Obsessed with soft colors and organic lines, Maria Wehdeking mixes digital and traditional media to create enchanted worlds full of feminine shapes and endearing characters. Her style combines her western culture juxtaposed with her favorite eastern expressions to convey new perspectives. Her experience and growth as an immigrant and the associated feelings like giddiness, loneliness, and nostalgia are the main inspiration in her work.

Magical and mischievous, The Art of Fairies is a series of studies about these mythical creatures, whose folklore is so attractive and plays an important role in the fantasy genre. On each piece, organic lines and a gamut of soft colors play together giving an ethereal and delicate aesthetic.

Maria Wehdeking is a Colombian illustrator and designer based in Portland, Oregon. As an undergraduate in the School of Art + Design at Portland State University, she is involved in the International Cultural Service Program – a scholarship program where she uses her artistic skills to promote and recognize her Colombian heritage through cultural presentations and the creation of graphic elements. She also works as part of the PSU Campus Rec marketing team, where she is the creative mind behind campaigns promoting student health and wellbeing. She will receive her BFA in Graphic Design in winter 2022.