Medium: Watercolor, Ink,
Mixed Media, & Oil
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Mary Ann Solbrig is a native Californian, but it was not until moving to Pennsylvania that she discovered the immense satisfaction of painting when her children started school. Like many artists, she put her creative journey on hold for long periods of time due to situations in life. Being recently retired from her job at the City of Sutter Creek, she is enjoying more time to paint.
While her inspiration is focused in the present, she enjoys subjects that contain a kind of “shared nostalgia” and convey a feeling of quiet and comfort with a touch of that nostalgia. She looks at nearly everything as a possible painting. Flowers, weathered wood, rocks and stones, rusted metalwork, windows and old buildings are favorite subjects as well as open doors that lead the viewer to question what lies inside. The vibrant colors in her watercolors are what first attracted clients, and she is now very excited to have begun learning oils, a completely different process. She loves to learn and try out new techniques while still developing and refining her watercolor skills.
Most of her paintings are done from photos she has taken but also has used reference photos that strike a chord with her that are specifically for artists to use. Others are from a workshop she belongs to. The instructor has given permission for the artwork created in the workshop to be sold, made into prints, whatever the artist wants to do with the finished paintings.
Her art has been selected for juried exhibitions in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, and Colorado where she won awards. She has been a member of the Art Alliance in Lemont, Pennsylvania, The Colorado Watercolor Society, the Broomfield Art Guild in Colorado, and currently is a member of the Amador County Artists Association.
Mary Ann currently lives in Pine Grove, California where she paints in her studio in her home. Living in Amador County provides her with many exciting opportunities to paint some of her favorite subjects which are scattered throughout the Gold Country.
Here are a few examples of Mary Ann’s excellent work:
