Work samples

  • Companion.jpg
    Companion.jpg
    charcoal, oil, and enamel on paper
  • Not yet titled(birds nest).jpg
    Not yet titled(birds nest).jpg
    Mixed media on canvas. Oil, wood, acrylic on paper
  • not yet titled 2017.jpg
    not yet titled 2017.jpg
    Mixed media on canvas. Oil, acrylic, paper, fabric and wood.

About Mary Beth

I use elements of a domestic and natural landscape to refer to the different realms of our experience.    
I paint in order to bear witness to the flimsy or precarious nature of the constructions we call reality. 


After earning a BFA from MICA in 1976, I worked for the Baltimore City Mural program.
I lived in Mexico in 1979 to paint and study at Bellas Artes in San Miguel d’Allende.
In 1987 I attended the Catholic University in Washington D.C. to study… more

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From The Bog

The Quincy Bog in New Hampshire is a place I return to every summer.  It is here that the wonder of decay and renewal have been a source of inspiration.

  • the house of the king....jpg
    the house of the king....jpg
    oil on canvas 2023 36" x 36"
  • we are made from light.jpg
    we are made from light.jpg
    oil and enamel on canvas 2021
  • untitled
    untitled
    oil and enamel on wood panel
  • untitled
    untitled
    oil and enamel on paper 2019 40" x 28"
  • Birches.jpg
    Birches.jpg
    oil and enamel on canvas 2019 36" x 36"
  • Birch.jpg
    Birch.jpg
    oil and enamel on canvas 2019 48" x 36"
  • At the bog.jpg
    At the bog.jpg
    oil and enamel on paper 2020 30" x 22"
  • ferns in the bog
    ferns in the bog
    oil and enamel on canvas 2019 20" x 16"
  • for the beloved curve has nest-like powers...
    "for the beloved curve has nest-like powers..."
    acrylic and oil on canvas 2023 30" x 36"