Maya Hayuk

Maya Hayuk feels that painting is a "deep meditation of a kind," which is probably why she does it so often. 

The medium Hayuk mainly works with is paint. 

Many things influence the outcome of Hayuk's works. Everything that's around her finds its way into her paintings. One can see influences of pop culture and different painting techniques in her pieces as well. Even where she's at physically with a painting affects the execution. It's also very important to Hayuk that her works are accessible and easy to look at, whether you're inside or outside of the gallery. 

Hayuk's pieces are very colorful and bright. Her works are almost like looking through a kaleidoscope although there are no kaleidoscopes present. Her non-representative paintings are these large-scale murals which are comprised of both organic and geometric shapes. 

Hayuk explains how she really enjoys making gestures and how she created those gestures from nothing by listening to what her art wanted her to do.

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ArtBabble. Indianapolis Museum of Art, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2014.