Catalogue

Works

Paintings, drawings and editions. Every original is one of a kind and made by hand; prices are in Canadian dollars.

79 works · 39 available

Series I19 works

Golden Guardians

Tigers, a lion, horses, an owl, a fox: Marisa paints her animals with patient realism, hair by hair, often over a poured acrylic ground, then cuts through them with gold or copper leaf. The same hand also lingers on a verdigris lion statue, a ruined nave full of light and red lips biting a diamond.

Painting of a white tiger walking toward the viewer on a black ground under a grey full moon, with sweeps of gold leaf at left and lower right.

KaiZen

2019≈ 36 × 36 in

Available$4,400

Large horizontal painting of a white horse galloping through pink mist, surrounded by swirls of midnight blue, violet and ochre picked out with gold leaf.

White Pony

201830 × 48 in

Available$4,800

Leo

2018≈ 20 × 20 in

Available$1,700

Through Struggle

2024≈ 16 × 20 in

Available$1,500

Copper Moon Fox

202112 × 9 in

Available$925

Nearly monochrome painting of a black horse, head lowered and mane flying, on a silver-grey ground.

Black Beauty

202114 × 11 in

Available$925

Painting of a white and grey owl seen head-on, with cobalt-blue eyes, on a poured ground of blue and white swirls.

Shades of Cool

201814 × 11 in

Available$925

Painting of an abandoned Gothic church interior, golden light from tall windows falling on debris and the central aisle between dark walls.

Light in the Ruins

2018≈ 24 × 30 in

Soldvalue $2,800

Painting of a woman wearing a grey wolf’s head and a red rose, above a cow skull, inside a painted white baroque frame on a black ground.

Yellow Eyes

2018≈ 30 × 24 in

Available$2,700

Two states of the same horizontal canvas: glossy red lips biting a diamond, first on a pastel rainbow ground, then on a cream ground edged with gold leaf.

Lush

2014≈ 24 × 48 in

Private collectionvalue $5,400

Verdigris Lion

2018≈ 36 × 24 in

Available$2,700

Painting of a small grey and white owl with large, shining midnight-blue eyes, on a pale wood panel.

Zeus

2018≈ 16 × 12 in

Artist’s collection

Painting of a glowing pink jellyfish on a dark ground, surrounded by other blue and violet jellyfish.

Luminous Drift

201816 × 20 in

Available$1,250

Painting of a small green and peach parrot perched on an orange pumpkin, on a pale wood panel.

Lovebird on a Pumpkin

2018≈ 10 × 8 in

Available$675

Painting of two white doves with outspread wings around a gold emblem, on a pale turquoise ground.

Doves and the Double C

2021≈ 20 × 16 in

Private collection

Painting of a white winged horse held by a helmeted figure in red drapery, with a man holding a sword behind, under an orange sky.

Pegasus, Study

2018≈ 18 × 24 in

Artist’s collection · not available

Very large horizontal canvas: Catwoman’s masked face in blues and blacks, red lips, against grey clouds.

Catwoman in Blue

c. 2015≈ 30 × 60 in

Available$9,900

Vertical painting of a figure with a huge sword in mist before an industrial tower, in blues and greens; a second view shows it glowing in the dark.

Beneath the Reactor

2021≈ 36 × 24 in

Private collection

Painting of a curly-haired guitarist playing a red guitar before a background of orange and yellow flames.

Fire Solo

2018≈ 20 × 16 in

Artist’s collection

Series II5 works

Ensō & Moons

The ensō, the Zen circle drawn in a single gesture, keeps returning in her work in gold or copper leaf: around a crow, a raven, a charcoal face. Full moons, crescents and a mandala carry the circle further, somewhere between meditation and night.

Painting of a blue-black crow perched on a rock at the centre of a large ensō circle in torn gold leaf, over a poured grey, ivory and pale pink ground.

Ensō Circle + Crow

201830 × 30 in

Available$3,200

Small square painting of a black raven on a misty grey ground, surrounded by a broken ring of gold leaf.

Raven in a Golden Circle

201912 × 12 in

Available$1,050

Charcoal drawing of a young dark-haired woman with one hand on her head, before a pale moon, circled by broad sweeps of copper leaf, in a black frame.

Copper Moon

202024 × 18 in

Sold

Circle of Life

201812 × 24 in

Available$1,750

Small dark violet canvas with a gold-leaf triangle holding a blue-grey full moon.

Full Moon in the Golden Triangle

202110 × 8 in

Available$350

Series III26 works

Charcoal & Drawing

Charcoal, dip-pen ink, coloured pencil, pastel: her drawings rest on the same close observation as her canvases. Crows keeping watch on a fence, a raven hatched stroke by stroke, a woman and her bird in the wind.

Sentinels on the Fence

2019≈ 18 × 24 in

Soldvalue $1,050

Black ink drawing of a raven perched on a branch, built entirely from fine hatching, on white paper.

Raven at Rest

2018≈ 11 × 14 in

Available$675

Feathers in the Wind

2018≈ 11 × 14 in

Available$750

Extreme close-up pastel drawing of white shells outlined in red, on a black ground.

