Master technique
Glazed Oil Technique
Marlis Ladurée's art is an art of time and matter. Each painting is born from a slow, meditative process, where layers are superimposed with intention.
Her main techniques include glazed oil painting, a technique inherited from the Flemish masters, which achieves exceptional depth and luminosity. Gold and silver leaf, applied by sheet or brush, gives her works their solar character and luminous vibration. Mosaic, integrated into the pictorial surface, creates unexpected reliefs and plays of light. Finally, semi-precious stones — rose quartz, amethyst, turquoise, malachite, lapis lazuli — are selected for their vibrational properties and natural beauty.
Each mandala follows a rigorous sacred geometry, constructed with ruler and compass before the paint comes to life.
Materials & Craftsmanship
Each work is created in glazed oil painting — an ancient technique that creates depth and luminosity. 23-carat gold leaf and semi-precious stones (rock crystals, lapis lazuli, amethyst) are integrated in symbolic arrangements linked to chakras and spiritual traditions.
Glazed oil
Technique inherited from the great Flemish masters — Van Eyck, Vermeer, Rembrandt. Successive layers of thinned, glass-transparent paint are superimposed over 20 to 30 levels. Each glaze dries before being covered. Light passes through the layers and rises from the white ground, creating unmatched depth and luminous vibration.
Gold and silver leaf
Applied by sheet or brush, it gives the works their solar character and unique luminous vibration. Pure 24-carat gold is used in ultra-thin leaves, laid on a special mordant, then burnished with an agate brush.
Mosaic
Integrated into the pictorial surface, it creates unexpected reliefs and changing plays of light depending on the viewing angle. Colored glass and gold tesserae are set into the fresh paint, extending the geometric forms of the mandala.
Semi-precious stones
Rose quartz, amethyst, turquoise, malachite, lapis lazuli — selected for their natural beauty and correspondence with the energy centers depicted. Each stone is hand-cut, polished and set into the composition.
Crystals and rhinestones
Scattered on the surface like stars, they capture light and make the works vibrate with each movement of the gaze. Swarovski and natural crystals are used according to their size and refraction to amplify the overall luminous effect.
Sacred geometry
Each mandala is first constructed with ruler and compass on the white canvas. Geometric rigor — golden proportions, radiant symmetries, nested circles — is the invisible foundation upon which creative freedom then unfolds.