. They spoke to him, he would say. 

It was also a silent tribute to his father before him, who was a Geologist and taught him of the miracle that is the earth we live upon." Maria Marais, 2026

Most of Marais's career has been working in architecture, alongside which she has participated in several exhibitions and art-related workshops.