Artist Renee Mak

I love to paint on rainy days... Something about a rainy day makes me want to paint.  I love how quiet the world seems as the rain falls... as if there's nothing to do but stay in and create on canvas. To communicate through color... and try new things with paint, crayon and stencils. To let thoughts and ideas flow out onto the canvas while hiding in plain sight. Using fabulous found objects, like a vintage doily, to create interest and  draw the viewer to look closer. And create small paintings within larger paintings... These are some of the reasons I love to paint, on rainy days or any days! What do you like most about painting... or rainy days... or both! {All photos above are taken from original, in progress mixed media paintings by artist Renee Mak and are protected by copyright 2011}

Today, as I was working on my photos... trying to get used to Picasa, my daughter called. She's 18... and living in L.A. She's my muse... So to keep working and talking at the same time, I asked her... "what saying goes with the work "Beauty". I think she's so funny and this was the first thing out of her mouth... " Beauty is a rose on a stick ". Haha... I laughed so hard! And she kept them coming! "Beauty is smelling the flowers... even if they're dead." "Beauty is the way chocolate crumbles in your mouth when it's dry." SERIOUSLY funny to me... And so I laughed and created these special images... in celebration of my Muse! I feel a trip to L.A. coming on!