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Friday, 12th December 2025 at 15:00
She calls herself an abstract painter, and states that she is inspired by the Malaga landscape which always appears at the horizon. Her work is a testament to this. The colours are not the only reason, the paintbrush also rebels in her hands and the figurative is the main focus.
There are the recognisable contours of the Balneario de los Baños del Carmen, at the foot of the waves; the stylised crane arms in the port; or the sailboats that race in the bay at weekends.
Marta Ruiz Ankersmit has revealed that her new solo show at Casa Hermandad del Sepulcro (5, Calle Alcazabilla) is inspired by the light and emotions of Malaga.
The Balneario de los Baños del Carmen appears in Ankersmit’s abstract landscapes.
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This exhibition will feature thirty paintings, and until the 31st of December, it will show both the artist’s career and his most recent work. The painter is Malaga-based and has been inspired by “the light and colours of Malaga”, as well as “textures, and combinations, that fuse tradition and modernity”.
The route of the exhibition also shows other landscapes from overseas that have also influenced her. For example, the Japanese setting for some of her works, where gold, herons, and bamboo are the stars, or the jungle in which the rough texture creates a sense of being in the thicket.
“Transforming spaces and connecting through art” are the main themes of Ankersmit’s production, whose work is appreciated by collectors and is exhibited in public spaces such as the Barceló Occidental Puerto Banús and Only You hotels in Malaga, and the restaurants Mar de Verum – where she exhibited her first works – and Araboka, in the capital. The exhibition shows that Ankersmit’s main inspiration is the sea, and the landscape surrounding him.
“Although my painting is fundamentally abstract, some lines reveal that my great inspiration is Malaga, which for me is the most important part of the exhibition,” explains Marta Ankersmit to SUR, who confesses that her favourite pieces are those that capture the Caleta, the Baños del Carmen and Muelle Uno, in which the sea is, of course, very present. Three ceramic works are included in this section, which is mainly acrylic on canvas. One of these pieces shows the famous Alcazaba and Palmeral de las Sorpresas, surrounded by the sea.
