A painting of Peonies in a Vase, shades of pink.

Peonies

A painting that focuses on the undulating shapes of a satiny fabric in vibrant shades ranging from reds and pinks to earthy browns to black. The shape and bold colors of the painting represent a childhood journey through the artist's grandmother's closet. 

Ruth's Closet

Colorfield abstraction of a landscape painting of a White House with a red roof on green fields and yellow sky.

Green House

A painting of many Jizō stone statues in the forest

In the forest

The Ruddy Ducks are vey small and depend on water for food and safety.  The male bill is composed of blue splotches of many hues.  This painting shows the male Ruddy of rust colored feathering and significant blue bill, in a state called the nuptial plumage.  The female Ruddy has multicolored brown and white varied markings. Her bill is of grayed markings. In this picture they are found in water among the green vegetation.

RUDDY DUCKS

A painting of yellow apples on the tree with sun-dappled lighting.

Apples in Sun

A painting of a river winding through Trondheim, Norway at 2 am under a midnight sun.

Midnight Sun In Norway

An abstract painting of a woman's body, in light pinks, yellows, and blues, with an array of colors to either side. 

A Body of Water

A watercolor painting of stones, driftwood, and birch bark picked up from the shores of Lake Superior in Minnesota. 

North Shore Treasures

Is that what I think it is?

This is a painting of a steel bridge using colors found in a 2-dimensional image in an attempt to make it 3-dimensional.

Three branches in the foreground, with a colorful landscape view, in bright primary colors, showing layers of land and water, along with a ghostlike image of an abstract house, painted on a wood panel.

Retreat

Untitled

There is a rooster in the foreground of an orchard on an early, clear morning, with distant farm buildings and fading hills in the background.

Early Riser

Rosco

A painting of a lonely highway going through a golden landscape and towards a majestic purple mountain range with a bright blue and cloudy sky.

Coronado National Forest

Nelly

A painting done on location in Grand Marais, MN.  The view is from the rocks with the Sawtooth Mountains in the background. One interesting fact, since it was done on location, you can see small bugs that are stuck in the paint.

All Is Clear

An abstract watercolor painting of a dark yellow circle with deep blue strokes across the center and active swirls of pink and dark yellow jutting out from the circle.

When Mars Had Water

Little brown bunny surrounded by flowers and other plants.

Bunny Brings the Spring

A blue, black, and white abstract painting resembling a shadowy figure beneath blue water

Ocean Hunter

A garden fairy is reading a story to a group of small green frogs. Next to the fairy is a rustic birdbath with a cardinal. Next to the birdbath is a lovely green/yellow Hosta. The background is a varied colored sky with green ground.

Storytime

A painting of a pair of tan boobs with maple leaves over the nipples.  Has a boarder of red, orange, yellow, and brown leaves. 

Fallin'

Artistically painted ceilings of a grand temple hall way paving it's way to Lord Ganesh (the God of beginnings).

The God of beginnings

Two mermaids reading next to a lush verdant waterfall

Merms Reading

Two painted tropical leaves (monstera deliciosa). Painted with acrylic and accented with gold leaf foil.

Tropical Leaves

A 3D painting of the sprawling green landscape of Ireland with touches of yellow and blue to capture the beauty of the island. 

Irlanda #5

A painting in shades of gray of a bearded man in a hoodie's head and shoulders, his gaze looks out to the left. He is a setting of sharp-looking foliage.

Wait. Watch.

Look for the patterns of cells that have emerged in the composition as they require your eye to move around. It is a moment of natural peace.

Peaceful Journey

Highly textural paining: white, grey, gold concrete and acrylic

All that Glitters

A bent Wisteria Tree stands on a green hill with a background of  streaks of purple, green and pink colors. The pink glows behind the top of the tree .Small dots of purple flowers rest at the bottom of the tree. The tree is painted in an Impasto style giving it a rough texture.  

Peonies, 2018

Maryanne Hruby