Maya Hayuk

Maya Hayuk is a painter that uses abstract imagery and bright colours to create her distinctive style. Her work is very free flowing as she doesn't conciously think about what she is going to do next whilst creating her piece. Any "mistakes" that are made are incorporated into the final piece and are not painted over. As you can see from the image above, she paints on rundown buildings that are derelict and lifeless to brighten up the area and create more happiness in its surroundings.

These are examples of her more improvised work. They were created by using a thick brush with a variety of different coloured washes as well as masking tape. She applied a random colour of diagonal corner and repeated the same technique in different positions, layering on top of previous diagonal lines. The beauty of this technique is that you can stop at any point, as long as your happy with the final piece.

This is an example of a series of abstract shapes that feature alot in her work and here she has combined them using her distinctive bold colour choices to create an elaborate mural. Also, she has included the accidental drips of paint, involving her mistakes.

I really like jer work because of the bold use of colour and the intention of the work. I really like the fact that she wants to involve her work in the community by painting on disused buildings to make them siginificant in the local area as they once were. Abstract imagery isn't normally to my taste as I do like depiction in my art but here you can see the free flowing and improvisation in her work, reflecting her care free personality.