“Color makes me happy!” 


This simple, steadfast mantra has been the anchor to Maria’s work. 

Her paintings are welcoming and joyful. For over 25 years, she has celebrated classic inspirations found in nature. When collectors walk into her gallery in St. Augustine, the most common reaction is a gasp... 

A prolific painter, she will often work on several pieces at a time allowing the works to form as she challenges herself with textures, color tones and perspectives. Her unique work is difficult to define with genre labels, but her paintings have an impressionistic  and abstract quality that invites the viewer to lose themselves in her celebratory compositions. 

For Maria, her ultimate satisfaction is in the joy her work brings to her collectors:


“Painting is a way for me to connect and I am just incredibly grateful for the gift of art as my profession and the ways it has allowed me to bring happiness to others.” 


You can find Maria most days in her studio in beautiful downtown St. Augustine or at iconic Art Festivals throughout Florida and the country. 

She works in Acrylic, often with an impasto style using a palette knife or paint spatula. She incorporates other media to bring sparkle, shine and light to her fantastical, enormous compositions. Swaying palms, bright fields of flowers and delightful creatures are expressed with vibrant detail, often upon an abstract patterned backdrop. 


Maria offers limited edition giclee reproductions, including uniquely embellished canvas reproductions. Her work is often offered framed. She takes on a limited number of original, custom commissions each year. 


We look forward to sharing her work with you!

Gallery Hours:
Thursday - Saturday 11am till 5pm
other hours by chance or by appointment

134 Riberia St. 
St. Augustine, FL 32084
407-619-1338







 

Awards | Features | Collections 

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2012 Work selected for national promotion by Ed Hardy Perfume

2011 Work selected for large scale outdoor display at Orlando Health Regional Medical Center

2010 - Coconut Grove Art festival - Two Time honored as featured artist to represent the festival

2009 - Best of Show- CityArts, Dallas, TX

2008 - Work selected as the poster and merchandise image for the Winter Park Art Festival

2004 - Work selected as the poster image for the downtown Aspen Art Festival, Aspen, CO

2004 - First Place, Mixed Media, Maitland Art Festival

2003 - Work selected as the poster image for the Maitland Art Festival, Maitland, FL

2002- Work selected for the Coconut Grove Art Festival poster image, Coconut Grove, FL

2001- Work selected for the poster and t-shirt image for the Beaux Arts Art Festival,

Coral Gables, FL

2001 - Award of Excellence, Beaux Arts Festival, Lowe  Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL

1999 - Best of Show, Rochester Summer Arts Fair, Rochester,NY

1999 - First Place, Painting, Melbourne Art Festival, Melbourne, FL

1999 - First Place, Painting, Mandarin Art Festival, Jacksonville, FL

1998 - First Place, Painting, Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami, FL

1997 - Individual Artist Recognition Award- Art Services Council of Central FL

1996 - Purchase Award, Florida Gulf Coast Art Museum, Belleair, FL

1987 - University Graduate Fellowship Recipient