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The Mourning Moon Collection

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The Mourning Moon Collection

Paintings made following the death of my mother, who inspired me to be an artist. Artwork has a much different, looser style than what I've made in the 20 years prior. It's all my brain can see right now. I don't know if this will reverse in the future or if my inner visions of art have been changed irrevocably. We'll see. In the meantime, this is both how I'm able to continue, and a way for me to emotionally process her passing. Made with natural Maui beach charcoal and handmade Maui sea salt.

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Rising Over Water . 2023 . Original Light Reactive Painting

New painting!

Rising Over Water

2023

Made with acrylic, strontium aluminate, crushed glass, varnish, water, and light.

Over 5500 blacklight-reactive dots! 

This painting is 24x36 inches. 

On stretched canvas, with a 1.5-inch gallery edge, wrapped over wood and painted black. Signed on the front and back.

Shown in natural light, blacklight, no light, at angles, and close up. Video as well! I also included photos on my patio and with my hand for size perspective.

Shipped in a sturdy wooden crate and delivered to your door. Insurance included. Cost of shipping to be determined based on your location and paid through PayPal or Venmo before being sent out.

Made in Hawaii. No shipping cost for Maui residents.

Payment plans are accepted. Just email me!

Through The Looking Glass . 2023 . Original Light Reactive Painting

Brand new painting!

Shown in natural light

Glowing in the dark.

Through The Looking Glass

2023

30x48 inches

Acrylic, strontium aluminate, crushed glass, varnish, water, and light on gallery wrapped canvas. Sides are painted black. Signed with my full name, front and back. Ready to hang as is.

I mean, and seriously, aren’t we all? (Through the looking glass.) I know for me the world is different, upside down, fragmented into weird and good and amazing and shocking ways. Plus, moving back into my classic acrylic styles is strangely a new world again, albeit one I am comfortable with. It’s nice to be comfortable and confident with something.

Currently this painting is hanging at What Ales You Taphouse and Wine Bar in Kihei on the island of Maui in Hawaii.

For now I’m leaving it there and not putting it up for sale, although it is a fine example of my work and perfect for commissions. I can do this painting in any size or color. It can be hung horizontally as well. It glows in the dark very brightly and as you can see from my reflection in one of the photos, parts of it are very, very shiny, like glass. There’s a sparkle of real glass in the circle element. When you walk past it, it twinkles at you.

It was quite pleasant to make and the bright acrylic colors lifted my mood. I hope it does the same for you!

If you’d like to follow my art, career, and innermost thoughts (I get very personal) more closely, join me on Patreon! patreon.com/shaylamaddox It’s free to follow (you don’t even have to create a password.) Paid memberships get the real inside track, but there’s something for everyone. Subscriptions start at just $2 a month, which allows me to pay for supplies, basic life needs like rent and groceries, and investment in my future career with things like education and residencies (they all cost money!) I would love to see you there.