Work samples

  • Book Flowers
    Book Flowers

    Book pages, painted with watercolor, and collaged.

  • See Butterfly
    See Butterfly

    Collaged book pages

  • Lava Lamp
    Lava Lamp

    Collaged book pages, gouache

  • Upward Swoosh
    Upward Swoosh

    Collaged book pages, gouache

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About Mary

Baltimore City  

Mary Rayme is a Maryland Institute College of Art graduate living in Parkville, Maryland. As an artist and librarian, she is inspired by the printed word, nature, paper, color, light, and shape.

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Button Portraits

The button portraits grew out of my obsession with old buttons. I love how unique and interesting the shapes and colors are-- like little gems of industrial design. I started by cutting out pieces of patterned collage paper, gesso-ing a center spotlight, and then trying to recreate each button as a hovering object in that space using pencil and colored pencils.

  • Red Sun Button
    Red Sun Button

    Paper, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

  • Wooden Flower Button
    Wooden Flower Button

    Paper, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

  • Yellow Flower Button
    Yellow Flower Button

    Paper, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

  • Green Saucer Button
    Green Saucer Button

    Paper, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

  • Orange Flower Button
    Orange Flower Button

    Collaged paper, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

  • Red Spiral Button
    Red Spiral Button

    Collaged paper, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

  • Blue Diamond Button
    Blue Diamond Button

    Collaged paper, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

  • Two-Tone Green Button
    Two-Tone Green Button

    Collaged book pages, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

  • Black and White Button
    Black and White Button

    Collaged book pages, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

  • Nude Button
    Nude Button

    Book page, gesso, pencil, colored pencil

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    • Collage, Gesso, Colored Pencils

    These collages evolved out of my love of stripes and artist Alma Thomas. I wanted to emulate her staccato brushstrokes and use them to create playful patterns. Some of the other artworks are birds-eye photographs that I have added gesso to and drawn on top with colored pencils.

    • Alma Thomas
      Alma Thomas

      Collaged book pages, gesso

    • Green Elephant
      Green Elephant

      Collaged book pages, gesso

    • Red Stripe Landscape
      Red Stripe Landscape

      Collaged book pages, gesso

    • Michelangelo Terracotta
      Michelangelo Terracotta

      Collaged book pages, gessol

    • Rainbow Seuss
      Rainbow Seuss

      Collaged book pages, gesso

    • Christo Glow
      Christo Glow

      Collaged book pages, gesso, colored pencil

    • Meander Rainbow
      Meander Rainbow

      Collaged book pages, gesso, colored pencil

    • Rainbow River
      Rainbow River

      Collaged book pages, gesso, colored pencil

    • Rainbow Rug
      Rainbow Rug

      Collaged book pages, gesso

    • Teal Palace
      Teal Palace

      Collaged book pages, gesso

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    • Drawing over Collaged Comic Books and Books

    As a way of paying homage to my favorite comic books, I started cutting up one-inch squares, re-arranging them, and drawing on top of them. I also used colorful illustrations from old books in the same way.

    • Green Richie Rich Starburst
      Green Richie Rich Starburst

      Comic books, colored pencil

    • Donald Duck Flower
      Donald Duck Flower

      Comic books, colored pencils

    • Hot Stuff Flower
      Hot Stuff Flower

      Comic Books, colored pencils

    • Richie Rich Starburst
      Richie Rich Starburst

      Comic books, colored pencil

    • Archie Flower
      Archie Flower

      Comic books, colored pencil

    • Richie Rich Starburst
      Richie Rich Starburst

      Comic books, colored pencil

    • Tiny Tim
      Tiny Tim

      Collaged book pages, ink

    • Purple X
      Purple X

      Collaged book pages, pen

    • Eye Scape
      Eye Scape

      Collaged book pages, ink

    • Big Buck Flower
      Big Buck Flower

      Drawing on top of old book page.

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    • Journal Entry Collages

    Many times I create collages as a daily journal entry. I often return to collaging and drawing or painting on top of aerial photographs or images from art history.

    • Rising Up
      Rising Up

      Collaged old books, gesso

    • Ripple Car Park
      Ripple Car Park

      Collaged paper and old books

    • Waving Hello
      Waving Hello

      Collaged paper, old book pages, gesso

    • Watercolor Moon
      Watercolor Moon

      Old book pages, watercolor

    • XOX Diamond
      XOX Diamond

      Collaged paper, ink, gesso, colored pencils

    • Undulating Shapes
      Undulating Shapes

      Collaged book pages

    • River Landscape Dots
      River Landscape Dots

      Collaged book pages, gesso, ink, colored pencils

    • River Flags
      River Flags

      Paper, gesso

    • Color and Symmetry
      Color and Symmetry

      Paper and old book collage

    • Angel Tea Cups
      Angel Tea Cups

      Collaged old books

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    • Random Journal Entry Collages

    These are random collages from journal entries.

    • Map Sun
      Map Sun

      Paper, ink

    • Free
      Free

      Collaged paper

    • Abstract Portrait
      Abstract Portrait

      Collaged paper

    • Jesus' Shoes
      Jesus' Shoes

      Paper collage

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      img041_0.jpg

      Book pages, gesso, ink, colored pencil

    • Double Spiral
      Double Spiral

      Collage

    • Lost River Spiral
      Lost River Spiral

      Collaged book pages

    • Cream Spiral
      Cream Spiral

      Collaged book pages.

    • Singer Aff
      Singer Aff

      Collaged paper.

    • Black, White, and Red
      Black, White, and Red

      Collaged book pages.

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