Majio Art

Moon Drummer, acrylic paint base with cold wax, monoprints on tissue paper & oil stick is an archetypal figure standing in the surf with forests sprouting from her head and shoulders...

The Ringmaster is in the guise of a Japanese feudal lord, acrylic paint with cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas. Ever the showman, his lordship’s vision relates to Juvenal, ...

With acrylic paint, tissue, decorative paper, and impasto textures, we meet the frontiers and thresholds, metaphoric and literal, that require humility. A Bow is required at the Fro...

Ancestors at the Threshold, with cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, tells of the intersection of worlds where directions are altered. The possibility of going forward or ba...

Ancestors Series, cold wax, oil stick with monoprints and layers of marked tissue paper, explores through transparent overlapping images, the subtle awareness of unconscious influenc...

Ancestors with a brass shield on a wood panel with oil paint and laminated cold wax layers of marked tissue paper, capture a sense of the protection in the everyday world from what w...

Princess Leia from Star Wars surprised me by showing up with my customary bear guardian. She is a strong female symbol in popular culture, representing courage, leadership, and defia...

Figurative I Guardian, acrylic on canvas, 2015. Even in modern-day Japan, the relationship between the physical world and one of the spirits is complex. Demons or yōkai are not inher...

Figurative II Series, acrylic paint on canvas, brings forth the spirit world through animals, folklore, myth, and dream. The archetypal figures, aspects of us, reveal layers of reali...

Throughout Japan, in folklore and theater, the fox spirit as shape-shifter has for millennia exhibited supernatural abilities to bewitch the unwary. Even contemporary admirers will l...

Our Lady, with acrylic paint, cold wax, oil stick, and layers of marked tissue paper, opens up a novel way of relating to materials and creating context with layers of images. Throug...

The blackboard formula in the painting Slip-of-Self is a qubit. Qubit, as a non-binary computer, does not function on memory but possibility, not moving only vertically or horizontal...

Blackboard Series arose from an experience of three different images surrounded by a dense blackness of substance that could be marked on and erased like a blackboard. This suggested...

The Seeker leaves the known to discover and explore the unknown. This inner rugged individual braves loneliness and isolation to seek out new paths. Often oppositional. This iconocla...

Figurative I, acrylic paintings on canvas, have an archetypal quality, which initiates transmission through the character. They come from different cultures, times, and moments of ma...

Figurative I, acrylic paintings on canvas, have an archetypal quality, which initiates transmission through the character. They come from different cultures, times, and moments of ma...

Basket is a special kind of container opened at the top, bottom or both. It is woven with natural fibers and can carry fish or fire. As one of the human’s first receptacles no matter...

Living in Japan and working in the various disciplines in the cultural arts, from long-bow archery to the tea ceremony, Majio began to cultivate a different relationship to things. N...

Amulet, metal object with rust paint mixed media on wood panel, 2020. Amulet, on a wood panel, applied rust and acrylic paint and mixed media, suggests how an object is precious as i...

Crows like ravens are messengers of the other side, bringing timely news not always appreciated. They symbolize change, transformation, and the beginning of something new, requiring ...

Animal II Series acrylic paintings on canvas express the relationship between humans and animals as mediums for diviners, guides, and visionaries. Some show animals in the act of bec...

Guardian Bear with Blue Wings, acrylic on canvas from a retreat in Ojo Caliente Hot Springs in New Mexico, brought forth this protective presence that has lingered ever since. Unperc...

Animal II Series acrylic paintings on canvas express the relationship between humans and animals as mediums for diviners, guides, and visionaries. Some show animals in the act of bec...

A six-week studio stay on Moloka’i gave me a sense of the Hawaiian Islands before colonization. Moloka’i has preserved her rich Native Hawaiian heritage and natural, rural landscape,...

On wood with a gold background, the small Tango Paper Doll series is informed by several cultural and historical layers. The tabs on the paper dolls suggest the figures can be tried ...

Tableau on wood with metallic gold paint sets off an iconic tango embrace. This moment of visceral improvisation requires a deep center axis of balance for each dancer as well as the...

Cross-Roads has a highly textured surface on canvas with rusted metal and handmade paper. It echoes the adage that one should not confuse the world with our perception of it, or the ...

These works reflect the animism of Japanese culture and Zen training. Living in temples and the countryside with craftsman communities in Japan for over a decade, Majio was deeply in...

These works reflect the animism of Japanese culture and Zen training. Living in temples and the countryside with craftsman communities in Japan for over a decade, Majio was deeply in...

Living in temples and the countryside with craftsman communities in Japan for over a decade, Majio was deeply influenced aesthetically and by the content of Japanese culture. Her cra...