Month: December 2009

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New Work: Love Blossoms

Love Blossoms
acrylic, paper collage on canvas
50×80 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.

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New Work: Angel with Flowers

Angel with Flowers
acrylic, paper collage on canvas
50×80 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.
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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.