artist spotlight: mary miller veazie

i am lucky to call such an amazing artist a close family friend; she is actually a part of our family. since mary miller veazie and her daughters moved back to murfreesboro, my family's life has been more colorful. caroline and ellie, her daughters, have become two of my very best friends. extremely talented, mary miller veazie is my first choice for hopefully a future blog series: artist spotlight!

based now in middle tennessee, mary miller veazie has painted and lived throughout the country. she is well-known for her commissioned portraits, but her landscapes, often done "en plain air" and still-life paintings are equally popular. according to her clients wishes, mary will paint in a controlled, formal technique or in a loosely impressionistic style. to keep her approach and technique fresh, she enjoys switching between painting disciplines and has created a body of work that reflects her love of combined landscape and figure painting. 

mary's portraits and paintings hang in home and galleries across the country. my family is lucky enough to have multiple "veazie" paintings in our home. i also have had the privilege to both model for her classes and take lessons from her. i personally love the painting she did of my dad kayaking the marsh in south carolina, as well as the still-life pomegranates hanging in our kitchen. for my 21st birthday, she painted an as-requested magnolia bloom that i am excited to hang in my new apartment (picture of it coming soon!). it is the perfect combination of abstract yet traditional and is more beautiful that i could have ever dreamed it could be. 

abstract: "implied horizon"

impressionistic: "between the lines" 

figurative portrait: "claire"

commissioned portrait: "charles jordan muse, architect"

her paintings are available through her etsy shop, saatchi art gallery and by contacting the artist herself. visit her facebook and her website for more information and to see more paintings! 

xoxo,
clp