"Balancing Bright Color"

"Dressing" II -Acrylic on Watercolor Paper - 9" x 12"

Mary Maki Rae - 2019(c)

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"A Walk Around the Block" -(Design for a Fun Ankle Boot)

Acrylic on Canvas - 8" x 8" -By Mary Maki Rae -2019(c)

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"Color Block Houses" Acrylic on Watercolor Paper

12" x 9" - By Mary Maki Rae - 2019(c)

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I Enjoy Balancing these Bright Colors using simple shapes - while in between working on Larger Paintings - then add details later - or use for inspiration on a much Larger canvas. 

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"Sparrow Hawk" Painting

"Sparrow Hawk" -SOLD-! At ArtsWest "Sweet Reverie"

Exhibit - By Mary Maki Rae -2019 (c) 

Acrylic on Canvas 10"x !0"- With a Woodland Theme

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"Balancing Act" -SOLD-! At ArtsWest "Sweet Reverie" Exhibit-

By Mary Maki Rae -2019(c)

Acrylic on Canvas - 28" x30" (Not with the Harlequin & Bikes)

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(I'm so Pleased about selling these Paintings -! 

they went to Happy Homes-!)  

"SWEET REVERIE" Artist's Reception-! - THURS.-14TH

   

Here I am checking alignment of the Paintings 

during the Install on Sunday - March 10th

  

Really Happy with the "Look" of the Exhibit-!!!

The Artist's Reception is Tomorrow March 14th-

AND THE SHOW BEGINS-!  (more soon . . . .)

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Art Show in March

Worktable with some of my Paintings for the Art Show

Mary Maki Rae - 2019(c)

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Very busy these days preparing and organizing - which Paintings to include in the upcoming Art Show at ArtsWest Gallery & Playhouse - West Seattle.
Beginning with The ARTIST'S RECEPTION On: March 14th at 6:00-7:00 
and showing until April 9th --2019.

A "Sweet Reverie of The Bee and Butterfly Bouquet"

 and "Summer Cottage" - Mary Maki Rae 2019 (c)

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New Flower Designs

Flower Designs - By Mary Maki Rae 2019(c)

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During these Dark and Windy Days of January - I've been working off and on in my small study room - on some New Flower Designs using Gouache paints.

I enjoy how this paint dries flat and  layers so well over each color.

Back to the easel soon when the Sun is shining -!

"Carnations & Butterflies" Gouache on Watercolor Paper

Mary Maki Rae 2019 (c)

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The Palette - Gouache works great like Watercolor too

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A Joyful Bouquet on Gold

"A Joyful Bouquet of Gold with Blue Accents"

Acrylic on Canvas -16"x20" By Mary Maki Rae

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Fall Paintings

Mary Maki Rae - Acrylic on canvas - 2018(c)

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Working on Fall Paintings - Such as this much larger 30" x 30" Acrylic on Canvas of some "store-bought" flowers combined with Autumn leaves and Snowberries -

(parts of which are shown). 

Love the equation of the bright-colored flowers contrasted with the White.

Mary Maki Rae -Acrylic on Canvas -2018 (c)

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And some other Details -Mary Maki Rae -2018(c)

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Sparrow Hawk

"Sparrow Hawk" Acrylic on Canvas- Mary Maki Rae 2018(c)

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Working on a New group of Paintings in a Fall Woodland Theme - using a new Fall palette with texture - washes and a Soft Edge. 

So far I'm Inspired by Birds - Leaves - and Autumn Flowers. . . . .   

A Fall Palette . . . .MMR -2018(c)

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Summer Cottage

"Summer Cottage" - Acrylic 9"x 12" Mary Maki Rae 2018(c)

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Continuing with more paintings in a "Summer Palette" - Enjoyed painting  this dreamy little scene with some sweetly-scented Carnations in a whimsical vase. 

Here's Ariel's Guy on a Pedestal - imaged with the Carnations

"Kitchen Chic" -Acrylic 12"x 9" on Watercolor Paper

Mary Maki Rae 2018(c)

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"Summer Rose" - Acrylic on Watercolor Paper - 9" x12"

Mary Maki Rae -2018(c)

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 Summer Roses - Always exquisitely beautiful-

A gift from Tamsen

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"Blue Hydrangeas & Cosmos on Sunshine Gold"

Acrylic on Canvas-17"x22"- By Mary Maki Rae - 2018(c)

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A close up the Painting I've been working on - more details to paint in yet.

It was while painting this Image - that I first heard that Aretha Franklin had 

past away - So we could call it - "Flowers for Aretha" -Love her song "Natural Woman" - And the way she sang Sam Cooke's song: "You Send Me"-! RIP.

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Tablescape with Blue Vase

"Tablescape with Blue Vase"- Acrylic on Canvas

17" x 20" By Mary Maki Rae - 2018 (c)

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Working on more Summer paintings - again with a "softer edge".

Enjoy the kind of "misty feeling" of the lightly layered backgrounds - then adding the "more defined" objects - flowers and birds for contrast-!

Also enjoy the new little "fish tile" that I added in last-! (It's actually a lovely blue & white pattern - but I thought just painted White - created the perfect balance in the painting-!) 

We're experiencing a 80 - 90 degree "Heat Wave" here in the Northwest - this week - which we're not acclimated to usually -however the Mornings are cool and comfortable to work in the Studio. 

"Tablescape with Blue Vase" Mary Maki Rae -2018 (o)

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"The new "Summer Palette"  MMR 2018(c)

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"The Garden In July" Acrylic on Canvas 18"x 24"

 Mary Maki Rae (c)

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Painted this Canvas - Summers ago - still enjoy it-! It has a little of that   "elusive - misty feeling" that seems to come with the warmth of a July Summer-!

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