Studio Information
Tamalpais Commons
On the ground floor (in the space where ToyHouse used to be)
If Miller Avenue parking is full, there is ample parking at the back of the building. On Miller Avenue, drive to the far end of the building then turn right to access rear lot parking.
About The Artist
Serenity is both the driver and the outcome of my artistic expression. The focus needed to create art crowds out ricocheting thoughts and restores order to a chaotic internal world. This desire for stillness dictates every aspect of the work, from the inclusion or omission of elements to the composition and choice of palette.
Whether derived from the natural or built environment, the scenes in my artwork are often desolate, distilled to the essential elements needed to convey a peacefulness that may exist for only a fleeting moment. I paint using a limited palette of only the three primaries, two secondaries and white.
Inspiration for my work arrives unpredictably and from many sources. Subjects that feature foliage often spark my interest with a detail like a starkly backlit leaf randomly protruding from a shrub’s dense mass of otherwise dark wood and twigs. With urban subjects, I am attracted to buildings and materials from the first half of the 20th century. Inspirations have included vintage signs, aging plumbing, decaying concrete walls, industrial-sash windows, classic light fixtures and 1950s-era malachite green paint. Regardless of subject, I am usually inspired to paint when I notice something unusual about a subject.
Mary Anne’s focus on color and composition stems from interior and landscape re-design, home staging and color consulting on over 100 homes. Her commercial projects have included design work for a gala at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre lobby, the bar of the San Francisco Yacht Club, a study at the Marin Designer Showcase and two boutique hotel luxury resorts in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Her paintings have been acquired by Netflix and shown at numerous juried exhibitions throughout the U.S. Her art is held in private collections domestically as well as in Mexico and Southeast Asia. Largely self-taught, Mary Anne learned primarily by studying the work and process of accomplished artists. She maintains a studio and gallery in Mill Valley.
Contact Information
415 717 3949
Exhibitions & Press
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Holiday Open Studios and Crafts Sale, mamPAINTINGS Studio+Gallery, Mill Valley, CA | Dec 7-8
2024 “Mill Valley Art Walk”, Mill Valley City Hall, Mill Valley, CA | Jan 8-March 31
Art Curator, City of Mill Valley: Kathryn Yost
2023 “Local Haunts, Local Flora”, mamPAINTINGS Studio+Gallery, Mill Valley, CA | June 4-July 2
2019 “Marin Tranquility, Urban Calm”, Art Works Downtown Donors’ Gallery, San Rafael, CA | July 12
2019 “Urban Vignettes, Seaside Retreats”, LOLA Gallery, San Francisco, CA | June 7
Curator: Lola Herrera, gallerist
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival”, Old Mill Park, Mill Valley, CA | Sept 14-15
Jurors: unnamed
2023 “A Taste for Art”, La Sierra Community Center, Sacramento Fine Arts, Carmichael, CA | Oct 31-Dec 2
Juror: Karen Cahill, professional artist and exhibiting member of OPA, Signature Artist for NOAPS, NCA and Sac Arts
2023 “Delicious”, Gallery 1337 at Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA | April 7-May 20
Juror: Julie Zener, owner and director Julie Zener Gallery, Mill Valley CA
2022 “Small Works Exhibit”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA | Nov 19-Jan 21
Juror: Emebet Korn, owner and director, Desta Gallery, Mill Valley CA
2022 “Blackout”, Ashton Gallery @ Art on 30th, San Diego, CA | Oct 29-Dec 3
Juror: Vallo Riberto, Chair of Contemporary Art Committee, San Diego Museum of Art and
Professor of Art, Southwestern College
2022 “Art Weekend, Sausalito”, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA | Oct 14-16
Jurors: unnamed
2022 “Small Works: Inspired By”, Long Beach Creative Group juried exhibition, Long Beach, CA | Sep 24-Oct 22
Jurors: Cory Bilicko, artist; Ellen Butler, photographer; Carlos Cordero, artist
2022 “Landscape Art: Special Event”, Life in the West Art Gallery, Broomfield, CO | September 16-18
Jurors: Don Woodard, gallerist; Dennis Bennett, photographer; Julie Anna Lewis: artist; Cliff Scott, artist and retired creative director, Blue Mountain Arts
2022 “Plantarium: Trees, Leaves, Flowers”, Gallerium Art Exhibitions, International | August 25-September 25
2022 “Art to Amuse & Delight”, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA | August 19-September 23
Jurors: Susan Press, curator and artist; and Gabriella Calicchio, Director of Cultural Services for Marin County
2022 “First Tuesday Art Walk”, Mill Valley Community Center, Mill Valley, CA | May 1-31
2022 “Painting Long Beach”, Long Beach Creative Group juried exhibition, Long Beach, CA | April 3-30
Jurors: Thomas Butler, artist; Kimberly Morris, artist; Lawrence Yun, Professor of Fine Arts, Cal-State Fullerton
2022 “Landscapes or Seascapes,” Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA | March 3 to 31
2021 “San Rafael Art Walk”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA | December 10
2019 “Small Works Exhibit”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA | December 13-21
Juror: Alexander Schwarz, art consultant, Caldwell Snyder Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2019 “Fairfax Art Walk”, Deleuse Fine Jewelers & Couture, Fairfax, CA | September 27
2018 “Marin Open Studios”, countywide, Marin County, CA | May 12-13
Education
Largely self-taught, Mary Anne learned primarily by studying the work and process of accomplished artists.
