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Serfass, MAA
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Mary Serfass can't remember when art wasn't a major part of her life. She
was born in New York City in 1956, and
spent some of her childhood
in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. She has worked in many mediums, including oil,
watercolor, stone lithography, etching, charcoal and graphite. After
earning a BA in fine art from Penn State University, she returned to her
favorite medium, pen and ink, particularly the stipple technique.
Images are rendered in black and white, using the finest
technical pens available. Color is sometimes added via colored pencil,
watercolor, or both. Some drawings are enhanced with sterling silver, 24
karat gold, or a variety of precious metal leafs, including 23k gold, white
gold, pale gold, lemon gold, moongold, palladium, copper and bronze. Her
signature style includes extending parts of the images onto the surrounding
mat. ("It's not fun to stay in the lines." she
says.) A single drawing may take hundreds of hours to complete.
Her work has been described as elegant and uplifting. A
few quotes: "The artist shows her command of her medium as well as her
ability to draw, a skill not to be taken lightly."
"With their firmness, yet delicacy of expression,... they powerfully evoke
the natural world that inspires the artist."
She became fascinated with miniature art in 1985, and began
exhibiting and winning awards in miniature art shows in New Jersey (MASNJ),
Washington, DC (MPSGS), Florida (MASF), Georgia, (GMAS), Montana (MMAS) and the
Cider Painters of America (CPA), The Heartland Art Guild, The Hilliard Society (UK) and the Royal
Miniature Society (UK), and The Australian Society of Miniature Arts (Tasmania
and Victoria.)
In 1996, her work was included in the World Federation of
Miniaturists' inaugural exhibition in London, England, as part of the centennial
celebration of the Royal Miniature Society. Since then, she has had
work accepted in the World Exhibition of Miniatures events in Hobart,
Tasmania, the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, Burnie, Tasmania, Moscow, Russia,
and Johannesburg, South Africa.
In 2013, she was honored to serve as sole
awards judge for the 80th anniversary of the MPSGS, and in 2017, she had the
honor of serving as sole judge for Seaside Art Gallery's international miniature
show in Nags Head, NC. She is a
member of the Miniature Painters Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington,
DC (MPSGS), the Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF) and the Cider Painters
of America (CPA).
In 2015, she was
elected to signature membership in the Miniature Artists of America, (MAA) an elite
group spanning the globe.
In 2020, she was accepted as an Exhibiting Member of the
Australian Society of Miniature Arts (Tasmania).
She resides in Bethlehem, PA, and is ever thankful for the
support of family and friends.
For
you, Doug. I fly because of you.
For a better view, click on each image, then the back button to return to this
page.
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with reference photo
by David Evan Serfass |
with reference photo
by David Evan Serfass |
with reference photo
by David Evan Serfass |
Blue
ink/ colored pencil/ acrylic/ pastel/ gold/ lapis
image: 6 " dia.
framed: 16 x 16"
photo image: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4"
photo framed: 11 1/4 x 9 1/2"
$6500.00 |
All
Things Serve...
ink/ colored pencil/ acrylic/ pastel/ gold
image: 7 x 12"
framed: 15 3/4 x 20 3/4"
photo image: 4 3/4 x 6 1/2"
photo framed: 9 1/2 x 11"
$7500.00 |
Will
you, Won't You?
ink/ palladium
image: 4 1/2" dia.; 7 x 12" including remarque
framed: 14 1/2 x 17"
photo image: 3 3/4 x 6 3/4"
photo framed: 8 1/2 x 11"
$4000.00 |
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Comes a Cold Wind
ink/ colored pencil on board
image: 9 x 6"
framed: 17 x 14"
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Journey
ink/ colored pencil/
shell gold/ shell palladium on board
image: 8 x 8"
framed: 18 x 18"
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...the
thick of it...
ink
image: 5 1/2 x 4"
framed: 11 1/4 x 9 1/2"
$1575.00 |
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Morning
Mist
ink/ colored pencil on rives gray paper
image: 11 x 10"
framed: 20 1/4 x 17 3/4"
$4500.00 |
Phoenix
ink/ colored pencil
image: 10 x 11"
framed: 19 x 20"
$4000.00 |
The
Giant Will Rise
ink/ colored pencil on metallic rice board
image: 10 x 7 1/2"
framed: 18 x 15 1/2"
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SOLD |
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SOLD |
Yellow
Leaves
ink/ colored pencil
image: 8 x 12"
framed: 17 1/2 x 21" |
Wisteria
Four
ink/ colored pencil
image: 12 x 20"
framed: 22 x 29"
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Moondance
ink/ colored pencil
image: 4 x 3"
framed: 11 x 8"
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SOLD |
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SOLD |
Copperline
ink/ colored pencil
image: 4 x 7"
framed: 12 1/4 x 14 1/2"
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Another
Man's Treasure
colored pencil/ ink on vellum
image: 6 x 5 5/8"
framed: 13 1/2 x 13 1/8"
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AFireflies!
