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Some recent comments about my art:
 
"Your work makes me happy!"

"It's impossible to look at your work and not smile."

"Now that is what I call eye candy!"
 
"I love all your work together! It's a color explosion!"
 
"Fab as ever!"
 
"Fabulous, especially the fire pit."
 
"Love your colors."
 
"I love your abstracts! Awesome!"
 
"Thrilled for you. Amazed by you. Inspired by you!"
 
"Maria, these are AWESOME! I couldn't choose a favorite! Congratulations!"
 
"There is a great peace and cohesiveness in your work."
 
"There is feeling in your art. Powerful."

"Such an inspiration!"

"Always a grand mixture!"

"I love how free you are with your materials."

"What a luscious wall!"

"I love your sense of humor."

"I love your colors! Bright and bold...wonderful!"


 

Recent photos of friends, family, and supporters at my various shows!



With Julia, Heather, and Jen, First Friday Art Walk, July 2011.


Happy Art Walkers! First Friday Art Walk, July 2011.


Wearing my Nancy Botwin dress, First Friday Art Walk, August 2011.


With Jen of Interactive Tarot, First Friday Art Walk, September 2011.


 

With Heather at the Arts Downtown and All Around group show, Fort Andross, Brunswick, ME, December 2010.



Jesse, Echo, and Sy, First Friday Art Walk, Closet Factory, Portland, ME, March 2011.



With Sabrina as "Charlie's Angels", First Friday Art Walk, Closet Factory, Portland, ME, March 2011.



At "Sixty Minute Expressions", Thornton Oaks, Brunswick, ME, 2009.



Jeremy, Sabrina, and Terry, First Friday Art Walk, Closet Factory, Portland, ME, March 2011.



My booth, Gorham Art Fair, Gorham, ME, November 2010.



With Terry, Sabrina, and Jeremy at my solo show at the previous Art Guru location, Gorham, ME.



With Erica from Cumberland Crossing and Rebecca from Muddy Marsh Ramblers, First Friday Art Walk,

Closet Factory, Portland ME, February 2011.



I brought in my sign at the end of the night to find that a stranger had left greenery on it! First Friday Art Walk,

Closet Factory, Portland ME, February 2011.



With Silvia, solo show at North Star Music Cafe, Portland, ME, May 2010.



From left to right: Bonnie, Rachael, Sarah, and Hannah, North Star Music Cafe solo show, Portland ME, May 2010.



Jeremy and Sabrina at my solo show at North Star Music Cafe, Portland ME, May 2010.



At "Putting-It-All-Together: Collage, Assemblage, and Montage", climate/gallery (yes, that's the way they wrote it),

Long Island City, NY, February 2010.



With Heather at "Flow", my two-woman show with photographer Anna Low, Thornton Oaks, Brunswick, ME, March 2010.