Artist: Marc James Villaneuva

Medium: Mixed-Media

Size: 60" x 24"

About the Artist:

Contemporary Mixed-Media & Abstract Artist

Marc James Villanueva ("MJ") is a painter of contemporary mixed-media and representational abstract works on canvas and wood panel. His compositions are a fusion of color, texture and movement achieved through the application of oil/acrylic paints, crushed Pau'a seashell, recycled glass, marble dust, copper, paper and Lauhala, indigenous Hawaiian fiber.

The colorful, soothing images reveal themselves through the artist's exploration of media and technique. Ice & Heat-fusion methods are used to create highly textured, luminescent and multi-dimensional masterpieces.

The Aquatic world and Spatial universe are his inspiration encompassing his native Hawai'i.

MJ Villanueva was educated at the University of Hawai'i, receiving degrees in Education and Culinary Arts. His training in food preparation taught him the importance of color and texture, as evidenced in the delicious quality of his artwork.

Marc James Villanueva's work is characterized by the harnessing of images and shapes that emerge during the process of painting and by his attempt to transfer pure emotion directly onto the canvas. His work finds favor with many because of the range in styles and techniques he employs This variation is evident from his quiescent rectangles and simple reeds to his spirited sea jellies and multifaceted geodes.

Series & Collections: Reeds, Jellies, Geodes, Aqua Aria, Virga, Moons of Jupiter, Ka Wai lele, Box Flowers, Wishing Flowers, Drop/Fiber Flowers, Metropolis, Orbit, Edge & Lineation, Tectonica, Water Comets, and Nalu.