About Maëlle

Born to two explorer parents (a French father and a Colombian mother) I had lived in three countries before I'd lost my baby teeth. Growing up I was always asking about everything and I guess I never really stopped. By the end of high school I had notebooks filled with questions I had asked the people in my community and all their handwritten replies. I had answers about the meaning of life, our perceptions of death, space, and everything in between. I was born a wandered in wonder.As life happened, disillusionment and mental health issues stalled my creative process for chapters of my life. However, I have never been able to stay away from my desire to connect and create for too long, and there is always a bid for color and tenderness in the making.Today, I'm in my 40's. I paint, illustrate, and write. Still part dreamer, now part archaeologist of community -- forever digging through the chaos and moments of connection to make sense of it all and understand what keeps us human. I'm a lover and a fighter -- I like to face life head on, not shying away from the things that make it hard, so that my work can reflect hope and beauty from a place of courage and authenticity. Still asking questions, but this time using the answers to create a path of hope that is resistant to the hard truths of the world, a path made of paint, tenderness, and lessons learned.I live tucked away in a magic artsy hut in the mountains of Southern Spain with my two cats co-creating with fellow cosmic beings.