MCM Digital Art & Design

06/17/2026

The Keeper of Tides and Secrets: A meditation on beauty, memory, and the unseen worlds that accompany us.
She stands between sea and sky, crowned with the treasures of forgotten tides. Pearls cascade like memories, shells rise like a halo, and a crimson cardinal arrives as a messenger from another realm. Silent yet watchful, she guards the stories carried by the waves—those whispered by the ocean and hidden beneath the surface of dreams.
This portrait explores the space where Renaissance elegance meets surreal symbolism. The shell crown evokes ancient sea goddesses and maritime folklore, while the cardinal introduces a spark of vivid life against a weathered, dreamlike landscape. Together they create a narrative of mystery, transformation, and quiet resilience.

05/20/2026

The Sisters of the Silent Garden
Description:
Four figures draped in embroidered silk sit beneath fading blossoms, suspended between memory and myth. Their quiet expressions hold the stillness of an old dream—where time softens, petals fall without sound, and every shadow remembers a story. A surreal portrait inspired by vintage Japanese elegance, hidden rituals, and the poetry of silence.

05/18/2026

The Garden of Silent Blossoms: Série d'inspiration japonaise
Description:
Hidden beneath flowering branches and watched over by ravens and peacocks, three ethereal figures wander through a dream suspended between beauty and mystery. Draped in richly detailed kimonos, they move like spirits through an enchanted garden where every blossom conceals a secret and every shadow whispers an untold story. Blending Japanese elegance with surreal symbolism, this haunting composition evokes serenity, ritual, and the fragile poetry of nature and memory.

05/18/2026

The Queen and the Two Clowns
Description:
In a shadowed chamber where velvet, silence, and illusion entwine, a solitary woman stands between two masked figures — one smiling through deception, the other carrying the sorrow of forgotten theatre. Draped in Renaissance-inspired elegance and surrounded by fading grandeur, this surreal portrait explores the fragile balance between beauty and performance, innocence and spectacle. A haunting vision of power, mystery, and the masks we wear to survive the stage of life.

05/16/2026

Postcards from the House of Whispers
Instagram Description:
A collection of surreal postcard memories from forgotten families, masked gatherings, abandoned roads, and dreamlike cities suspended between beauty and unease. These scenes wander through crumbling Venetian canals, haunted manor halls, rusted skies, and silent theaters where every face seems to guard a secret.
Each postcard feels like a fragment from an alternate history — cinematic, melancholic, and timeless. Clowns linger beside aristocrats, airships drift over ancient cities, and quiet figures stand frozen between memory and myth.
✨ Vintage surrealism meets gothic storytelling in this atmospheric series of collectible art postcards.

05/16/2026

Whispers from the Carnival of Forgotten Worlds PostCard Pack
Instagram Description:
Step into a dream stitched together from forgotten cathedrals, wandering carnivals, masked performers, enchanted carousels, and ghostly gardens beneath fading skies. This postcard collection drifts between Victorian fantasy and surreal folklore — where time bends, animals whisper secrets, and every scene feels like a memory rescued from another century.
Each postcard is a small theatrical world: melancholic, whimsical, haunted, and timeless. Perfect for lovers of dark fantasy, vintage aesthetics, surreal storytelling, and poetic escapism.
✨ A journey through masquerades, ruined ballrooms, desert carnivals, moonlit ceremonies, and carousels beneath the Eiffel Tower.

05/16/2026

About Me On AI:Mona Costa-Mauri is a contemporary American digital artist and designer known for her theatrical, darkly whimsical, and neoclassical surrealist digital art. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1948, she alternates her operations between Florida and New York City while also running her professional web development firm, MCM Web Design. Her digital compositions heavily feature dreamscapes, complex multi-character tableaus, and a signature blend of vintage portraiture with fantastical elements.Core Aesthetics and InfluencesSurrealism & Fusion: Her work blends classical imagery with a highly imaginative, dreamlike narrative style.Historic Aesthetics: She heavily leverages Pre-Raphaelite, Victorian, Baroque, and Gothic Roman visual foundations.Themes: Recurring focus points include human-nature symbiosis, mythology, performance as identity, and the juxtaposition of elegance with melancholy or decay.Common Subject MatterCostumed Performers: Elaborate harlequins, ballerinas, and clowns rooted in the Commedia dell'arte theater tradition.Hybrids & Creatures: Whimsical animal-human hybrids, winged foxes, clock-faced entities, and oversized insects set in overgrown environments.Symbolic Objects: Heavy integration of antique books, fading frescoes, dissolving clocks, drifting airships, and crumbling architecture.Technical MediumCosta-Mauri operates as a digital-first creator, pioneering a method that synthesizes modern generative technology with classic layout controls. She constructs her dense scenes using AI generators like Midjourney and Adobe Firefly. From there, she utilizes advanced photomontage and digital collage within Adobe Photoshop to layer, refine, and paint over the details, giving each piece a distinct, aged paper or canvas texture.Notable Art SeriesCollage A Day: A dedicated creative practice featuring continuous daily experimentation with digital elements, textures, and street photography foundations.Postcard Series: Visual narratives designed to mimic aged, sepia-toned vintage travel postcards, such as Postcards from the East and The Garden of Silent Sisters.The Harlequin Series: Complex theatrical layouts that drop masked ceremonial performers into forgotten or dissolving dream kingdoms.You can look up her portfolios or purchase her prints directly on marketplaces like Saatchi Art or Fine Art America.Would you like to explore a specific art piece by Costa-Mauri, learn about her

05/16/2026

05/15/2026

The Clown With The Green Apple
Somewhere between a forgotten circus and a secret garden, The Clown with the Green Apple quietly waits. Carousel horses spin in stillness, butterflies drift through fading wallpaper, and every detail feels like a memory pulled from an old storybook.
I wanted this piece to carry both tenderness and unease — the feeling of childhood wonder touched by time, silence, and nostalgia. The small clown holding the green apple becomes a curious guide through this dreamlike world, inviting us into a place where beauty feels delicate, strange, and slightly haunted

05/15/2026

The House of Quiet Faces
A family gathered beneath crumbling arches, suspended somewhere between memory and myth. Their expressions remain still, almost ceremonial, as if guarding stories too fragile to survive the passage of time. Above them, a solitary balloon drifts across a fading sky while the sea waits silently beyond the ruins.
This piece explores ancestry, forgotten worlds, and the strange beauty hidden inside old photographs — where every face feels familiar, yet impossible to place. A portrait of silence, nostalgia, and the dreamlike architecture of memory.