Maxine Orange Art Blog

March 5, 2020

DIY Leather Clutch Workshop with Maxine @ Artesano for Shelter House

Make your own Leather Clutch with local artist Maxine Orange, Thursday MARCH 12th at Artesano Boutique in Fort Walton Beach

November 28, 2019

Holiday Events

With all the noise of the season... Don't Forget to add some CREATIVITY into your Holidaze! Hope to see you at some of these upcoming events. Click on the image...

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.

August 14, 2019

Get Creative with local artists / ARTWORX @ BEACHWORX / August Workshops

ARTWORX @ Beachworx and local artist Maxine Orange present the first series of creative workshops at BEACHWORX. This select group of featured area creatives will share their expertise with you, in hopes to provide creative inspiration - an opportunity for anyone and everyone, to open your mind and do something different. No artistic experience is needed. All you have to do is be open to exploring a creative activity - promoting the right kind of fuel for your brain to make new ideas, and a gateway to finding or furthering more creativity in your life. It’s just good for your brain. Challenge yourself to try something different.

July 25, 2019

Creative Connections

Hope was one of the 3 awesome models that showed up. Not being afraid to put my creative idea out in the world provided the opportunity for a deeper connection with each of these beautiful women as I started creating this new collection of paintings. There is something magical about the feeling you get when wearing a wedding dress, no matter who or where you are along the journey of life.

June 24, 2019

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.

June 3, 2019

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.

May 16, 2019

Challenges and Choices

When I moved here in 2012, I was lucky to hop right in with the Artists at Gulf Place - it was a great experience to learn about and connect...