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The Story

This one sat facing the wall for four months. I had painted a figure into the left side and could not make peace with it, so I buried it under indigo and left a single mark of ochre where the head had been. It is the only painting of mine I would not sell twice.

Maya Chen

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Surface texture detail
Impasto and canvas weave
Artist's hands and materials
Materials — pigment, wax, linen

The Artist

Maya Chen

Maya Chen

Chicago, IL — Painting / Mixed Media

I paint the same room over and over until it stops being a room. Everything I make is an argument with the last thing I made.

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