From a Southern Illinois studio to the hill towns of Tuscany, Biki Maragni paints the moments that stop her mid-step, captured in loose, confident brushwork and honest color.
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“I find that the light as it plays throughout the forest, and the reflections in the water, is endlessly fascinating.”
Flowers, fruit, and the gathered things of daily life, painted wet-in-wet with a loose, confident hand and a palette knife's texture.
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From the Shawnee Forest and Garden of the Gods near home to Tuscany, the Greek islands, and beyond, she paints light and place wherever she finds them.
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“I enjoy pushing the paint around the canvas, whether with a brush or a palette knife when the moment calls for it.”
Biki MaragniBiki is drawn to how light falls across the human figure: people at work, at rest, and living in the places she paints.
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Every available original not already featured above: 407 pieces across florals, landscapes, studies, and everyday life. Click any piece for a closer look.
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Prices shown are per painting, unframed. Shipping & handling is estimated by size (~3.5 lbs per square foot, via UPS Ground) plus a $50 handling fee, and is added at checkout. Reach out with a title for an exact quote or to confirm availability.
Biki was drawing before she knew to call herself an artist. A classmate once recalled her as "the girl who could draw the beautiful birds" back in second grade. The passion took hold for good at thirteen, when she sketched Sophia Loren off a magazine cover and realized this was something she wanted to chase. She went on to major in Art Education in college.
A Texas native, Biki moved to Benton, Illinois as an adult and has called it home ever since. She painted part-time for years while working in public service and raising three children, then turned to painting full-time in 2003. She now works from her studio in Benton, open by appointment.
Her subjects range from the Shawnee Forest, Ferne Clyffe, and Garden of the Gods near home to scenes gathered on travels through Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. She paints wet-in-wet, often working plein air before finishing in the studio, and counts Monet, Van Gogh, Nikolay Feshin, and Joaquín Sorolla among her biggest influences, artists whose light, color, and loose brushwork still shape how she sees a scene.
Biki's work has been shown in local, regional, and national exhibitions and has received awards along the way, including several solo exhibits around Southern Illinois. Her paintings have also been selected for museum competitions, including the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mount Vernon, Illinois, where three of her pieces were juried into the Cedarhurst Biennial.
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