Martha Hayden’s Open Studio

My open studio exhibition and sale will be Saturday and Sunday, September 9 and 10, 12:00 - 5:00 both days

If you like painting, and you like old houses, you will really enjoy a visit!  Thee is a life time of work on display!
143 Prairie Street, Sharon, WI. 262 736 4571.
About 65 miles from Milwaukee and 85 from Chicago.


 

Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on canvas
Pele and Namaka-O-Hai come to Hawaii
2023
oil on canvas
24 x 20
w/ frame: Pele and Namaka-O-Hai come to Hawaii
PayPal buy button $750

After a trip to Hawaii with my sister, I began making a series based on two Hawaiian sisters; The younger one Pele, the goddess of Volcanoes and the older one Namake-O-Hai, the goddess of water.

They arrive together from Polynesia, in the care of their brother, the shark god. Pele, a young girl, tries to make a “toy” volcano on the beach.  Her sister, puts it out. Her sister always puts out Pele’s volcanoes. They fight, and their parents separate them, moving Pele inland to Kīlauea.

My series is about family dynamics; relationships between siblings, power and struggles over who knows best. Both sisters are becoming who they are destined to be.

All from imagination, not perception.

 
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on canvas
Pele
2022
oil on canvas
26 x 26
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 1200

Pele in her volcano!
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on linen
Pele and Namaka-O-Hai arrive in Hawaii
2023
oil on linen
42 x 48
PayPal buy button $3000
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic on canvas
Sold DotThe Blue Roof
2022
acrylic on canvas
11.5 x 14.5
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil
Sold DotKenny's Farm
2023
oil
20.5 x 20.5
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on linen
Sold Dotslack and heart
2023
oil on linen
17 x 21
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic
Riverfront Park and the Woolen Mill, Jefferson, WI
2023
acrylic
17 x 21
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 450
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic
Pendarvis, (Mineral Point)
2022
acrylic
17 x 21
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 450
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic on canvas
Sold DotRiverfront Park
2023
acrylic on canvas
10 X 15
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic on linen
Milwaukee and Main
2023
acrylic on linen
14 x 18
w/ frame: 15 x 19
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 400
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on canvas
Geranium
2022
oil on canvas
20 x 16
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 475
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on canvas
Sold DotRed House in Winter
2022
oil on canvas
18 x 14
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on linen
Bouquet
2022
oil on linen
12 x 11
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 225
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on linen
Sold DotRed Pepper and Onion
2022
oil on linen
8 x 10
w/ frame: 16 x 18
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on linen
Sold DotTwo Onions
2022
oil on linen
8 x 10
w/ frame: 16 x 18

This has been a year of small paintings. How small can I get them and still have them be paintings? I wanted to try.
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on linen
Claire's Basket
2020
oil on linen
20 x 26
PayPal buy button $900

A study in the primaries: red, yellow and blue.
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on canvas
The Sewing Corner
2022
oil on canvas
18 x 12
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 275
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic
Pendarvis, Mineral Point, WI
2022
acrylic
5 x 7
w/ frame: 11 x 13
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 200
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic on linen
Sold DotAcross the Street
2022
acrylic on linen
10 x 8
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic on linen
Prairie Street
2022
acrylic on linen
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 225
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic on linen
Prairie Street
2022
acrylic on linen
8 x 10
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 225
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic
Sold DotStorm at the Farmers' Market
2022
acrylic
9 x 12
w/ frame: 17 x 20

It started to rain, and everyone was hurrying to cover up and secure. I love the kind of light that comes just before a rain. I got wet, and finished in the car.
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic on linen
View in the rain
2022
acrylic on linen
8 x 10
w/ frame: 9 x 11
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 200
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on canvas
Two Pineapples
2021
oil on canvas
26 x 16
w/ frame: 27 x 17
PayPal buy button $650

During the winter of 20-21, I made a number of paintings based on a set up with pineapples and baking equipment. Here we have pairs of pineapples.
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil on linen
Red House in Winter
2018
oil on linen
20 x 24
w/ frame: 22 x 26
PayPal buy button 850

Red House in Winter

Artist’s Note:  This is a view, done from my studio window. Snow is both positive and negative, and is difficult to paint because it is whiter than the white of the canvas. The only way to get the illusion of more whiteness is  to provide enough contrast. The two trees, the red house, and the pale distance provide that comparison.

 

 
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic
Red House in Winter
2021
acrylic
18 x 24
w/ frame: 19 x 25
PayPal buy button $800

From a series of window paintings done during the winter. Snow transforms everything in a magical way. I wanted the painting to look as "cold" as I was feeling.
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview oil
Prairie Street Sunset
2021
oil
24 x 24
w/ frame: 25 x 25
PayPal buy button $850

I worked on this "almost nocturne" a long time, trying to simplify the house enough to emphasize the light behind.
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview acrylic on linen
Lake Wissota
2018
acrylic on linen
16 x 20
PayPal buy button w/ frame: 450
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview gouache
County FF
2020
gouache
16 x 12
w/ frame: unframed
PayPal buy button $350
PayPal buy button w/ frame: unframed

One of my most favorite places. Pepin County, near Durand, WI

It's fall, the light is beautiful and the long road travels into the far distance.
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview gouache
Autumn Woods
2020
gouache
12 x 16
w/ frame: unframed
PayPal buy button $350
PayPal buy button w/ frame: unframed
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview gouache
The Long Road
2020
gouache
12 x 16
w/ frame: unframed
PayPal buy button 350
PayPal buy button w/ frame: unframed
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview gouache
John Deere 2519
2020
gouache
15 x 20
w/ frame: unframed
PayPal buy button $450
PayPal buy button w/ frame: unframed
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview gouache
John Deere 2519
2020
gouache
11 x 15
w/ frame: unframed
PayPal buy button $350
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview gouache
Pandemic Summer
2020
gouache
16 x 16
w/ frame: unframed
PayPal buy button $400
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview gouache
Tall, Tall Tree
2020
gouache
16 x 16
w/ frame: unframed
PayPal buy button $450
Martha Hayden 2023 Open Studio Preview gouache
Hattiesburg Station
2018
gouache
12 x 16
w/ frame: unframed
PayPal buy button $350