CARDBOARD PAINTINGS
This series of oil on canvas paintings employs the trompe l'oeil technique, which translates to "fool the eye." Dating back to ancient Greece and Rome, this method creates an optical illusion of a real object on a flat surface. Maya meticulously hand-paints every detail to trick the viewer into believing they are looking at real cardboard boxes, capturing the color of the cardboard, the glossy sheen of packing tape, and the intricate designs of handling stickers.
These paintings are treated as traditional oil portriature, giving status to the cardboard as it is an intergral part of commercial society. The material often protects and carries something more valuable than itself and is then disposed of. These paintings are meant to give praise to such an altrustic material and immortilize it as one would immortilize a person of great importance.
**Custom cardboard paintings are available upon request.
These paintings are treated as traditional oil portriature, giving status to the cardboard as it is an intergral part of commercial society. The material often protects and carries something more valuable than itself and is then disposed of. These paintings are meant to give praise to such an altrustic material and immortilize it as one would immortilize a person of great importance.
**Custom cardboard paintings are available upon request.
Cardboard Composition #1, Oil on Canvas, 42”x72”, 2016.
Cardboard Composition #1, Oil on Canvas, 42”x72”, on view in Baltimore bedroom.
Cardboard Composition #1, Oil on Canvas, 42”x72”, on view horizonatally in Los Angeles dining room.
Cardboard Composition #3, Oil on Canvas, 36”x48”, 2022.
Cardboard Composition #2 in Green, Oil on Canvas, 36”x48”, on view in Los Angeles living room, 2022.
Cardboard Composition #4, Oil on Canvas, 18”x24”, currently for sale, 2022.
Cardboard Composition #4, Oil on Canvas, 18”x24”, on view in Los Angeles bedroom.