2016 Desk Calendar now available!  

 Calendar is approximately 5" x 10" and makes a nice calendar next to your computer or desk.   Featured are 12 original oils. They also are nice Christmas gifts for family and friends.   Cost is $15.00 + .90 sales tax( Michigan) and 3.50 shipping.  Please call or email me to order- 616.235.7931,  or maryeandersenart@sbcglobal.net. Large wall calendars are also available and can be ordered by request.    

Edge of the Lake no. 3

Oil on canvas, 24" x 30"   This painting is another variation of a northern Michigan lake that has been the focus of several paintings over the past 10 years.   I am leaving this piece a little unfinished for fear of overworking the  lily pads and ending up with a stiff painting that is so, so easy to have happen!  

Farm at Port Onieda no.4

Oil on board, 8" x 10" -  This small work is the 4th in a series of oils of a homestead in the Sleeping Bear Dunes park in northwestern Michigan.  I have purposely left it loose with not a lot of detail because it is more of a study in color and composition.  Chances are good that this piece will be developed into a larger painting in the near future.  

Spring Flooding at Lamont

Oil on canvas, 24" x 48"     This oil has been accepted into the Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts exhibition located at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. The exhibition opens to the public on Friday, June 5 and runs through July 26th, 2015.

"After Water" - WBEZ 91.5 Chicago- Interview

                                       (Rocky Beach, Old Mission Peninsula, oil on canvas, 11" x 14" )

 I was recently  honored to be interviewed for the radio series -"After Water" that is considering the fluxuation of the water levels in the Great Lakes from a variety of  view points including economic, ecological as well as aesthetic.    A photographer from Michigan will also be part of this interview.  It is scheduled to air within the next few days and will also be livestreamed  to other stations.  You can visit  the website- www.WBEZ.org  for the airtime schedule.

New Exhibit - Close to the Land V

Beach near Frankfort

Oil on canvas, 10" x 20"  While passing through Frankfort last summer,  I came upon this low lying dune hugging the shoreline near the harbor.   It was a warm sunny day and I attempted to capture the brilliant sunlight in the early afternoon.