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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A #paintingprocess breakdown and some thoughts to share:
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I'm working from a place that is exactly where I am and need to be, these days.
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Ideas are never hard to come by for me {in fact, they are rudely copious, and time is decidedly not!} but I meticulously practice gently folding and rearranging my ideas as if they are greatly loved lace kerchiefs that musn't be wrinkled in the storage.
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I trade out what gets attention regularly, to keep things interesting...both the pieces, and my brain. Over the years I've learned I have so many interests, and get eager for freshness, that I must constantly shift so that my inner perspective renews and captivates me.
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It's meant embracing distinct juxtaposition in what inspires me in terms of materials and applications, and what moves my #creative passion by way of content and story.
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I used to think {in a rather art-college-student way, I'd say} that like had to fit like, as it were; mediums, process, subject matter, and clients all had to work as a sort of pre-conceived package deal approach. And that it was my job to explain the approach package I chose, to justify it. To fit the box theme.
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Now, as someone I know says, "I just don't care anymore!" for packaging up my motive as an artist ○ My creative verve is my own, miles away from any boxes, or traps of defined genres ○
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I'm hugely moved to create these days by the political landscape of environmentalism, social well-being, and national sustainability. And I'm in love with an impression of nature as our universal stage. In vague terms, I'm working with Memory and Dreams on the dynamic between native and invasive "Americana". ...What? {MORE on that head-twister later}
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On the Memory end though, the piece above is a #sweet swooning alter to #RosaParks, one of America's bright, #peacefulwarriors gone by. { original art available this October }
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Thank you for all your support! ♡🌹♡
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Rosa, Rosa! .
She's coming along nicely, and this was a good mid point to capture before I moved on to the negative space #washes.
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Who else has some love for this lovely, fierce #woman? ♡♡♡
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#wip #studioshot #figurativeart #contemoraryart #artistsoninstagram #artistic #womenofhistory ♀ #rosaparks #portraiture #smallworksofart

I've been - and remain - quite busy, and currently I have a private commission I need to get done asap, but!
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Here's a cropped, distorted #preview of one of the new #portraits up for #show this October!
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I'm looking forward to sharing more of my playful, colorful experiments with you all. So more soon! .
In the meantime, what do you think of the pattern texture here?
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$#SundayFunday leftovers from our weekend hike up in the Kittatinny range by the #appalachiantrail ! . This is one of my favorite {relatively} local #natural areas - it has so much diverse and pleasantly challenging terrain, with a far-reaching and worth-while view! Not to mention extensive trails. . I roughly laid in a quick #watercolor study of one of the #scenes before us along the way, cloud-cover ever-changing with wind and sun. . . . Thank you to all the sweet fellow #hikers who expressed their appreciation for my little watercolor work! It's always a nice exchange with #peoplewhohike and #optoutside 💚⛰🕉 . . . For more on your own #adventure #hammock to take #onthetrail, click on the link in my bio! 《 every hammock purchased plants 2 trees 》 Also here ⬇⬇⬇ . http://bit.ly/2JzI0HA . For more notes from the trail, follow my Outdoors account @womxn_wildthing 🍃 . . . #merrell #sheexplores #womenwhohike #createyourtrail$