revelatorART has moved: NEW WEBSITE LOCATION

www.revelatorart.wixsite.com/revelatorart

I HAVE A NEW WEBSITE LOCATION FOR MY revelatorART BUSINESS. IT IS NOW LOCATED at WIX.COM 

I am making the WIX.com site my primary revelatorART business site and am in process of updating my current business cards, brochures, and electronic communications with the WIX.com site address and information. 

Please make note of the switch over to the WIX.com site if you are desiring to keep updated on new paintings and work of mine, along with events I will be at and upcoming plans. 

I will keep this BLOGGER site open until further notice because I've had it for years and it's been on all my business cards and brochures and electronic communications, and much of my clientele have been used to coming to this site. But the WIX.com site will be my primary site. 

The new WIX.com site allows for more of a stream-lined look and tab system, easier interaction with my painting gallery and allows for a quick contact email form. With time, I will be working on the possibility of on-line commission contracts and even on-line payments. For now...go check it out! 

THE NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS IS:

www.revelatorart.wixsite.com/revelatorart

The Evolution and Progression of Permanent Sanctuary Art

Recently I was given the opportunity to create a piece of art to display permanently in the sanctuary space of the building that Ke Aha Vineyard Church rents to meet in. I took a couple of months to pray about imagery and what I might create, being intentional to listen in on the conversation that God is having with the people of Ke Aha and being mindful of what kind of message would come forth from the painting. 

I didn't know exactly what size of canvas I would use to paint on. But when I came upon a 3ftx3ft canvas at a local charity thrift shop for a very reasonable price I quickly decided that would be the size. The canvas had an aerial view landscape photograph printed on it. I needed to prime over the top of it so I could start fresh, but decided to utilize the topographical lines from the rivers in the photograph as part of the abstract painting I would create. I then began the lengthy layering process of mixed media and texturing using acrylic paints, charcoal, graphite, chalk pastels, gel ink pens, paper, ink, and water, rags, paper towels, brushes, palette knives, faux painting tools, and matte medium. This took the majority of two days to complete, working hours at a time. 

Here are photos of some of that evolution and progression....

Once I was finished with the painting I wrote and printed an artist statement and was able to take it in to be placed on the easel in the sanctuary space of the building. 

Here is the Painting that is on permanent display:

keia mea i ke ala o ke aloha

(Hawaiian for This Is The Way Of Love)

c. 2019 Lisa Marten

3ftx3ft mixed media abstract expressionist painting

 on gallery wrapped box canvas

Painted for Ke Aha Vineyard Church, Maui, Hawaii

In the midst of all the beautiful mess of life, we are meant for relationship (with each other and with our Creator). It's worth the intentional time taken to listen to the heartbeat of the conversation that God is having with each of us, and to enter into that conversation in real and authentic ways. We get to be in each other's lives...in the good and the hard places...and that is a privilege and gift given by God. 

Art with Heart: a night of encouragement through the arts

I was able to be a part of a creative event here on Maui bringing several local visual artists, musicians and live painters together to be featured for a night of meaningful artistic expression, creative collaboration, and connecting conversations. 

It was held at Made In Hope Cafe in Wailuku, Hawaii on Maui. 

I want to thank the owners of Made In Hope and all those who work there and helped make this even possible. And a big shout out and thank you to Danielle for being such a great event coordinator! It was truly a fun experience to be a part of. 

I love creative collaboration! 

One of my favorite things is when artists are gathered together to inspire each other and others through creativity. 

Local artists (including myself) displayed their visual art throughout the cafe. For some of the artists, this was their first time getting to show their work in public. 

Opening up the night was singer/songwriter Gabe Shaible and live painter Sarah Shannon. This was their first time collaborating like this together. They were really fun to experience.

Sarah Shannon created this stunning heart piece to Gabe's music. Sarah is the Artist in Residence at the Made in Hope Cafe and is currently working on a large mural that she has designed on a wall in the parking lot. 

Gabe Shaible sang to us songs she had written and helped set the welcoming atmosphere and tone for the night. 

As the night moved on more and more people came to enjoy the event (the first of it's kind at Made in Hope Cafe) entering into conversations and connecting in community. The energy was so fun.

People found themselves standing, sitting at tables, sitting on the floor and engaging with the artistic experience of the evening. 

photo credit: Sonny Waiau

Next up was the live music of singer/songwriter Isabeau Waiau Walker. Isabeau lives in the Portland, Oregon area but is a Maui native and was home for the holidays. Isabeau played all her own songs and has a style that incorporates storytelling and audience interaction. 

