New Work: Love Blossoms

Love Blossoms

acrylic, paper collage on canvas

50x80 cm

Marlene Yuzak

2009

This work was done while my friend Egan was working on my basement. He would arrive early and I would begin painting. This painting had many layers applied to it. It started off as a abstract, then a patterned rug. One morning as Egan arrived, a pink glow was coming in the window. Egan and I had a discussion about gold, and after that the painting came together. Often my work has alot of history before the final painting comes through.

love letter #2

"The flowering of love is meditation."

-Krishnamurti

New Work: Angel with Flowers

Angel with Flowers

acrylic, paper collage on canvas

50x80 cm

Marlene Yuzak

2009

I spend a lot of time ripping paper. No real project in mind. I love the feel of the different types of artisan paper. I sort them into piles according to color, piles of related shapes. Some I call "scraps," but these often end up in the work anyway. Then I play with the piles and think about how the pieces might be used like brush strokes on a canvas I am working on. I have to think about it awhile.

Often after a lovely walk the pieces will magically start arranging themselves on the canvas.

Come up to my studio for a closer look.

New Work: Waiting Buddha

Waiting Buddha
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 100 cm
Marlene Yuzak

I paint a lot of Buddhas, and I did this one as a commission for my friend Jan, who teaches yoga. But while I was doing it she decided she liked another painting I did of an angel, so she bought that one instead. Angels and Buddhas -- you can't go wrong either way. If you want to come up to my studio and see this painting, you can! Have a good day.

Love Letter #1

Coming soon . . .

Three lovely angels!