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 / 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 The illustration on the left is one of the Original Diptych paintings from my Maruvian Mask series that began with the upper canvas as a small work project. The lower half is the continuation of that series that came a year later to complete the image. I think they
Three paintings on the front page of my website are part of a small work series influenced by masks from around the world. Since I have taken artistic license to abstract them into my Plastic Space abstract form, I have given them the surname of "Maruvian" to represent my business name and then give credit
