Mary Ann Salomone

Born in New York, and raised on the east coast, I had a cultured and exciting childhood, steeped in museums and the thrill of NYC.  In 1979 I began my career as a print designer in the garment industry. It was such a joy to earn my living at a drawing board. For an artist, it just doesn’t get better than that.

In1984 I created In-Vision Art ​Studio. The career was very gratifying, but owning my own company and having the ability to employ other artists was even better.  After moving to Santa Fe in 1988, I continued working with my clients in NY from my home studio. Computers were not “king” yet… and we used faxes and Fed Ex… who can remember?

Change is the one constant in life and so things changed. In 2005 I went to the Community College here in Santa Fe and reinvented myself. One must be adaptable in this world. My art was a career for me and I had no desire to do anything else. So, drawing designs for clothing turned into drawing designs for interiors. It was an easy and natural transition. Interior design is just a hop, skip and a jump from Fashion. It all still made me very happy and gratified to keep warming that chair in front of a drawing board and making a great living.

It seemed for me that I never had the “courage” to really pursue fine art seriously. What would I say? What was my message? I loved the softness of pastels, the childlike play of collage, and adored my dog, Angel. These all produced artwork but somehow they were a patchwork of what I really felt. Personally, most of my life I was just happy filling orders. BUT, after retiring in 2015, I finally faced that blank canvas that had intimidated me most of my life.

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Through my love of trees, nature and a soft spot for the surrealism, my work evolved into my paintings that are fanciful in an other worldly way that take us out of everyday reality into another world that speaks to my imagination, and I hope please yours. That small quiet voice inside finally has found her courage.

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I live here, and work in my home studio, and now desire to share my work and imagination with you. 

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My only hope it gives you the joy that it give me.