Mari Jae Artist

It’s a Toss (Up) 36x36 Oil Paint on Canvas

I’m a painter. I'm a mother. I work with wax strings. I use them to create colorful, whimsical people and then they become the subjects of my paintings. The figures have a lot of dimension and really pop off of the canvas. They are fanciful on one hand and cutting on the other.  They are smile invoking and thought provoking.  They are gibberish and sharply communicative. I happened upon wax strings while playing with my children. They were experimenting and deeply engaged with making and stacking shapes all the while completely uninterested in what I was doing. So, I experimented. Then I painted. My goal with these is to delight and confuse and to make people stop and consider human expression in a new way!

-Mari Jae

Complete Statement

Mari Jae creates!

Paintings

Colorful abstract painting with clouds, speech bubbles, and dripping paint, featuring the words 'NO' and 'TOSS', and two stylized figures with tangled lines, one with a red apple.

It’s a Toss (Up) 36x36 Oil Paint on Canvas

Silence Oil Paint on Canvas

Silence 16x12 Oil Paint on Canvas

The Tree in the Forest Oil paint on canvas

The Tree in the forest 30x48 Oil Paint on Canvas

Zesty artist print on museum quality paper

Artist Prints

Listen to our children artist print based off of an original oil paint on canvas
Dude Artist Print

Merch

A collage of nine selfies of a woman with a large, curly updo hairstyle wrapped with various colorful headscarves and headbands, taking mirror selfies with a smartphone.
A white mug with yellow handles and interior, placed on a wooden surface. The mug features an artistic abstract illustration with the word 'Silence' and various colorful shapes and lines.
White ceramic mug with pink interior and handle, featuring a colorful abstract design, placed on a wooden surface.
Close-up image of a person's face with curly hair and glasses, showing the upper part of the head and forehead.
Colorful lollipop art resembling a cartoon character with black hair, yellow and green eyes, red smile, and green leaves at the bottom.
Three people, a woman and two children, are jumping on a wooden deck outdoors near a lake, surrounded by trees, during daytime. The woman is in the center with curly hair, wearing a white outfit, with her arms raised above her head.