23 Aug Hello!

For those of you that are new…

Hello, I’m Mary!

I am a self taught artist living on the north shore of Chicago, Il.

I work from my home studio while raising my 3 daughters with my restaurant owner hubby.

We also have a border collie, Abigail.

Home is everything to me. And working from my home studio has been a gift at this stage in our family life.

I painted through highschool and then took a giant break (all of my 20s) to pursue theatre and acting.

At 30 I started painting again and have steadily built my art practice and business from home. 

My art practice began with oils (highschool), then acrylic (when I returned to it), then went like this…

Acrylic to pen & ink to watercolor to gouache to acrylic to multimedia.

My work has grown increasingly abstract through the years and now that’s my primary focus. 

My career has grown through consistent sharing on social media (thanks Instagram)

and collaborating with licensing partners like Minted who have exposed my work to a vast audience.

Through Minted I have brand collaborations with @bhldn and Michaels.

I also license my work with @alphaainc and @level57.art. And am represented by the lovely ladies of Sorelle Gallery.

Currently, I’m developing a digital course for artists on how to create an art habit and build an art practice from home. 

Things/People/Places I love (and that inspire me!):

 Music… @thisispattismith, David Bowie 

@arcadefire @tobenwigwe @siamusic 

@brandicarlile  @jonimitchell @petitbiscuit 

Travel…France, California, Portugal, road trips! Bucket list includes Ireland, Japan and Costa Rica.

Unique color combos and Indigo Blue.

Artists…Frankenthaler, Rothko, Mitchell, af Klint, Toulouse-Lautrec, Klimt, and Twombly.

Nature…the mountains, the beach, forest walks, flowers, flowers, flowers.

Poetry…Mary Oliver and currently obsessed with @katejbaer 

Books, podcasts…I made a resource guide with recommendations on these which you can access here.

Interior Design…so integral to my work.

Thank you so much for being here!

If you’d like to follow along more on a day to day basis, check out my instagram below.

I post to my stories on the regular. Have a fantastic and inspired week!

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