Creatures of Character

Year | 2025
Medium | Ink, watercolour, or a combination of both
Number of works | 21
Sizes | A4 to A3

Creatures of Character brings together five interconnected groups of paintings, each exploring imagination, emotion, and a sense of playful unease within miniature worlds that hum just beyond our everyday awareness. Inspired by insects and miniature worlds, each work examines transformation, character, and theatricality.

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Ascent and Descent ink and watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing airborne creatures inspired by movement and transformation
Ballroom Heads ink drawing by Maria Pelton showing whimsical insect character inspired by Baroque dress

Ballroom Toes ink drawing by Maria Pelton showing whimsical insect character inspired by Baroque dress
Ballroom Bodies ink drawing by Maria Pelton showing whimsical insect character inspired by Baroque dress
Bug Amadeus watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect character with personality inspired by wonder
Bug Augustus Digby watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect character with personality inspired by wonder
Bug Calypso watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect character with personality inspired by wonder
Bug Estonia Coco watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect character with personality inspired by wonder
Bug Evangeline watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect character with personality inspired by wonder
Bug Violetta watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect character with personality inspired by wonder
Bug Vivienne watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect character with personality inspired by wonder
Playful 6 watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing colourful creature inspired by mythic cave art
Playful 2 watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing colourful creature inspired by mythic cave art
Playful 3 watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing colourful creature inspired by mythic cave art
Playful 4 watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing colourful creature inspired by mythic cave art
Playful 5 watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing colourful creature inspired by mythic cave art
Playful 6 watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing colourful creature inspired by mythic cave art
Taste 1 ink and watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect as future food inspired by environmental pressures
Taste 2 ink and watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect as future food inspired by environmental pressures
Taste 3 ink and watercolour painting by Maria Pelton showing insect as future food inspired by environmental pressures