Mary-Kate Louis
My practice moves between photography, painting, and writing. I photograph what we can see, and paint what we feel when we look. While the camera captures the visible moment, painting allows me to explore the emotional landscape that exists beneath the image.
Working with fluid colour, layered forms, and the presence of the body, my paintings explore vulnerability, identity, and the shifting ways we inhabit ourselves. Figures often emerge from or dissolve into abstract environments, reflecting the tension between physical reality and inner experience.
Alongside my visual practice, I write poetry, another way of translating feeling into form. Whether through words or paint, my work seeks to capture the atmosphere of a moment like the quiet emotional currents that linger beyond what is seen.