"The Artist's Path - Map Series # 2" (2016) by MaryLea Harris in Bend, OR. This piece is special to me because it was the second painting I painted in my Map Series - this series goes back many years and is deeply personal.

Original acrylic on canvas with painted edges.
30" x 40" with wire, ready to hang.
Signed by artist on the back.

My Map series is meant to explore our relationships between physical place, connection, belonging, and our collective personal journeys. I'm exploring color, texture, and line. I'm focusing on the interplay of "positive" and "negative" space as I reflect on my own positive and negative growth experiences from the past few years. The cracks are how the light gets in. I'm using these maps as a form of art therapy to explore living more simply while celebrating nature, color, texture, and line. 

I want the viewer to feel happy and playful. I want them to be in the moment and feel joy. Life is short and meant to be celebrated. 

All of the proceeds from the sale of this painting will be added to the MaryLea Harris Art Scholarship fund, a new scholarship for a graduating senior girl from Central Oregon to attend college and study fine art.

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