Maxine Orange Art Blog

September 20, 2019

september events

This Sunday, I will be a vendor at another new event, this one in Grayton Beach, the GRAYT VIBES Art & Music Festival! They will be blocking off Hotz Ave. for the day and there will be lots of cool stuff happening throughout the day, live bands, yoga and paddleboard events, along with some great artists and vendors along the street. Come out to celebrate the GRAYT local vibe! Hope to see you there.

GIVEAWAY!!! Celebrating LOVE THYSELF UMA Sculpture Deployment!

This Thursday our LOVE THYSELF sculpture will be lowered into the Gulf of Mexico to her new home at the Underwater Museum of Art... BUT before she swims down, our girl needs to have a name!

We are looking to you to help us give her a the perfect name!

Our LOVE THYSELF team will choose our favorite from your entries on Instagram.

LoveThyself - UMA Sculpture

When my creative friend Maurice Hunter asked me to create a sculpture with him for the Underwater Museum of Art, I jumped at the challenge without really even thinking about it. Maurice has an organization and a movement that is all about SELF LOVE. As a confident woman I know how important that can be, especially in the world we live in today, so I appreciate the passion he has for sharing the message. We quickly created the concept of a woman standing in a confident pose in front of a mirror with the words LOVE THYSELF across the top. When viewing our sculpture from the front, YOU are her reflection in the mirror.

Being accepted as one of the UMA artists (in year #2 of existence) was an honor. The process of figuring out how we would create our sculpture was quite an experience that continually pushed me way outside of my comfort zone.