LisaMaria Maya
Medium: Mixed Media Studio Location: 30-64 45th Street - Studio# home Phone: 6464600501 Email: lisamariamayaart@gmail.com Website:: lisamariamaya.com Artist Bio: Lisa Maria Maya's paintings reflect themes of female beauty, the power of imagination and the wonder of nature. The vibrant colors, undulating lines, and organic shapes that are common patterns within her paintings symbolize both life and joy. She is a painter of acrylic, oil, and mixed media. Born in Astoria, Queens, NY to immigrant parents from Spain and Puerto Rico, Lisa has been an artist since she could first hold a pen. She studied at the Art Students' League of NYC, then at the Inter-American University of San German, Puerto Rico and graduated with an Art Education degree from NYU. Later she continued her learning in Barcelona, Spain, where she studied sculpture and drawing. She has taught art and art history to students at various grade levels and was also commissioned to paint murals in various schools and public spaces both in Spain and NYC. Her art work has been exhibited at the Greenpoint Gallery, the Plaxall Gallery,Trinity presents Trinity, the Oxheart art collaborative and at various venues in NYC. She is a member of LIC-A (Long Island City Artists). Currently, Lisa leads art and creativity workshops for adults and works from her home art studio in Astoria, Queens. Artist Statement: My goal is to capture and celebrate beauty. I aim to represent nature without emulating it and to show the cyclical wonder found in all of existence. Originally a painter of acrylic and oil, I have also incorporated melted plastic, gesso, and/or clay to create an array of unique mixed media pieces. Some paintings begin with a meditative free-form drawing which is then actualized with vibrant colors of whatever medium suits the piece. Other paintings develop from the different shapes found in the use and placement of recycled materials. The transformation that takes place in the creative process is reminiscent of the metamorphic changes that occur through every living thing. Life can be cruel and ugly, but it can also be magical and beautiful, I want to encourage the viewer to re-focus on the latter. All images and text copyright LisaMaria Maya