Maria Billings, Artist email: atelier.aurel@gmail.com
USA: 650.269-2578 or: 530.692-9012
Abstracts
If you are curious, here is a blog post: How to Gallery-Wrap Textile Paintings.
Abstract art includes an openness of interpretation. Your view of the work and your experience complete it.
My abstracts are original paintings on silk or cotton, then stitched by hand or machine to add tactile values and textures that your hands will love to touch.
Abstract textile paintings are usually gallery-wrapped on wooden stretchers, ready to hang. Occasionally, they are tapestry-style wall hangings. This is indicated in the title description.
If you wish a piece in a different size, please contact me at atelier.aurel@gmail.com or call one of the numbers above.
XOXO - This art cloth is 68 x 37 inches (or 173 x 94 cm). It participates in the Art Cloth Network (ACN) juried exhibition "Blurred Boundaries" 2025 - 2027.
XO - This art cloth is 37 x 12 inches (or 94 x 30 cm). It is also inspired by the Blurred Boundaries theme. Available now $444.
Four Seasons - 4 Tapestry-style wall hangings, hanging in the Rancho Cardova city hall and outdoors, H 138" x W 171" (or 350 x 435 cm), $30,000.00
Spirals - Cotton, hand-stitched, 34" or 86 cm square, $2,300
Seeking Clarity - Tapestry-style wall hanging 48" x 32" (or 122 x 81 cm), $3,000.00
The Age of Gold: Green-Gold - Silk painting 36" x 26" (or 91 x 66 cm), $1,800.00
The Age of Gold: Yellow-Gold - Silk painting 36" x 26" (or 91 x 66 cm), $1,800.00
The Age of Gold: Red-Gold - Silk painting 36" x 26" (or 91 x 66 cm), $1,800.00
Reflection 01
Silk painting, contemporary embroidery
10" x 14" (or 25 x 35 cm)
$280.00
Reflections 02
Textile painting on cotton, contemporary embroidery
11" x 15" (or 28 x 38 cm)
$330.00
Reflections 03 in red
Silk painting, contemporary embroidery
11" x 15" (or 28 x 38 cm)
$330.00
Reflections 04 inspired by fractals
Silk painting, contemporary embroidery
11" x 15" (or 28 x 38 cm)
$330.00
Reflections 05 or "Meeting of the Primaries"
Silk painting, 15" x 11" (or 38 x 28 cm)
$330.00
Swirling Reflections 06
Silk painting. 8" x 12" (or 20 x 30 cm)
$190.00
Reflections 07 in "Living Coral"
Silk painting, stitched with hand-dyed yarn
16" x 12" (or 40 x 30 cm)
$380.00
Reflections 08 in "Living Coral"
Silk painting, stitched with hand-spun yarn
16" x 12" (or 40 x 30 cm)
$380.00
Reflections 09
Silk painting with hand-spun silk yarn
12" x 16" (or 30 x 40 cm)
$380.00
Organic Reflections 10
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40 cm)
$380.00
Reflections 11 inspired by nature
Textile painting on cotton with hand-dyed yarns
14" x 14" (or 35 x 35 cm)
$380.00
Reflections 12 in red and gold
Textile painting on cotton with gold pigment
14" x 14" (or 35 x 35 cm)
$380.00
Reflections 13 in blue and gold
Textile painting on cotton with gold pigment
14" x 14" (or 35 x 35 cm)
- SOLD
Reflections 14
Textile painting on cotton, stitched with hand-spun silk 13" x 13" (or 33 x 33 cm)
$330.00
Earth or Reflections 15
Textile painting on cotton, hand-stitched with various yarns, 13" x 13" (or 33 x 33 cm)
$330.00
Reflections 16
Textile painting on cotton, 13" x 13" (or 33 x 33 cm)
$330.00
Pink Reflections 17
Textile painting in cotton, stitched with hand-spun silk
13" x 13" (or 33 x 33 cm)
$330.00
Rainbow Reflections 18
Silk painting, stitched with hand-dyed threads
16" x 12" (or 40 x 30 cm)
$380.00
Water Reflections 19
Silk painting, stitched with white silk threads
16" x 12" (or 40 x 30 cm)
$380.00
Shining Reflections 20
Silk painting, stitched with gold thread
16" x 12" (or 40 x 30 cm)
$380.00
Cosmic Reflections 21
Silk painting, hand-stitched with hand-dyed yarns
12" x 16" (or 30 x 40 cm)
$380.00
Reflections 22 in light and dark
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40 cm)
$380.00
Reflections 23 in green
Textile painting on cotton, 15" x 11" (or 38 x 28 cm)
$330.00
Reflections 24 inspired by nature
Textile painting on cotton, 15" x 11" (or 38 x 28 cm)
$330.00
Asian Water Reflections 25
Silk painting, 16" x 11" (or 40 x 28 cm)
$350.00
Reflections 26 in blue
Silk painting, 8" x 11" (or 20 x 28 cm)
$170.00
Impressionistic Reflections 27
Silk painting, 23" x 23" (or 58 x 58 cm)
- SOLD
Impressionistic Reflections 28
Silk painting, 23" x 23" (or 58 x 58 cm)
$990.00
Reflections 29 in clouds
Silk painting, 11" x 11" (or 28 x 28 cm)
$240.00
Reflections 30 in Blue
Silk painting, 11" x 11" (or 28 x 28 cm)
$240.00
Celestial Reflections 31
Silk painting, 16" x 12" (or 40 x 30cm)
$380.00
The abstract silk painting invites you to reflect. The colors swirl. What do you see in this?
