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Sugar Maple - 30" x 40" - Oil on canvas

Sugar Maple - 30" x 40" - Oil on canvas

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Sugar Maple

Oil on canvas (2007)

30" x 40"

One of One


Inspired by the brilliance of a New England autumn, Sugar Maple emerged slowly from layered drips and patient observation—revealing the form of the tree through Mayo’s intricate, interconnected visual language.


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Why Collect an Original

An original work is not a reproduction of an idea.
It is the physical site where the idea first occurred.

Each painting carries the material decisions, revisions, and structural tensions that shaped its formation. Surface, scale, texture, and chromatic depth exist in direct relationship to the artist’s hand.

Original works hold presence.
They anchor space.
They mature over time.

To collect an original is to acquire the primary object — not an interpretation, but the source.

Archival Documentation

Each original comes with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity—archived through Michael’s studio, embossed with a unique seal, and printed on archival paper for longevity and legacy.

A Letter From the Studio

Included with your piece is a printed and signed letter from Michael—written to you, the new steward of this moment in time.

Sugar Maple - 30" x 40" - Oil on canvas
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Studio Perspective

Sugar Maple was a three-month undertaking and is both a study in color and form in the intensely detailed, interconnected style unique to Michael David Mayo. Inspired by the crisp New England fall, Mayo began this work upon returning from a trip to the epicenter of autumn’s grandeur along the coast of Maine.

What began as a semi-random drip slowly revealed itself over months of patient attention. As the layers accumulated, the image of the maple emerged naturally from the process.

“I listened to the canvas, and she told me who she was and how she would like to be seen,” says Mayo.


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