M. A. Havens
Taos, NM
PRIMORDIAL ENERGIES
Acrylic on Canvas
24” x 36” x 1.375”
$900
About
M.A. Havens completed fine arts courses at a Homestead, Pennsylvania secondary school, and continued with life sciences education at Seton Hill College in Greensburg, PA. She subsequently graduated from the Pittsburgh Hospital School of Nursing and went on to be a Registered Nurse. Beyond her medical career, she studied oil painting for 3 years with commercial artist and painter, Jay Hastings, in Southern California. During that time, she was also commissioned to paint domestic portraitures. For 13 more years, she painted, exhibited and sold oils, watercolors, mixed media and acrylics of landscapes, animals and abstract imagery.
Artist Statement
At age 4, I began coloring with crayons—one color at a time and not repeating, but arranging what felt right. My drawings were undulating and multicolored. After those early years, I painted abstract watercolors. Then came representational oils, and I was thrilled to sit on Pacific Coast beaches and paint panoramic skies, surging waves, and surf crashing on rocky shores. Then came landscapes, structures, animals, and people. My perspectives spanned from far to near, my palette from oils to mixed media (oil pastels/colored pencils/ pen and ink/watercolors/acrylics). Currently, I paint primarily abstractions with varying degrees of realism—expressing my creative journey, my feelings, and my sense of life.
Art from M. A. Havens in other TAAC exhibitions