Galleries — MAIRIN-TAJ CAYA

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City, State, Zip

7173680632

ART / ILLUSTRATION

Lancaster, PA ART / ILLUSTRATION mairintaj@mairintajcaya.com

Portraits

Faces and likenesses drawn, referenced, imagined, in traditional media.

"Jocelyn - Golden Lady"

"Jocelyn - Golden Lady"

"Emma Gonzalez"

"Emma Gonzalez"

"Chieftain's Daughter"

"Chieftain's Daughter"

"Osmyn"

"Diane - Emergence, Seer"

"Diane - Emergence, Seer"

"Roisin - Black Rose"

"Roisin - Black Rose"

"Winston Churchill"

"Winston Churchill"

"Hidden Profile"

"Study of Andrew Wyeth"

"Study of Andrew Wyeth"

Paintings

Imaginative realism and allegorical illustration in traditional painting and mixed media form, works on paper.

"When Venus Visits" II

"When Venus Visits" II

11x14”, mixed media painting

"Zitkala-Sa"

8x10”, mixed media painting

"Erin Rising"

8x10”, mixed media painting

"In Her Hands"

5x7”, mixed media painting

"In His Hands"

5x7”, mixed media painting

"This Is 30" Self Portrait

"This Is 30" Self Portrait

10x10”, mixed media painting

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Before I post pretty, framed new artwork previews, here's a look at live, #figurative #painting in action, from this past TGIF Short Dog Studio session, featuring moi as the #costumed #model!
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This recent theme was #autumnal and somewhat #natural #Rennaissance, vaguely Vermeer-esque.
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Thanks to @bill.taylor99 for the photography, and @bethbathe for hosting the group meetings! It's a beautiful, cozy work space you've created.
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Until next time!
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#studioselfie and #starsandstripes, all.
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This election day, it's about focusing on where I am in my values, my voice, my #work, to put into the world that which may inspire questions and creativity investing in our future.
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Because we are not static individuals in this country. We are all going to face the #future, and be accountable for how we create it, together. Now is the time to be fiercely unified, to be bold, to be involved in how we change. As humans.
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Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is getting into their flow for the #work week, now Monday is behind us...
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I thought I'd share a #process breakdown of a recent #celebrity #portrait in development.
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Anyone here a fan of PJ Harvey? Total living rock legend, and now a poet, to boot.
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"Sometimes I can see for miles
Through water and fire
From England to America
I feel life meet my eyes"
- 'Beautiful Feeling', Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea album
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This is my current #mixedmedia approach, including, but not limited to, #watercolor, #acrylics, and #pencil. These works are leaning more on the #wetmedia, painterly side than the drawn, these days.
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Another level of layers and finesse and this piece will be complete. I'll post shots of the final, of course.
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And let me know what you think, so far!
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Wendy Rose, of the Hopi and Miwok people, wrote:
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"parts of me are pinned
to earth,
parts of me undermine song,
parts of me spread on the water,
parts of me form a rainbow
bridge,
parts of me follow the sandfish,
parts of me are a woman who judges"
- from 'the parts of a poet'
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And I resonate with her words, as a creator, a woman, a human at home on earth.
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These thoughts, and many others like them, inspire the tone of my personal #work these days. When I'm not after the unique character within a portrait, I'm after my own inner, lyrical garden of emotions growing around Natural and societal injustice.
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This painting begins to touch on my relationship with the idea of America, allegiance to the Land, and #native honor.
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And it'll be available end of the month!
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