Maren228's Comments (58)

Wow, Maren, way to go!!!! You have done a beautiful weaving!!! -- Rowen

Maren—If Norway and Jamaica ever merged as one "cool" country, this wonderful weaving would make a great flag. Think about it! You may not know that I'm from Washington, D.C. (but I am). Two great painter from there, Morris Louis and Gene Davis, made striped paintings that might interest you since you're such a good colorist. Cheers! -- Les

Very colorful, Maren! Great combination of bright and subtle all at once. . . lovingly, your MN grandparents -- Karen And David

If I could put my hand right through it, I'd wear it as a bracelet--such a beautiful blue! -- Karen And David

What a delightful gingerbread castle! Bet it smells spicy inside. And its cool to have clouds at the ends of the rainbow--makes the rainbow a little like Santa's cap tassel. Very nice! -- karen

Maren—as simple as this painting initially appears, there's a complexity in the "cosmic squiggles" that surround the face and the subtle texture of the face itself. I think you should patent the concept of "dead spider as eye". Very cool. Keep up the ghoul......I mean........good work! -- Leslie

I really enjoy your color choices Maren!!! -- Rowen

Cool! I'd purchase THAT sketchbook with THAT cover, for sure! It would make the poetry I'd write in my sketch book that much more vivid & memorable. Congrats, Maren -- Karen And David

Your map, Maren, gives GREAT directions. I'll follow your road anytime! -- Karen And David

Your "Hearts" artwork is inspirational! Makes me smile every time I look at it! -- Karen And David

I like this a lot, Maren! Keep up the great colors!!! -- Rowen

How pretty, Maren, a house that could almost taste like a cupcake! Bet someone's inside baking gingerbread cookies. . . -- Grandmother Karen

Honey, I know I tell you all the time how much I love your drawings but this painting is so so beautiful! Do you think there's a way we can include it in our book?! You say you want to be an artist when you grow up, and I say you are an artist NOW! Mama -- Rebecca

Dear Maren.....I have been so busy; not too many comments lately. But this drawing/painting is SO gorgeous and inventive, I can't help but tell you how much I like it. You are an intuitive colorist—you can make colors buzz, hum, glow and clunk. And that's hard to do! Wherever this magic world is, I'd like to live there, please. Keep up the good work! -- Leslie

This is wonderful, Maren, meaningful and precious! -- Karen And David

This is s very cool, colorful ornament, Maren--love it! -- Karen And David

Maren, Your weaving is beautiful!!! -- Rowen

Oh, Maren, I like very much the energy in your lines. The designs are evocative--they could be spirals, dandelions, suns, pin wheels, spirits, windmills, little girls' twirling skirts--almost any wonderful spinning thing! Your Grandmother Karen -- Karen And David

I really enjoy seeing your work online, Maren! Way to go!!! -- Rowen

Maren—It's wonderful, as the temperatures warm up, to think of how appealing fall is to all of the senses. Your painting and writing remind me of it. Thanks! p.s. That darned Cat says to say, "Hello". -- Leslie

What a happy image. It says SPRING loud and clear. -- Leslie

Very cool elephant, m'dear? Love his celadon ears & beady eyes, especially. -- Karen

That is so cute !! You are very good at your art work!!! Jeanne Olsen. -- Paul&jeanne

Hi Maren, Your new artwork is fun! I really like the eyes and ears! Have a fun spring break! Your friend, Rowen -- Rowen

Wow, Maren, I really love this elephant. The pink head and ears, the colorful body with purple legs, the eyelashes! And I like that he's about to take a drink of cool water with his trunk, with all the green grass around him. Beautiful! -- Bradley

Dear Maren Your artwork is beautiful! (I should know--I'm an artist too!) -- Rowen

Hi there Maren: This is Bradley, Elah, and Kira. We just enjoyed watching a whole slideshow of ALL your artwork. We were so delighted by it. Some of our favorites include the "flyaway dandelions," the owls, and your latest fall leaves work with tissue paper. You are such a fun and compelling artist. Keep it coming! We can't wait to see you soon. -- Bradley, Elah, and Kira

Maren, I love seeing your art work!!! You are so good and I smile when I look at your creative work!! Keep it up!! Jeanne -- Jeanne

Maren—I love this painting. It has so much light coming out of it. I admire the way you can make paintings that are totally abstract and then turn around and do a painting with recognizable subject matter. What's your secret? I wish I could see a video of you executing this painting and share it with "timid" painters who need to get more gutsy. Yay Maren! Another beauty. -- Leslie

