Lock & Loaded

2012
Oil and graphite on canvas

Size
28x54

Unique work

Artist Sally Ma is a master of contrasting detail with perfectly chosen negative space. Her rich use of texture gives her oil paintings a vibrancy that must be seen firsthand to be appreciated. Sally Ma uses texture, detail, and negative space to create drama in Go Away, portraying a young woman clearly tempered and strengthened by experience and hardship.

Space

2013
Oil on canvas

Size
42x60

Unique work

Space by Sally Ma shows a child in stark relief against her grey surroundings. This sparsely populated piece is deceptive in its simplicity, showing the artist’s incredible ability to control detail and texture to create a piece that is deep and moving both visually and intellectually.

Max

2013
Oil on canvas

Size
44x85

Unique work

Sally Ma re-interprets a classic childhood image in Max, adding the color and whimsy of a child’s imagination to an image originally created by an adult. The soft colors and gentle lines relax the original image, imparting a feeling of youth and vigor on the viewer.

Curious Little Girl

2008
Oil on canvas

Size
30x40

Unique work

Sally Ma’s Curious Sally is an introspective self portrait, depicting our artist at a young and innocent age. The warm green colors and lovingly placed brush strokes show a child near the beginning of life.

Mikey

hippo

The Gift

2013
Oil on canvas

Size
36x40

Unique work

The Gift is Sally Ma’s re-interpretation of a classic image found in the book “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein By adding color to this already powerful image, Sally Ma has created an even greater contrast between the stooping man and his lonely, sparse surroundings. The surroundings behind our subject feature vivid texture and heavy brush strokes, with drips of color adding to a complex and haunting world.

Hello, Kitty...

2012
Oil on canvas

Size
36x48

Unique work

This delicate work shows a young adult woman, her face and clothing in grayscale against an austere grey background. Her bow is in stark relief against the image, a powerful reflection that recalls her childhood. The young woman is shown raising her collar, and portrayed with a tenderness that can only be made possible with familiarity.

dreadin skulls

For Yates

2012
Oil on canvas

Size
36x48

Unique work

An abstracted skull dominates a pastel beige background in For Yates by Sally Ma. The skull’s structure is collapsing, giving the viewer a feeling of passing eons and impermanence, while the very brush strokes describing the skull also collapse around the subject, floating away like vapor.

Roxanna

2011
Oil on canvas

Size
36x48

Unique work

Roxanna by Sally Ma explores concealment in public spaces by using vibrant color and fine, narrow brush strokes to depict the façade of a woman wearing a mask. Her face is concealed behind a mask, her gaze turned forward purposefully.

Untitiled

2010
Oil on canvas

Size
30x40

Unique work

A provocative image, depicting a “working woman” in a seductive pose, Untitled questions sensuality, sexuality, and the peril that some women must endure to earn a living The woman is at once empowered and defensive in her posture, asking the viewer to question their own position on the complex issues portrayed.

misery

munch's madonna

la grande vie

thoughts

mother