These works reflect a reality of reconciliation.

The restorative – getting back to good.

I attempt to paint the secret self.

If a connection of another can claim one their own - I am at peace.

The canvass are generally sexless, neither male nor female.

Pure connection is what I strive for.

That IS the ultimate goal.

I sit with empty space (canvas and non-intention).

Silence and emptiness takes its own direction.

Color finds its way in, out, over, under, through and through.

Sometimes staying until the end and other times a short visit before

it leaves or totally morphs into a new existence.

The works hold many layers.

Some perfect, others scratched and marred.

Harmony and discord build upon the other much like life itself.

Nothing is so simple that it loses its pure voice.

Truth presents itself without permission.

In the end, empty decides what fills it.

True for both the soul and canvas.

NOW - is where the art will take US.

~Maralena Howard

Acrylic - Oil Pastel - Mixed Media

Abstract Painter - Artist

I sit with empty space (canvas and non-intentions).

Silence and emptiness takes its own direction. 

Color finds its way in, out, over, under, through and through.  Sometimes staying until the end and other times a short visit before it goes or morphs into a new existence. 

This work holds many layers.

Some perfect, others scratched and marred.

Harmony and discord build upon the other like life itself.

Nothing is so simple that it loses its pure voice. 

Truth presents itself without permission.  

In the end, empty decides what fills it. 

Now - is where this art takes us.