Prints available · commissions open · Copenhagen · travels extensively

Maren Holt

Paintings made from direct observation — light on water, the geometry of southern towns, the particular silence of a harbour at midday.

Bodies of work

4 series
Ports & Harbours — La Rue Du Soleil Port Vendres
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Ports & Harbours

2023 — 2025 · 10 works

Painted from the quaysides of the French coast — boats at rest, the colour of water against stone, the vertical clutter of harbour towns seen from the sea wall.

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Hill Towns — A Hill Town in Southern France
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Hill Towns

2023 — 2026 · 10 works

Compressed perspectives of southern villages — slate roofs, bell towers and stacked façades, painted in the flat heat of the early afternoon.

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The High Country — Mont Alba
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The High Country

2023 — 2025 · 8 works

The dry interior above the coast: farms, rock and mountain roads, where the light hardens and the palette turns to ochre and iron.

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Early Work — Orvieto Cathedral
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Early Work

1988 — 1989 · 2 works

Student paintings and first travels — kept as a record of where the looking began.

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Contact

Enquiries & commissions

For sales, commissions or exhibition enquiries, send a note — Maren replies personally.