to be drawn in, to see the layers, the brushstrokes - to feel the
energy and emotion I experienced while making this piece of art.

Hi, I'm Mary Ness. I am happy you are here to see what I've been
up to. I'm an abstract expressionist artist and designer living and
working just outside Toronto, Canada.

My creative journey, with all of it's twists and turns, goes back to my
early childhood. There I was, little me, lying belly down on the kitchen
floor with my coloring book and crayons.
I was caught in a sunbeam coming through the window - and that's
when the magic began.

I paint with both traditional media such as acrylics and/or oils and
cold wax, mixed media collage as well as painting with digital tools
such as Photoshop and Corel Painter.

Often I combine digital and analog to achieve my goal. Sometimes
a painting is finished quickly and other times there are many layers
and visits to the mirror with the painting,always searching for that
elusive moment when I can say, that's it, I've got it!