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"Passage"
Mixed Media on Canvas
Painting
36" x 36" |
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Joe
Maktima |
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| The seeds of artistic
expression were born within artist Joe Maktima. Growing up
in the traditional land of the Hopi, Joe watched his
grandfather, a craftsman and artisan, carve wood and paint
and watched his father, an artist, create paintings at their
kitchen table. For eons the ways of Native people has
shifted and changed over time, with his Abstract
Expressionist canvases Maktima represents part of this
organic progression, bringing the creative expressions of
this third generation artist into the contemporary world. |
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For Maktima the overall design of a piece,
whether his own or that of any artist, is of utmost importance, as is a
sense of continuity and the formal elements of composition such as
texture, rhythm and a consistency in color relationships. "There are no
sketches for the work I produce," Joe explains. "I begin with a general
idea, and allow the process of my own creative and critical thought to
guide a composition that in the end will hopefully exhibit an aura of
value and integrity."
The mixed media canvases Joe Maktima
creates combine sand, gold, handmade paper and other materials with
acrylics to produce symbolic abstracts with an intense color palette.
The artist states: "Humanistic in approach, and rooted within my
artistic-aesthetic virtues my work seeks to intrigue and entice the
viewer towards the contemplation of the creative process."
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