Collection: Original Paintings

Painting is Sylvia’s passion. After almost a year interrupted with a major health scare which put her life on hold, she is grateful for a second chance at life. Painting has helped her find solace and happiness once more. Her paintings exude splashes of bright colors, adding light to rooms adorned with her work.

Sylvia was exposed to the arts from early on, as her family traveled to Europe often, visiting many great museums and art galleries. As a child, she enjoyed passing the time doodling on any paper she could get her hands on. After joining the “Makk family of artists”, she began experimenting with acrylics. Moving to oil paints on canvas, she enjoys using bold colors and large strokes with palette knife and brush to achieve various compositions from fields of flowers to abstract waterfalls, from modern sunsets to serene lily ponds.

Sylvia’s collectors include residents of Hawaiꞌi as well as clients from around the world. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and events in Hawaiꞌi, the mainland U.S., Canada, and Japan. Debuted in Pacific Edge Magazine’s first issue as Details Gallery’s premiere artist, Sylvia Makk has since grown in recognition within the artist community on a world-wide scale. Sylvia has been recognized for her fresh outlook evident in her paintings.

Personally commissioned to create fun, eclectic pieces for a premiere Japanese brand of wedding shops and entertainment venues, Sylvia puts her love of the whimsical into the pieces and often fuses it with the beauty of the tropics. With Sylvia’s invention of “Mini Makks” (3”x3” paintings), collectors are excited to not worry about wall space as the minis can be placed on any flat surface. They make great gifts too!