ADDING GREAT SPARKLE EVERYWHERE EVERYDAY

Welcome to MKM Creates

Bringing more sparkle to your life

Meet the Artist & Author

MKM Creates is the amalgamation of two creatives in one. Marla. K. Morris is an emerging African American artist who highlights people of color in her mosaic shimmering diamond paintings to showcase simplistic beauty. She has a focus on creating vibrant colorful portraits in a gamut of settings: vintage, present day and futuristic. She enjoys bedazzling her pieces with resin, glass or acrylic beads, crystals and rhinestones.

Her guilty pleasure is watching criminal justice dramas and she also writes true crime fiction based on incidents in her hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

Features

MKM Creates is consistently involved in the artistic Columbus community. Marla has been a featured diamond painting artist with Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, 1221 Art Space, the Greater Columbus Arts Council and All Peoples Art. She has also submitted several collages for an exhibition at 83 Gallery.

When she isn't focused on diamond painting she is writing novels about true crimes that happened in the inner city of Columbus. Referencing historical landmarks and the technology of yesteryear are her forte. She is currently working on a new series about central Ohio's femme fatales. The first title, Redemption From the Dark: From Prison to Peace, was released in May. Her past offerings: His Dream, Her Nightmare, Her Dream, His Nightmare, Sweet Burial, and Misplaced Danger are all available for purchase on Amazon and Audible.

CML Book Festival

A grand celebration of reading right in the heart of the city. It will be an extraordinary event celebrating a community of book lovers. The Topiary Park behind the Main Library will be one huge bookstore. Meet me there: 96 S. Grant Avenue. Indie Author Station F2. Saturday, July 11th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, July 12th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m..

Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo

Let's imagine you've already come to my June and July book events. You've read my latest book. Naturally, you'll have questions. Maybe you will want to buy another book. I got you! Bring a friend or two. Meet me at the Aladdin Shrine Center on Saturday, August 8th from 12 to 4:30 p.m.

614HER: The Black Art Experience

Save the date for this fantabulous art show featuring over a dozen local Black artists. I'll be the one with two things: purple and sparkle. Come join us in German Village at the Century, 106 East Moler Street, 43207, Sunday, September 13th from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m..

Commissions

To inquire about commissioning your own dazzling work of art, please fill out the contact form to initiate a consultation.

My Mission

MKM Creates provides unique sparkly creations so people can see bedazzled images with exceptional brilliance.

As an author, my goal is to pique the interest of readers while exploring the untold stories of our fair city.

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Let's do a collab

Indeed, teamwork makes the dream work. In the past, MKM Creates has partnered with artist Sara Hope Barton from Open Door Gallery, Lovely But Dead from Columbus Collage Collective, and choreographer Ellington Hoffman from Columbus Dance Theater. If you are interested in working together to make something great, use the contact form below.