The Unmasking, Maureen Merrell

The Unmasking, Maureen MerrellArtist: Maureen Merrell Title: The Unmasking Medium: Oil on panel Unframed Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches Framed Dimensions: 12 x 15 inches Price: $750 Artist Statement: This painting is a reflection of my personal artist journey. As a child, I declared with confidence that I wanted to be an artist. But as I grew older, fear, self doubt, and the weight of practicality gradually quieted that voice. For decades, I concealed the dream behind a mask shaped by

I created it as a reminder to go easy on oneself

and works as an art instructor in Fremont

Bio: Lovetta Reyes-Cairo earned her degree in education from BYU and also studied art at the Beaux-Arts Academy

and finds that memories from raising her children bring a lot of inspiration

Size: 9x12 inches

The two angled lines coming to a point above the circle to me represent strength

with Mother of Pearl

She has won awards for her landscape painting from the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society

I was fascinated with the flora and fauna that was so new to me but familiar and home to my mother

but the roots will continue to grow and thrive

and luscious chocolate browns which can be found in my paintings are almost exclusively the result of the tar’s influence on a very limited number of other paint colors in any given piece

She recently graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s degree in Art