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Mary Ann de Buy Wenniger
As a collagraph printmaker, my imagery is narrative; I tell my stories. Each moment I treasure is memorialized in a one-of-a-kind Collagraph.
Collagraphs
A collagraph is a collage of materials of various textures glued onto a printing base (plate), then inked and transferred to rag paper by means of an intaglio press. Each collagraph of mine is handmade, one of a kind, and uniquely colored with oil paints and then put through the press to create a collagraph exclusively yours.
Collagraph Printmaking Apron Series
Watch as I demonstrate in my home studio.
The Aprons with Attitude series is a culmination of many years of experimentation in the medium and ideas. I soaked real aprons in polymer medium mixed with gesso and marble paste.
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" I let my intuition, the all encompassing inner voice guide my work."
A Sampling of my Work Collagraphs Encaustics Oil Paintings
Ghost Light (Eastern Point Light Varient)Medium - CollagraphSize 18 x 23Price $600
Lighthouses are known through the years as BEACONS of HOPE to the Ancient seamen and now to us. Oceans are great bodies of water in which I am fascinated with the waves lapping the shores. The harbors of the north shore are enchanting in all seasons.
Rt 97Medium - Oil on canvasSize - 30" x 15"Price - $2,500
My oil paintings vary in subject and the type of surface I paint on.
On a late October afternoon as cars whizzed by, I painted as if my life depended on it. Actually, at home, my husband was dying and I had taken time off to refresh. This is one of my favorite pass roads on my way to nearby Topsfield. There was a haunting quality, no matter what the season because the trucks were no longer in the barn. All signs of past people had disappeared. I ended the afternoon using my plastic gloves as paintbrushes because I could work quickly. It always reminds me of mud pies playing in the mud.
Line Dancing
Medium - Collagraph
Size - 28" x 20"
Price - $1200
The clothesline is a recurring theme in Wenniger collagraphs, recalling nostalgic ideas of family activities and chores, who did what and when, and was it fun or a burden. Since I was a teenager and took down clothes, I’ve loved the freshness and energy of clothes on the line.
Vestments
Not A Blue StockingMedium - CollagraphSize - 12" x 30"Price $400
Studious women in my day were called blue stocking. Obviously, studious women come with many colors today. I had fun painting this with oil paints draped over a pretend line.
Studious women in my day were called blue stocking. Obviously, studious women come with many colors today. I had fun painting this with oil paints draped over a pretend line.
Encaustics
Low Tide Medium - Encaustic on prepared woodSize - 12"x 9"Price $350
Encaustic paintings involve different waxes to which colored pigments have been added. The hot mixture is applied to a carefully-prepared surface of wood covered with gesso. Then a heat torch is applied to the top layer to fuse and melt one layer into another creating a permanent finish.
PoppyMedium - Stone Lithography (Rare for me)Size - 23" x 18"Price - $800
Poppies are my favorite flower. It came up faithfully in our Manchester Massachusetts garden. Mace photographed me drawing on our ancient lithographic stone sitting right in the middle of the poppy patch even though the wind was blowing fiercely. You see the result. But making a stone litho is arduous. This piece has also been printed on the handmade paper I made after my trip to Japan to learn papermaking.
Poppies are my favorite flower. It came up faithfully in our Manchester Massachusetts garden. Mace photographed me drawing on our ancient lithographic stone sitting right in the middle of the poppy patch even though the wind was blowing fiercely. You see the result. But making a stone litho is arduous. This piece has also been printed on the handmade paper I made after my trip to Japan to learn papermaking.
Golden Time
Medium Collagraph
Size - 24" x 18"
Price - $600
All-season landscapes. These are my impressions as I have lived through seasons here in New England.; Summer beaches and flower gardens, Fall walking through the woods using real bark to make trees on my plates, Winter icy branches, and stunning sunsets, and Spring grasses and flowers full of light and color. Sometimes as recently as today I would pick some buds or tiny blossoms and add them to a plate.
Happy Go LuckyMedium - Collagraph, Chin ColleSize 21" x 29"Price $1600
I pictured a person feeling so fully alive that she or he kicked up in the air and laughed out loud. The flowers are artificial, but personify a let go and have fun attitude. Happy Go Lucky, one of the many aprons in my series.
I pictured a person feeling so fully alive that she or he kicked up in the air and laughed out loud. The flowers are artificial, but personify a let go and have fun attitude. Happy Go Lucky, one of the many aprons in my series.
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