
Martha Hayden’s Open Studio
My open studio exhibition and sale will be Saturday and Sunday, September 9 and 10, 12:00 - 5:00 both days
If you like painting, and you like old houses, you will really enjoy a visit! Thee is a life time of work on display!
143 Prairie Street, Sharon, WI. 262 736 4571.
About 65 miles from Milwaukee and 85 from Chicago.
Pele and Namaka-O-Hai come to Hawaii
2023
oil on canvas
24 x 20
w/ frame: Pele and Namaka-O-Hai come to Hawaii
2023
oil on canvas
24 x 20
w/ frame: Pele and Namaka-O-Hai come to Hawaii
After a trip to Hawaii with my sister, I began making a series based on two Hawaiian sisters; The younger one Pele, the goddess of Volcanoes and the older one Namake-O-Hai, the goddess of water.
They arrive together from Polynesia, in the care of their brother, the shark god. Pele, a young girl, tries to make a “toy” volcano on the beach. Her sister, puts it out. Her sister always puts out Pele’s volcanoes. They fight, and their parents separate them, moving Pele inland to Kīlauea.
My series is about family dynamics; relationships between siblings, power and struggles over who knows best. Both sisters are becoming who they are destined to be.
All from imagination, not perception.
They arrive together from Polynesia, in the care of their brother, the shark god. Pele, a young girl, tries to make a “toy” volcano on the beach. Her sister, puts it out. Her sister always puts out Pele’s volcanoes. They fight, and their parents separate them, moving Pele inland to Kīlauea.
My series is about family dynamics; relationships between siblings, power and struggles over who knows best. Both sisters are becoming who they are destined to be.
All from imagination, not perception.
Red House in Winter
2018
oil on linen
20 x 24
w/ frame: 22 x 26
2018
oil on linen
20 x 24
w/ frame: 22 x 26
Red House in Winter
Artist’s Note: This is a view, done from my studio window. Snow is both positive and negative, and is difficult to paint because it is whiter than the white of the canvas. The only way to get the illusion of more whiteness is to provide enough contrast. The two trees, the red house, and the pale distance provide that comparison.
Artist’s Note: This is a view, done from my studio window. Snow is both positive and negative, and is difficult to paint because it is whiter than the white of the canvas. The only way to get the illusion of more whiteness is to provide enough contrast. The two trees, the red house, and the pale distance provide that comparison.