Here is her YouTube Channel: Isabeau Waia'u Walker

Here is her Patreon Site: Isabeau

Here is her SoundCloud Page: isabeau-waiau-walker

Here is her CD Baby Page: IsabeauWaiauWalker

photo credit: Sonny Waiau

I painted live to Isabeau Waiau Walkers music (it was the first time we had collaborated like this) and it was such a fun experience. I think we were all caught up in the moment and the set went by so fast.

photo credit: Lorie Yanuaria

I have traveled to Maui several times over the last 5 years painting live each time. And I moved here to Maui a few months ago and have painted live many times already...but this was my first experience painting live in a venue outside of a church here on Maui...and it was a blast! 

photo credit: Sonny Waiau

The night was such a fun experience gathering artists and art lovers together for a night of Art with Heart. 

The evening was closed out with some original spoken word given by poet Zander Chasen. 

photo credit: Shelley Waiau

pu'uwai ho'ola kahuna 

(hawaiian for Heart Healer)

c. 2018 Lisa Marten

18x24 mixed media on unstretched canvas

painted live at Made In Hope Cafe 

Wailuku, Hawaii

This painting was created to the live music of singer/songwriter Isabeau Waiau Walker. It is about surrendering to the process of healing the deep woundings we may have experienced throughout life. That process looks different for all of us, as each of our heart journey's look different from each others. But ultimately the process is a surrendering to the One who brings the healing. It's letting it be an exploration, a conversation, a collaboration, a partnership of risk and trust that can lead us on a new path bringing restoration and life to the dead places, the woundings, the brokenness, the hurt, the pain, and the blockages. That surrendering isn't easy...but it can bring healing. 

Maker Surfboards Maui: a creative collaboration

While I'm here on Maui I'm getting to know a couple of artists that not only create works of art in the surfboards they make, they're all about relationship and collaboration in how they make the boards and in how they live their lives. 

Meet husband and wife team Joey and Tiana Mattos of Kihei, Hawaii on the island of Maui...owners and artists at Maker Surfboards www.makersurfboards.com, working together to build a foundation of love, respect, and light in every surfboard they make. 

For surfers, boards are not just the piece of foam they ride on the waves, boards become an extension of their own bodies to take them places they've only dreamed of. Joey and Tiana (native to Maui and surfers themselves) spend time with their customers getting to know them and learning about them in order to be able to create the kind of boards that will work best for them out on the waves and will also look and feel good to their customers that they can feel a part of as they surf. It really is about  both function and about style. 

I had the honor of getting to experience part of their creative process as they invited me into their side by side shops to watch them work. 

Joey is a Shaper. This is his side of the shop. He takes the generic foam molds and shapes them, customizing their specifications for each customer (taking into considerations the height and size of the person, what the person wants to be able to do with the board, i.e. if it's a long board or a short board, etc.) 

Tiana is a Glasser. This is her side of the shop. Glassing is the process of applying fiberglass cloth and resin to seal the board with protection for the water. It's also the process of adding color and design to make the board unique to the customers specifications. 

SHAPING

Joey uses a number of tools to sand and shape the chunky foam mold into a streamlined surface. I can tell that Joey's precision with measurements and even the slightest touch of sanding has come from years of experience knowing what it feels like for a body to extend to a board and to aerodynamically ride through and over water together. He's a master sculptor forming and shaping that foam. 

GLASSING

Tiana hand mixes colors from a limited palette available in the industry, which she then adds to the very toxic laminating resin. It's  chemistry and it's a time consuming and painstaking process to correctly match the colors her customers have requested, but she takes pride in getting it right. While she mixes, Joey preps the board with tape and paper as a house painter preps a room. Once the colored resin is ready it is poured and squeegeed over fiberglass cloth that covers the foam board. This process of application is like a dance and has to be completed in time before the resin begins to set up. 

There are many more steps in the process to create a finished board (adding additional design, adding the Maker logo to the board, buffing and polishing, adding the fins and other functional aspects, etc.). Though I haven't seen those finishing detailed steps as of yet, I have gotten to see some of their finished boards...and I must say that they truly are works of art. 

But it's not just how good the board looks or even how good the board performs after it's completed that matters to Joey and Tiana. They put the hard work in to shaping and glassing the boards they create but they also put the hard work in to building relationships with their customers that make a difference. These guys are legit. 

I thoroughly enjoyed getting to be in their creative spaces and to watch their creative process as a team. Joey and Tiana Mattos are surfboard artists. 

Here is an example of a board created by Maker Surfboards 

(taken from photos on their Instagram)

Maker Surfboards

Function and Style

Support Local

Check out their website www.makersurfboards.com and catch them on Instagram @makersurfboards to view boards they've created and to learn more about who they are and what they do as surfboard makers.