Maxine Parkin-Jones' paintings explore the intriguing world of the orient using various many-layered and complex application techniques. Her paintings achieve a subtle sense of age and historical intrigue by incorporating a vibrant palette and tonal modification of the shellacked surfaces used in each painting.

Maxine's desire for the accurate representation of the historical themes used in her work is a driving passion. This has resulted in her extensive research to interpret the design elements of specific periods in history and to represent them with a new freshness of vision.

Maxine's experimentation with different mediums has also allowed her to refine her approach, creating depth in her composition through innovative artistic effects. Her highly stylized approach has resulted in creating a strong, highly decorative, body of work that is highly collectable.