New Work Wednesday & Giveaway!

5/30/2012

Making leaps and bounds in painting this week! I've got a table-full of WIPs (works in progress)!

Adhered lots and lots of maps to my stretched canvases painted in Matisse Background Colors!

I’m also thrilled to be featured on Talk2TheTrees blog this week!

I’m giving away a $50 gift certificate to my Etsy Shop there!
Read more about how to enter for your chance to win here:

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
Hope you're having a wonderful week!
Mary^

49 Comments

Deb Prewitt link

5/31/2012 01:43:17 am

Love the map layers on top of the blue! Can't wait to see what comes next.

LeAnn link

5/31/2012 03:28:37 am

Love your work -- and I entered the giveaway.

Cheryl's Excellent Adventure link

5/31/2012 04:29:40 am

I love your mini canvases.

Sarah ATD link

5/31/2012 09:06:06 am

I love your work! I'm always so drawn to maps, I think it's great you've found a supremely cool way to work them. Happy to meet you in BYW too :)

Minnemie link

5/31/2012 02:10:20 pm

Wow, you were prolific this week! Wonderful to see how those beautiful canvasses are being transformed. Your work is so unique!

Carolyn Dube link

5/31/2012 02:15:53 pm

You have been busy! Congrats on your feature at Talk 2 the Trees!

-KAT- link

5/31/2012 02:34:57 pm

very very cool

lynn link

5/31/2012 03:23:14 pm

like those thick pieces of mapping wondering what world they depict! want to go traveling across the page to find many unknown adventures!

Tammie link

5/31/2012 03:28:58 pm

wow, that is an impressive amount of canvas.... all sorts of inspiration there!

Annette G link

5/31/2012 03:32:50 pm

wow thats a heck of a lot of canvases and looking great with their first layers on. Look forward to seeing more of your work Mary. Happy PPF, Annette x

Tracey Fletcher King link

5/31/2012 04:03:34 pm

I love seeing them all laid out like that and am excited to see their progress... would be very cool if you photographed them in the same places next week so we could see the progress between the two shots if you know what I mean... then we could see the work emerging... would be cool...xx

Tracey G Potter link

5/31/2012 04:05:44 pm

Wonderful! How lovely to have so many WIPs on the go. Can't wait to see what you do with them all. Happy PPF.

Lisa WRight link

5/31/2012 07:42:08 pm

I love to see all this spread out and ready for your amazing artwork!

Nordljus link

5/31/2012 09:28:08 pm

Wow, you've been busy! Love seeing them laid out all together, and looking forward to see your progress with these!

Anne link

5/31/2012 09:31:52 pm

Great wips, looking forward seeing these finished, your work is always so beautiful and interesting!

Marji link

5/31/2012 10:44:47 pm

Wow, Mary, you are a busy bee. I love those canvases. They are beautiful already. Can't wait to see how you work your magic on them. Happy PPF

carlarey link

5/31/2012 10:56:02 pm

What a feeling of accomplishment! I'd have to keep running back in a having a look and feeling all smug about it.
Can't wait until you start finishing them and showing them off.

Stephanie Corder link

6/1/2012 12:23:07 am

Wonderful seeing all these together- can't wait to see them complete!
Congrats on the feature!
Happy PPF,
Stephanie

Debbie link

6/1/2012 12:42:56 am

I really love seeing this glimpse into your process. Congrats on being featured on Talk 2 the Trees!

Ayala Art link

6/1/2012 02:14:44 am

so cool! yummy WIPs!

Mari link

6/1/2012 02:38:13 am

How much work to do! Ufff...Saludos

kristin maynes link

6/1/2012 02:39:21 am

I really love those! My 6yo loves maps so I wrapped a couple canvases with old maps. He loves them hanging on his wall. I think he'd love yours also. Happy PPF!

Piarom link

6/1/2012 02:44:50 am

Wow so cool to look at all the yummy canvases!! How do you make them? They look amazing...excited to see the finished pieces :)

Valerie-Jael link

6/1/2012 02:44:55 am

Good work as always! Valerie

carol link

6/1/2012 02:49:04 am

Wonderful series of 'preps' for your creations ~ congrats on your feature ~ thanks, ^_^

Carol Samsel

6/1/2012 04:07:01 am

WOW! You are busy as a bee!!! Everything looks great so far :0)

Nora Clemens-Gallo link

6/1/2012 04:20:37 am

Looks fun an exhiting all the projects you have there!! I can't wait to see the final product.
Congratulations on being feature!

