Maria Reardon
Maria paints the world around her. Working primarily in pastels, she loves being outdoors, immersed in the world, observing and experiencing everything going on around her. She’s drawn to the unique and ever-changing relationships of form and color.
“A painting is an opportunity to explore something new. A new subject matter, a new color or technique. That’s one of the things I love about plein air and painting from life, the experience will be different and exciting every time.
Maria is a Virginia native ad received her formal education from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Illustration. She continued her studies by attending workshops with notable national artists including Daniel Greene, Albert Handell and Lorenzo Chavez. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Richmond area and is in private collections
In recent years she has dedicated herself to the pastel medium, primarily composed of plein air landscapes and portraiture from life. Her landscapes are scenes from many areas in Virginia and her ancestral home in Tuscany Italy. She also makes frequent painting travel trips where she paints landscapes on site.
Shows and Competitions
August 2015 – Gallery Flux, Ashland VA
July 2015 – Plein Air Easton Quick Draw competitor
May 2015 – Art Speaks by the Bay Juried Show, Matthews, VA
April 2015 – South Atlantic Juried Exhibition, Montpelier, VA – Award Winner
April 2015 – Pastel Society of Virginia Juried Show, Richmond, VA - 1st Place
March 2015 – Pastel Society of Virginia Member Show, Montpelier, VA
December 2014 – Virginia Plein Air Painters Member Show, Montpelier, VA
May 2014 – The American Landscape Juried Exhibition, Staunton, VA
May 2014 – South Atlantic Juried Exhibition, Montpelier, VA – 3rd place Award
May 214 – Pastel Society of Virginia Member Show, Glen Allen, - VA Award Winner
September 2013 – The Art of the Horse, Ashland, VA
December 2013 – The Sterling Gallery Group Show, Richmond, VA
June 2012 – Plein Air Richmond, Award Winner
“A painting is an opportunity to explore something new. A new subject matter, a new color or technique. That’s one of the things I love about plein air and painting from life, the experience will be different and exciting every time.
Maria is a Virginia native ad received her formal education from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Illustration. She continued her studies by attending workshops with notable national artists including Daniel Greene, Albert Handell and Lorenzo Chavez. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Richmond area and is in private collections
In recent years she has dedicated herself to the pastel medium, primarily composed of plein air landscapes and portraiture from life. Her landscapes are scenes from many areas in Virginia and her ancestral home in Tuscany Italy. She also makes frequent painting travel trips where she paints landscapes on site.
Shows and Competitions
August 2015 – Gallery Flux, Ashland VA
July 2015 – Plein Air Easton Quick Draw competitor
May 2015 – Art Speaks by the Bay Juried Show, Matthews, VA
April 2015 – South Atlantic Juried Exhibition, Montpelier, VA – Award Winner
April 2015 – Pastel Society of Virginia Juried Show, Richmond, VA - 1st Place
March 2015 – Pastel Society of Virginia Member Show, Montpelier, VA
December 2014 – Virginia Plein Air Painters Member Show, Montpelier, VA
May 2014 – The American Landscape Juried Exhibition, Staunton, VA
May 2014 – South Atlantic Juried Exhibition, Montpelier, VA – 3rd place Award
May 214 – Pastel Society of Virginia Member Show, Glen Allen, - VA Award Winner
September 2013 – The Art of the Horse, Ashland, VA
December 2013 – The Sterling Gallery Group Show, Richmond, VA
June 2012 – Plein Air Richmond, Award Winner
