By Marcella Hayes Muhammad / Artist / I will preface this article by saying that there are as many ways to paint as there are artists on this planet and this method may not work for everyone. I am sharing one that works for me. I work primarily with oils on canvas and use brushes,
This whole adventure began with the question of what to do with my collection of great scraps of fabric from sewing projects. At first I thought I could do some quilting. After trying to sew those tiny bits of fabric together in a particular pattern, I lost it! No patience for the detail and now
The first step with any painting is to begin with an idea. It is much easier for me to concentrate in the mode of a series. In this case, it is a part of my Plastic Space abstract Maruvian Mask series. It focuses on the positive masks from around the world. I choose to call
By Marcella Hayes Muhammad / Visual Artist-Designer https://www.maruvadq.com/index.php/maruvaware-2/ 2017 I received an unusual invitation from a company that saw my artwork online. They invite artists to use their original designs and place these designs onto a variety of garments and home decor items. It is a Print on Demand Company. The variety of products are
By: Marcella Hayes Muhammad / Artist You know, a recent conversation brought to mind an experience that I had a while ago. It can be amazing the things one experiences in life and the many adventures I have had. Here is one that made me laugh. You know, one of those…one day
By Marcella Muhammad / Artist, Designer About four years ago, I had the idea of doing a painting with three lovely ladies in poses of joy with umbrellas. I had the idea in my mind all set but needed a model to make the particular poses I wanted for accuracy. I could just sketch the
By: Marcella Hayes Muhammad / Artist / Physicists have long sought to describe the universe in terms of equations. Now, Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr. explains how research on a class of geometric symbols known as Adinkras could lead to fresh insights into the theory of supersymmetry — and perhaps even the very nature of
By: Marcella Hayes Muhammad / Artist Oh, my! I love that wonderful original but the price doesn’t fit my beer budget. I just have Champagne taste. So my next question is... do you have a print of that? And what is the big difference between the two beside the price? I will address the mechanically
By: Marcella Hayes Muhammad / Artist (Marcella is a visual artist that made a leap of faith in 1995 and took an early retirement from a successful elementary teaching career of 27 years. She and her husband moved from California to the Atlanta area where she is now a full time artist. She has a
By: Marcella Hayes Muhammad / Artist Hey Marcella, I recognize your work! It’s just like Picasso! I must have heard that too many times and still wince every time I hear it. To the untrained eye, I can see how one would not really notice the differences. Sort of the untrained eye looking at a