Have an amazing and very creative weekend!
Nora

Sadee Schilling link

6/1/2012 05:20:58 am

Oooh, I love to see a table full of works-in-progress like that! And yours are especially beautiful. I've been thinking that I need to try working like this and just spread out a bunch of papers and colors on the floor and see where it takes me!

Natasa May link

6/1/2012 06:30:48 am

So great to see them all at once. :) Wonderful!

Helen Campbell link

6/1/2012 06:41:29 am

Mary, these are fabulous! I'm excited to see how they all develop. Happy PPF!

EVA link

6/1/2012 08:26:15 am

So fascinating to see all your WIPs! Looking forward to seeing them all done.

victoria link

6/1/2012 08:30:09 am

Hi Mary...these are totally fabulous and gorgeous! Wonderful!!
Victoria

Margo@Legacy of a Single Girl link

6/1/2012 10:52:54 am

Can't wait to see what they become. I do love the way they are laid out, it is art in itself!

Belinda link

6/1/2012 11:06:30 am

WOW! Mary, I love those!! The canvases look amazing!
Can't wait to visit your featured giveaway! What a great idea!! Happy PPF!

Timeless Rituals link

6/1/2012 03:35:58 pm

Amazing amount of WIP!! They look very interesting!!

vonnyk link

6/1/2012 07:55:23 pm

I always love your maps, can't wait to see how they end up.
Von (PPF)

Maria - Mary made this. link

6/2/2012 04:53:04 am

Hi Mary!
So nice to see your work. I love maps...
See you in class at BYW2!
All my best
Maria

Julie link

6/2/2012 07:12:30 am

wonderful work and I really like seeing the close up shots.

Paula - Buenos Aires

6/2/2012 02:43:02 pm

How magical to see the pieces emerge layer by layer! They look great.

Elisa Choi link

6/2/2012 05:53:10 pm

Love you wip! a very productive day for you. Joined the giveaway! :)

Morgan link

6/3/2012 01:38:13 am

It's so neat to see that you work on so many at once I love the Matisse background colors as well...can't wait to see them finished!

Casey link

6/3/2012 04:14:39 am

Hi Mary,
You really are a map lover! :) I love seeing progress shots like this. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and commenting. I'm really excited about the new BYW class and I'm hoping to learn lots! It's great to meet other bloggers, too. :)
Casey

caroline @trend-daily link

6/3/2012 06:50:18 am

Wow Mary-these are absolutely stunning. I'm itching to give mixed media a go one day-it looks so wonderful, but I haven't done any kind of design work since my woven textile degree in the 1980's, so I'm a little apprehensive still! So nice to be in touch again with BYW2 (you were so encouraging on BYW1 whae I made one post on 'Evie and Gabriel'! See you on the course ! Caroline :-)

Sigga Dís

6/3/2012 08:23:30 am

Thank you Mary for your nice comment on my blog.
How nice to see how you are making your art, so different. I always love to see your paintings and now to she how you make them. Have you thought of online class??
Love
Sigga D'is

Rebecca ward link

6/3/2012 08:42:41 am

great application! What a fun project!

JKW link

6/3/2012 11:30:54 pm

OMGosh you've been busy. That would be fun, to have them all ready. They are so unique unto themselves. Blessings, Janet PPF

Beth @ Remarkably Domestic link

6/4/2012 12:24:13 pm

Wow, what beautiful work, Mary! A perfect way to turn maps into art.

See you in class!

Beth :-)

Audrey link

6/6/2012 12:44:13 am

Mary, your art is absolutely lovely! So nice to meet you, and thank you for your sweet comment. :)

Audrey

Anna link

6/7/2012 10:47:27 am

Hi Mary, I enjoyed looking through your blog this evening, and your work is lovely. I love the intimate scale of many of these pieces -- and you're so prolific! Very inspiring!

I thank you too for stopping by my blog and commenting. Have a great evening, and see you around BYW. :)

Anna