Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Last Blog Post - Please follow me on my New Blog!!



NEW BLOG:




Hello All!!!

As you may know, I now have a new last name and will no longer be posting
on this Blog site... 

Please continue to follow me & my art on my new Blog as Mary Highstreet!


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also check out my website,


Hope to keep in touch!!!

-Mary

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Mary Highstreet Studios - Grand Opening, Like The Studio on Facebook!

Visit my New Studio!!
Mary Highstreet Studios

1021 R Street,
Sacramento, CA 95811

On Facebook!! 

 Grand Opening of Mary Highstreet Studios!! 
January 14, 2012 (2nd Saturday) from 6-9pm 
 Located at 1021 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95811, Upstairs. 
Hope to see you there!


ALSO -- There has been a TYPO with the Official Grand Opening Card: 
CORRECTION: January 14, 2012!! 

Too bad they already went to press... XD 
Sooo...to reiterate, this event will take place on January 14 in the new year!! Don't miss it! =D

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Hollywood Regency Meets Rock & Roll





Up-Cycling!!  Recently re-designed the three main pieces you see above!  
Lovin' this California Chic Casual Style! (Poster is from State Fair - Rock & Roll Exhibit, & what you can't see to either side is a mod guitar stand with a banjitar & electric guitar, as well as an amp)


Matt & I found the Director's Chairs at the local thrift shop ($4/ea) - pretty good condition but no seat/chair back - we cleaned them up and sewed our own white fabric seat & chair backs!!
& The table was ($5) & I painted it white!  ;)  Looks like a vacation spot in our own home!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011


If you don't know J.C. Leyendecker, you ought to!  He is an exceptional painter characterized by a style of luscious color and dynamic expressions.  Bold lines and gestures fill his paintings down to every last brush stroke!

When most people think of the Saturday Evening Post they think of Norman Rockwell.  In-fact, after discovering the Post and Rockwell at a young age, I can honestly say I didn't even know J.C. Lyendecker existed until much, much later.  Now, with little reservations, I can honestly say that I believe when people think of the Post, they should think of J.C. Leyendecker!  I immediately ran out and bought copy of a Biography filled with images and information about Leyendecker and drool over every page in it.  Now if you own this book, bravo good sirs and madams!  Hat's off to you!  And if you don't own it, get a copy!  Artist or not, I can guarantee you won't be disappointed!

Anyways, above is the original painting cover done by Leyendecker for the Saturday Evening Post.  And below is my photoshop in progress study!  I actually like how abstract it is looking right now, especially with all the lines of the under-drawing showing through.  :)  Hope you like it!!



Saturday, September 17, 2011

Fox Jump - a work in acrylic and thread



My First Finished Artwork as Mary B. Highstreet!

Not sure where I am going with this series yet, but this is the idea for a new series of artworks I want to embark on - when I started this idea I was going for something modern and simple, juxtaposing a single action with action lines.  Much like a piece of music, I can hear Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G. Minor starting as I see this jump take place.

I first created a rough sketch of the fox then added the lines spontaneously catching the rhythms and emotions I saw in the fox.  I then painted the fox on another paper, and threaded colors through the lines.

The colors I chose reminded me of a wild stream and silver fish!  What do they remind you of?

 Check back for more on this series!!

And be sure to check out my new BLOG on www.maryhighstreet.blogspot.com!






Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Japanese Pagoda and Pidgeons


I did this painting in a watercolor class I took in 2005. This piece won 1st place overall at the San Mateo County Fair that same year. Below I have a close up of the matting, since It was one of the first matts I picked out and cut myself.