Gooseneck Barnacles

Undated≈ 19 × 25 in

Available$1,000

Black ink drawing of a rearing horse statue rendered in flat shadow shapes on white paper.

Stallion in Shadow

2018≈ 14 × 11 in

Available$400

Coloured-pencil drawing of a woman with closed eyes and a hand on her face, surrounded by red roses.

Rose Reverie

2018≈ 14 × 11 in

Available$650

Drawing of a dark-haired woman seen from behind, her back tattooed with lettering and a rose, red lips, surrounded by black and red spatter.

Kat Von D

2018≈ 24 × 18 in

Sold

Close-up charcoal drawing of the Joker’s painted face in black, white and grey, on a black ground.

Why So Serious?

2018≈ 24 × 18 in

Sold

Black and grey close-up drawing of a blonde woman wearing a shoulder piece of metallic scales.

Christina (Portrait Study)

2018≈ 14 × 11 in

Sold

Freddy Krueger

2019≈ 18 × 12 in

Sold

Charcoal drawing in a spiral sketchbook: a dark-haired woman with blue eyes and red lips, in black leather, holding a pistol.

Selene, Charcoal Study

c. 2015≈ 11 × 14 in

Sold

Drawing on black paper of a shirtless man with open arms before huge orange and red crow wings.

Spread Wings

2019≈ 12 × 16 in

Artist’s collection

Charcoal drawing of a pirate in bandana and hat, sidelong gaze, braided beard and dreadlocks.

Pirate Portrait

2009≈ 17 × 14 in

Sold

Drawing on black paper of two hands with an eye in each palm, one chained, surrounded by blue and white flames.

Eyes Open, Eyes Closed

Undated≈ 20 × 16 in

Artist’s collection · not available

Coloured-pencil drawing of a red-winged demon embracing a white-winged angel, on a cream ground.

Intertwined

Undated≈ 14 × 11 in

Artist’s collection · not available

Drawing of a turquoise and blue water splash on a black background, scattered with white droplets.

Night Splash

Undated≈ 11 × 14 in

Available$675

Drawing of three long-haired women's faces, one with black tears, one cracked, one with white eyes, beneath black arabesques dripping red.

Dark Trinity

Undated≈ 22 × 30 in

Soldvalue $1,550

Drawing of an upright bird-of-prey skeleton whose bony wings end in black feathers, on a cloudy sepia ground.

Bones and Feathers

Undated≈ 22 × 15 in

Soldvalue $875

Graphite portrait in a spiral sketchbook: a three-quarter face with dark-lined eyes framed by spiky black hair.

Sidelong Gaze, Sketchbook Study

Undated≈ 14 × 11 in

Sold

Ink drawing of a long vaulted Gothic cloister, with a punk young man in the foreground and a young woman seated in the distance.

The Cloister

Undated≈ 12 × 16 in

On request

Blue pastel drawing: black silhouettes of crows in flight and of a crow on its nest among bare branches.

Nest at Dusk

Undated≈ 11 × 14 in

Available$675

Coloured-pencil drawing of a blue water splash and droplets on a blue-grey background.

Blue Splash

Undated≈ 11 × 12 in

Available$650

Coloured-pencil drawing of an eye with a green and amber iris and long black lashes.

Green Eye, Study

Undated≈ 9 × 12 in

Available$400

Abstract black-ink drawing: an upright form bristling with thorns and interlaced filaments.

Ink Thorns

Undated≈ 14 × 9 in

Available$400

Abstract black-ink drawing: a large ring of interlaced thorns, hooks and tendrils around a white centre.

Circle of Thorns

Undated≈ 17 × 14 in

Available$500

Portrait of a Young Man

Undated≈ 14 × 11 in

Sold

Series IV7 works

Abstracts

Here the material does the painting: acrylic pours where metallic gold and copper trace coastlines and galaxies, and round textured canvases in matte black crossed by gold leaf. A practice of experimenting “with techniques and colors”, as she put it.

Abstract pour of midnight-blue and black currents veined with gold and copper, dotted with white specks.

Electric Universe

2018≈ 20 × 16 in

Available$675

Horizontal abstract: a blush-peach ground shading into midnight blue, crossed by lacy metallic gold.

Gold Eclipse

2018≈ 16 × 20 in

Soldvalue $575

Two round, textured black canvases side by side; the smaller one is crossed by a band of gold leaf.

Two Eclipses

2024≈ Ø 20 and 16 in

Available$1,250

Abstract pour in bands of black, gold and violet, crossed by lacy white crests.

Midnight Gold

2018≈ 24 × 20 in

Available$775

Vertical detail of a pour in gold, amber and black melting into pale pink.

Amber Tide

2019≈ 22 × 12 in

Artist’s collection · not available

Two small abstract pours marbled in black, gold and cream white.

Twin Gold Tides

2018≈ 2 canvases, 10 × 8 in each

Artist’s collection · not available

Small abstract painting of red, black, yellow and white horizontal stripes, broken by a diagonal zigzag that shifts them like a folded ribbon.

Lightning in Stripes

Undated≈ 10 × 12 in

Available$650

Series V3 works

Editions

Hand-pulled silkscreens in small editions signed by the artist. Each colour goes through the screen in a separate pass, so no two impressions are quite alike.