Maya Malioutina

All Is Full of Love, Abstract Painting

2018

Artist Comments
Maya Malioutina's ongoing series "Lighter" is inspired by Rumi's quote: "The wound is where the light enters you." Maya explains, "Not just our wounds, all our cracks and scratches - the sum of our life experiences, are what makes each one of us unique, whole and beautiful and serve, simultaneously, as an entrance through which the light enters us and exits - through which we are able to shine the light that we carry inside us outward."

About the Artist
Maya’s abstract mixed-media artworks are inspired by urban imperfections–cracks in sidewalks, peeling paint, rusted metal. Influenced by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, Maya embraces the aesthetic flaws of city life, translating daily discoveries into heavily layered and textured paintings. “Some works have close to fifty layers,” she mentions. “I like to layer paint and media slowly, a little at a time.” Maya employs a neutral palette and generous applications of metallic leaf to create meditative yet sumptuous artworks, quietly enticing the viewer.

Words that describe this painting: abstract, modern, gold leaf, metallic, abstract, non-representational, mixed media artwork, grey

All Is Full of Love
Maya Malioutina
Acrylic paint, gold leaf, wax on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2018
30 in. h x 48 in. w x 1.5 in. d
15 lbs. 0 oz.