Reflections 32
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
The abstract silk painting invites you to reflect. The colors swirl. What do you see in this?
Reflections 33
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
The abstract silk painting invites you to reflect. Is it a "Midsummer Nights Dream"?
Or simply Reflections 34?
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
Special offer if you buy these three (35, 36 and 37) together as a triptych: $300.00
Reflection 35, silk painting, 8" x 8" (or 20 x 20 cm), $120.00
Reflection 36, silk painting, 8" x 8" (or 20 x 20 cm), $120.00
Reflection 37, silk painting, 8" x 8" (or 20 x 20 cm), $120.00
This group of textile paintings (see below 38 - 41) is inspired by science and technology, more precisely by the spiraling nature of genomes in DNA. Here they enhance a narrow hallway.
Set of two abstracts on mauve silk: (38 and 39), $600.00
Set of two abstracts on silk: (41 and 40), $600.00
Reflections 38, inspired by the science: genomes
Silk painting, 9" x 20" (or 30 x 40cm)
$350.00
Reflections 39, inspired by science: genomes
Silk painting, 9" x 20" (or 30 x 40cm)
$350.00
Reflections 40, inspired by science: DNA
Silk painting, 9" x 20" (or 30 x 40cm)
$350.00
Reflections 41, inspired by science: DNA
Silk painting and mixed media fiber art, 9" x 20" (or 30 x 40cm)
$350.00
Reflections 42, inspired by nature
Silk painting, 16" x 12" (or 40 x 30cm)
$380.00
Reflections 43, in red inspired by fractals
Silk painting, 16" x 12" (or 40 x 30cm)
$380.00
Reflections 44, in red
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
Reflections 45, in gold and blue
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
Reflections 46, inspiration in orange
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
Reflections 47, inspired by fractals and bubbles
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
Reflections 48, an abstraction of nature
Silk painting, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
Reflections 49 inspired by galaxies
Silk painting and mixed media, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
Reflections 50 inspired by galaxies
Silk painting and mixed media, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
Reflections 51 inspired by the universe
Silk painting and mixed media, 12" x 16" (or 30 x 40cm)
$380.00
"Brilliance" or Reflections 52
Silk painting, 11" x 11" (or 28 x 28cm)
$240.00
Framed Reflections 53
Reflections of primary colors and organic forms, painted on natural cotton with a 3/4’ (or 2cm) with wooden frame;
Textile painting: 12” x 9.5” or 30 cm x 24cm;
Total size: 17 1/4” x 13 1/4” or 44 cm x 34 cm
$300.00
"Green-Gold Heart" or Reflections 54
With gold threads overflowing for about 10" or 25cm
Silk painting 11” x 17” or 28 cm x 43 cm
$370.00
Framed Reflections 55 is inspired by different kinds of flows.
Silk painting: 8.5” x 11.5” or 22 cm x 29 cm;
Heavy golden wood frame of 3” or 7.5 cm;
Total size: 17.25” x 21.25” or 44 cm x 54 cm
$310.00
In this video, I'm demonstrating spinning very textural silk yarn for the paintings on silk.
Thanks to Aniuta in the Camelot Gallery for recording it.