What a wonderful time to share with all who came the stories and spirit of the Tai Chi that dances my brush into scenes of sweeping bamboo blades dancing in the wind, wild horses flinging their manes, gentle lotus flowers nested on serene waters, and the vivid colors of our Maui reefs and marine life that give us so much inspiration.

Recent new additions to my portfolio depict the luminous mountains, waterfalls banked in clouds and mist, a nurturing scene of the deep vastness of West Maui Mountains. Egrets flock through the valley and lift their wings into the sunset in this landscape watercolor painting.

Another new work of mine was created after letting the incense imbued ink stick thicken the water slowly and distinctly as a contemplative mood arose, then dipping my brush into freshly prepared and ground colors, to bring in evening enchantment of soft moon glow through the ocean mist with golden bamboo stalks appearing and bending to the music of the night. This is a dream filled painting that lets the eye flow through evening’s magic uninterrupted.

Painting fish is another favorite of mine, giving time to let their feelings express through their eyes as well as their movement through blue and turquoise waters, swimming through tendrils of wisteria blossoms, or banana leaf fronds. The latest work gives focus to three parrotfish gliding amidst long sweeping vines in bloom with fragrant flowers.

Then there is a contemporary work, giving the rainbow colors of Maui a new flavor as the circle meets square in a series of yin yang color selections that have blue bamboo threading the scene together in what I call: Bamboo Matrix.

Saturday and SundayFebruary 11 & 12, 2012  11am-6pm

Marilyn Allysum: MauiLotus Studio

Maui, HI.

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  MauiLotus Art Booth

Come joins us at the Uptown Art Fair

August 6 & 7, 2011

New Works: Contemplative, Contemporary, and Classical

will join some of my favorites!

MauiLotus: The Marilyn Allysum Group

Award Winning Music CD Visions of Unity

available at our booth.

OUR LOCATION:

2736 Hennepin Avenue South

(across from Ace Hardware)

MauiLotus Art Booth

I will be participating in the 38th Annual Stockholm Art Fair

Saturday July 16, 2011

Village Park, Stockholm, Wisconsin

Come and see my MauiLotus inspirations!

This fine art fair is among my favorites, both for the quality of art found there, the friendliness of  the community, and for its glorious location. We are nested under a beautiful canopy of trees, on the river’s shoreline, with wide vista views that take in the bluffs and open waters.

Visions of Unity is a full ensemble jazz fusion recording, featuring Marilyn Allysum on Piano/Flute/Gu Zheng/Vocals, David Wolfe on Santoor, Charles Fletcher on Bass, and Mike Hurley on Drums and World Percussives.

Rainbow Night is Marilyn’s ambient solo piano album, with Charles Fletcher on bass. The album’s title song is a tribute to Marilyn’s mother and her beloved Maui, Hawaii.

Bamboo bends its arms to the wind,
opening its arms to invite the hummingbird entrance
to the hidden flowers blooming,
sweet.

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Here I have depicted an underwater Reef scene in South Maui, where I saw this marvelous seascape that appears much like a landscape, complete with waterfalls cascading down lava and coral reefs, housing octopus, manta ray, and green sea turtles as water’s swirl and keep them safe and unseen.

Diving beneath the surface of

Maui’s pure waters in early morning light,

So much hits the senses

Invoking us to bow at this world beneath worlds…..

The cascading waterfalls thrill to the movement of waves above

Abalone colors sparkle off the lava reef below

All is calm in the moment…

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To Purchase or if You Have Questions Regarding this Piece of Art, Please Go to Our Contact Page.

On the upcountry road on Haleakala, feel the full moon enticing lotuses to turn their faces to it’s beloved light, as dreams are woven into the night’s fragrant air.

Purple lotus’s bloom in full moon’s calling

Ocean currents surrender

Transformation rises

to the golden orb of Light…..

- Marilyn Allysum

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Whether advancing or retreating,

the lifting of wings brings enchanting nectar.

In traditional style, open space is as important as bird and flower connecting.

- Marilyn Allysum

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