1. Maris Salmins Maris Salmins Currently Mariss art is being shown at... Antiques On 8 5455 W. Sam Houston N. Houston, TX 77041 Maris may be reached at 713-984-0278 www.marissalminsgallery.com Or inquiry@marissalminsgallery.com

2. Maris Salmins Artist Statement Bio As I begin one of my new plein air Maris belonged to Zemudene, a group of young artists in the 1970's who were paintings, I get excited about the trained on a regular basis for five years composition and colors before me. As I by well known Latvian artist Biruta Delle. The group was written about in continue painting, there is an indescribable detail in Art of the Baltics: The Struggle thrill concerning the formation and compo- for Freedom of Artistic Expression Under the Soviets, 1945-1991 by Allan sition in the colors and light. I begin a Rosenfeld journey, an adventure, to find treasures, His formal drawing courses were at the hidden treasures; how shadows form a Art Institute of Latvia. complexity of color, and shape, and how His work has been exhibited in Europe in lines are formed with the illumination of such places as the Museum of Biology and Natural Sciences, The Theater light. Days later when the painting is com- Museum, the O. Vacietis Poet's Museum, the Open Air Exhibitions at Arkadia Park, pleted, I can see how my paintings have and the Cesis History Museum, Bikur similarities in color, but each has its own Holim Hospital, Ark Clinic, and City Hotel Bruninieks. inner mood. Two different paintings painted at dusk promote absolutely differ- His work is now emerging onto the walls of America. Maris was juried into the ent structure. A minute difference in light Abernathy Art Center Exposition in At- lanta and was chosen as an Electronic changes the color and even the shape of Cottage's Artist of the month. what I see and convey to my canvas.