Marie Veronica Expert: Where Art Meets Grace

A France-based artist takes inspiration from the Renaissance

In the soft light of Mozambique in 1997, Marie met the woman who would forever change the way she saw the world. A retired Russian teacher, once a professor at the prestigious St. Petersburg Imperial Art Academy, became her mentor, guiding her into the sacred realm of painting. Under her quiet, watchful eye, Marie learned not just how to paint, but how to see.

Their lessons were intimate and profound. Within those quiet hours of instruction, the professor revealed the secrets of Renaissance art: the delicate balance between shadow and light, the poetry of color, and the dialogue between emotion and form. Yet she also taught Marie something far deeper: how to carry herself as an artist. She showed her how to speak through her art, how to communicate with clients, to value her work, and to articulate the soul behind every creation.

Marie’s earliest artistic memories are bathed in awe—the frescoes she once gazed upon on church ceilings, their celestial figures whispering stories of faith, power, and grace. It was there that her love for Renaissance art was born. To this day, her favorite master, Peter Paul Rubens, continues to inspire her—the sensuality of his color, the strength of his figures, the vitality of his spirit.

Working with oil, acrylic, and dry pastel, Marie paints as if she is conversing with her own memories. Her creative process is a dance between inspiration and experimentation—a spark of emotion that slowly unfolds into form and color.

Much of her art celebrates women. In her canvases, they rise strong and luminous symbols of resilience, beauty, and creation. “To me, women are the source of life,” Marie reflects. “Through my art, I want to show that women are strong, beautiful, and the ones who give us light.”

Yet Marie’s world of expression extends beyond the studio. A lover of movement and open skies, she finds balance and focus through sport particularly golf. In 2024, she participated in the 10th edition of the BMW Golf Cup Morocco qualifier at Al Houara Golf Club in Tangier, an event where passion and precision meet. The winners will go on to represent Morocco at the world finals in Bangkok, Thailand—a celebration of excellence much like the artistry she brings to her canvases.

For Marie, art and sport are kindred forms of grace each requiring rhythm, patience, and the courage to begin again with every stroke. Whether on canvas or on the fairway, she moves with intention, turning each gesture into an act of quiet mastery.

Her art does not simply exist; it breathes, it remembers, and it radiates the beauty of a life fully lived in color, in motion, and in meaning.