THE BEGINNING

with Makenna Marossy Morales.

Makenna is the wife of Johnny B. Morales, owner of I AM REVEALED. Her specialty in mixed media art along with her shared passion for identity led this collaborative effort.

Makenna Marossy Morales

"When I was creating the original piece that inspired this collaboration, I was experimenting with side profile portraits to learn how to capture the personality and facial features of individuals, which fits perfectly in with the message of I AM REVEALED - discover who you are. Johnny (my husband) glanced at what I was creating and immediately reacted with, “I want to wear that.”

The process for this collaboration included a variety of mixed media. I started by painting the subject's outline with black ink, then shaded and colored the main features using pastel crayons in different shades of black, gray, and white. The faces of the man and woman slowly emerged as I moved on to each individual's hair.

In the beginning, night and day were made for each other just as man and woman. They reflect each other, belonging together as a pair, but still able to be experienced and worn separately."