Exhibition: 10.01 through 11.15
Reception: Thursday, 10.01 from 4pm-6pm
The Sea Ranch Lodge
Playful Ways of Seeing
Now 85, Maynard has been ‘drawing+painting’ and ‘inventing+model-making’ since early childhood — always encouraged to ‘look+learn+create+share.’ He’s been doing so for decades; his ‘sharing’ has been in the realms of teaching and in developing products for the housewares and furniture industries, and designing retail environments, including galleries and design shops, beginning in 1967 when he opened ColorForm — a small toy shop in Santa Monica, specializing in hand-made playthings.
As an artist and designer, color + form reign importantly in Maynard’s mind — in his ‘seeing+sharing’ through creating objects and images, sometimes ‘playfully.’ The artworks in this exhibit — whether his 3D ‘Looking Boxes’ or his paintings+drawings — are ones he’s made in 2026.