It is well known by now that there are only two ways to defeat the Coronavirus –

1. WASH YOUR HANDS

2. Set a Welsh Dragon onto it to slay it with fiery breath.

Hot off the press is my Coronavirus Bored Game. A simple game of chance for all the family.

Simply download the file, print out five pages, cut out the hand washing and dragon counters and play! Only £3 from the Download Shop.

Easy to follow instructions and fun tasks.

Cân Elenydd 2019

This piece was made by responding in real time to Sianed Jones improvising on the viol and singing while Jake Whittaker documented the process. Part of a larger sonic and video installation, this piece was made at Small World Theatre in 2019 and is included in a new publication, Critical Moss – Art beyond the Bubble edited by Aldobranti.

Here is a short video of this piece in progress:

Just completed work on this collaborative video with composer and musician Neil Browning

12 Days of Crisis from Neil Browning and  Maria Hayes on Vimeo.

Here are my notes on the creative process. Please feel free to use, but credit me.

Thanks! Diolch!

The Creative Process 2016

After Hours at the Polestar Club 2013
ink on paper, performance drawing

Here is the new video I made with Jordan Price-Williams and Patrick Rimes.

I am going to be drawing events at the MusicFest Aberystwyth 2017. If you are attending the festival and see me drawing, come and say hello.

The drawings will be on view at Aberystwyth Arts Centre and on line during and after the festival.

I have been working at Glaslyn Osprey Visitors centre again, drawing from the live video feed. It is another fantastic season. Mrs G and Aran have successfully incubated, hatched and are rearing two chicks. We don’t know what gender they are yet – but the bets are on. Many of us think this time they are the same sex – but are they male or female? We won’t find out until they are ringed. In the meantime, I’ll keep drawing.

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I will be artist in residence at Beyond the Border this year. In addition I will be doing two performances of stories, one on stage using traditional materials, one on the iPad.

I will be talking about drawing the Ospreys from the live video feed at MarKings illustration and performance festival and symposium. Organized by Central St Martins School of Art in collaboration with House of Illustration, London.

8-9 July 2016

I am currently doing a residency at the Glaslyn Osprey project on a voluntary basis. This organization is entirely run by volunteers and dependent on donations to keep going. All the drawings I make are for sale and a percentage of the price is donated back to the project.

The Ospreys nearly died out in this country, and thanks to the dedication of a few they are now thriving once more. It’s been wonderful to draw the progress of this years breeding pair.

I draw from the live video feed at the Glaslyn centre and get down there as often as possible.

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