Very impressionistic, I love it ! -- Cheryl

So glad the fire truck got there in your picture, Maren! Buildings with smoke coming out their roofs are scary (unless it's the chimney, of course). -- KarenHerseth

Maren—Has your art teacher been talking to you about the German artist Gerhard Richter? Your beautiful abstraction seems to show this. As the weather gets colder and the leaves are getting duller, it's really nice to be reminded of Spring's wonderfully tinty colors. I'm guessing that this painting is about 18" tall. Can you imagine it SIX FEET TALL, hanging on a plain white wall? Wow! Spring fever! Anyway, congratulations for another wonderful bit of fantasy! -- Leslie

Maren I envy the confident way you paint—always fresh and always cheerful as if you were dancing and painting at the same time. I wish I could live in that castle because I think they might have good waffles there. I see a face in the window so that makes the place uninhibited and inhabited, right? Cheers..........Les -- Leslie

What a wonderful picture, Maren!!!! -- Rowen

LOVE your colorful sea turtle painting, Maren. Wonderful how the turtle's back, with all those hearts like little windows, makes me think I can see into its soul. Love that you show it taking care of its little ones hatching in the sand. Wonderfully impressionistic! -- KarenHerseth

Oh, Maren, so wonderful--these happy hearts--and together they almost make a butterfly!! Love them, AND you. . . -- KarenHerseth

What a cool, colorful underwater home for a hermit crab. We just saw sand crabs in Hawaii, they'd LOVE a place like this! -- KarenHerseth

Maren—this is one of your most ambitious paintings. You've invented all sorts of wonderment for your viewer. A crown balanced on crab eyeballs! Water alive with Jackson Pollock energy! All sorts of cool stuff. Make sure you save your drawings and paintings in a protective portfolio of some sort so that you can enjoy them later in your life. You wouldn't want the hermit crabs to get them! -- Leslie

A very free-wheeling and colorful number, Maren. So like you! 100% terrific! -- KarenH

Maren—your ferris wheel painting makes me happy-dizzy! I feel like I'm looking at the biggest structure in the world with my head tilted WAY back to see the top of it. You've really turned the color wheel into something special (and spatial)! -- Leslie

Maren You are a very effective colorist. I also like the way the sky and ground are so softly defined while the bird is sharp and clear. Very nice work. Les -- Leslie

Oh, Maren, how festive! I'd like to carry my best Christmas gift in that bag. The bird (chicken?) you painted is walking so deliberately, so positively! Love it! -- KarenHerseth

Maren I wish I could see a beautiful owl like this one in the ravine behind our houses. It would look so wild and tropical. You have really made the colors sing! Is the owl singing too? Who? Hooo? Les -- Leslie

Your wonderful owl seems to be jumping for joy! Makes me want to jump for joy, too. . . -- karenHerseth

Love the idea of a snowgirl wearing a crown. Love the crown. Bet that peeking sun makes the snowgirl a little bit nervous! -- KarenHerseth

Maren—this is such a fresh painting! I can breathe deeper just looking at it. I love the way you handle the watercolor medium—much left to chance. Keep on painting! -- Leslie

I love your work, Maren. The colors are full of life, like you! -- Rowen

Very cool colors, Maren! Straight to the refrigerator for this one. --Daddy -- Daddy

Terrifically well placed color, Maren, well done! Could be a poetry book cover, too! -- KarenHerseth

Dear Maren—your line snakes confidently through the stained glass gloom. It reminds me, somehow (because of a painting Sara did?) of the snake that supposedly bites its own tail. In fact, it protects its eggs. Do you have a story for your wonderful, spangly squiggle? Les -- Leslie

Oh, we love it, Maren, in all kinds of ways! Especially we love those great swabs of color that show off your lines. . . G'pa David & Grandmother Karen -- KarenHerseth

My, what long legs you have, officer! I just love the concept of this drawing, the colors, the hair sticking out from under the cap. Brilliant! -- Bradley

An owl with a colorful ruffled shirt. Cool. I'd never have thought of that! This owl looks very wise! -- karenHerseth

LOVE this person's coat & cap with visor! Stylish and Very official-looking. . . and happy! -- KarenHerseth

Great job, Maren! -- Daddy

Looks a little devilish, and like she wants to dance! -- karenHerseth

Terrific tiger-kitty, Maren, right down to her stripey toes! -- KarenHerseth

I love your tiger, Maren. Very cute! -- Daddy