(No. 5)
ink/ colored pencil/ gold leaf on obonai paper
image: 8 x 8"
framed: 17 x 17"
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SOLD |
SOLD |
SOLD |
A
Long Way from Oz
colored pencil on vellum
image: 7 3/4 x 5 3/4"
framed: 14 3/4 x 11 3/4"
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Winter,
Little Farm No. 4
ink/ graphite on metallic rice board
image: 10 x 4"
framed: 18 x 10"
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Nightlights
ink/ colored pencil/ gold leaf
image: 5 x 10
framed: 12 x 17"
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......for
you to sing
colored pencil/ ink
image: 4 x 7"
framed: 12 1/4 x 14 1/2"
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Bixby Bridge
ink on rives gray paper
image: 8 1/4 x 10
1/4"
framed: 17 x 18 1/2"
$1950.00 |
Sunday Nine to Four
ink on bristol
image: 3 1/2 x 11 3/4"
framed: 11 x 20"
$1750.00 |
miniatures
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The
Nest
ink/ colored pencil/ acrylic
image: 2 1/2"
framed: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4"
$1250.00
Second Place- Mixed
Media
Miniature Art Society of Florida
48th International Exhibition, 2023
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October
Blue
ink/ colored pencil/ shell
gold/ acrylic
image: 3 x 1 1/2"
framed: 6 x 4 1/2"
$1325.00
First Place- Mixed
Media
Miniature Painters Sculptor & Gravers Society
of Washington DC
87th International Exhibition, 2020
First Place- Mixed
Media
Miniature Art Society of Florida
47th International Exhibition, 2022
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A
Splash of Sunlight
ink/ colored pencil
image: 4 x 3"
framed: 7 x 6"
$1400.00
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By
the Light...
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 3/4 x 1"
framed: 6 1/2 x 4 3/4"
$1250.00
Honorable Mention:
Heartland Art Guild- 2018
Honorable Mention, (Drawing)
Miniature Painters Sculptors &Gravers Society
of Washington, DC- 2018
Excellence in Other
Media,
Cider painters of America- 2020
People's Choice Award
Australian Society of Miniature Arts, Victoria, 2021 |
Autumn
at Jacobsburg
ink/ colored pencil/ shell gold/ shell silver
image: 2 3/4" dia.
framed: 4 3/4 x 4 3/4"
$1250.00
Excellence in Other
Media
Cider Painters of America- 2018 Honorable
Mention
Parklane Gallery 30th Annual Miniature Show
Kirkland, WA, 2023 |
Nightlights
3
ink/ colored pencil/ 23k gold leaf
image: 3" dia.
framed: 6 7/8 x 6 7/8"
Photo reference credit:
Cathy Facchiano |
SOLD |
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Summer
(Better than Others)
ink/ colored pencil/ shell gold/ shell silver
image: 3 x 2"
framed: 5 1/4 x 4 1/4"
$1250.00 |
A
View from the Road
ink/ colored pencil/ acrylic
image: 2 3/4 x 3"
framed: 5 3/4 x 6"
$1250.00 |
Pink
Moon
ink/ colored pencil/ silver/ acrylic
image: 3 x 2 3/4"
framed: 5 3/4 x 4 3/4"
$1250.00
Third Place,Mixed
Media
Miniature Painters Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington DC- 2023
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...and
Goldberry is waiting.
ink/ colored pencil/ shell gold
image: 1 3/4 x 3"
framed: 4 3/8 x 5 1/2"
$975.00 |
Entmoot
ink/ colored pencil/ 23k gold leaf
image: 2 1/2 x 3"
framed: 4 3/4 x 5 1/4"
$1250.00
Third Place (overall)
Micro- Masterpieces
WaterWorks Art Museum
Miles City, MT, 2023
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Firedance
ink/ colored pencil/ shell gold/ lapis
image: 3 x 1 3/4"
framed: 7 1/8 x 5 7/8"
Best Other Subject
Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC, 2021
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SOLD |
Little
Flame
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 7/8 x 2 1/8"
framed: 5 3/8 x 4 3/8"
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An
Old Spirit
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 1/4" dia
framed: 5 1/2 x 5 3/4"
Bronze Medal winner,
landscape
Australian Society of Miniature Arts
Tasmania
2020
People's Choice Award
ASMA- Tas
2020
First Place, Mixed
Media
Miniature Painters Sculptors & Gravers Society
of Washington, DC
88th International Exhibition, 2021
Best in Other Media
Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC
31st International Miniature Show, 2022
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Passage
ink/ colored pencil/ shell gold/ acrylic
image: 2" dia.
framed: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2"
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Guardians
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 1/2 x 1 3/4"
framed: 4 3/4 x 3 3/8"
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Benediction
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 1/4 x 3"
framed: 5 1/4 x 6"
$1250.00
Award for Excellence
in Other Media
Cider Painters of America, 2023
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Golden
ink/ colored pencil/
shell gold on obonai paper
image: 4 x 1 1/2"
framed: 7 3/4 x 4 1/4"
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SOLD |
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Beyond
ink/ colored pencil/ 24k gold
image: 1 3/4 x 2 1/2"
framed: 4 x 4 3/4"
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Hillside
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 1/2 x 2 1/2"
framed: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2"
$975.00
ink/ colored pencil
First Place, Mixed
Media
Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society
89th International Exhibition
Washington, DC, 2022
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In
the Gloaming
ink/ colored pencil/ 23k gold leaf/ silver
image: 1 7/8" dia.
framed: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4"
Second Place, Mixed
Media
Miniature Art Society of Florida, 2020
BEST OF SHOW
Australian Society of Miniature Arts- Tasmania
2021
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SOLD |
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Moonset
ink/ colored pencil/ palladium
image: 2 1/2 x 3"
framed: 5 1/2 x 6"
$1250.00
Landscape Award
Cider Painters of America, 2022
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Through
the Keyhole
ink/ colored pencil/ 23k gold leaf
image: 1 x 1 1/2"
framed: 4 x 4 1/2"
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Eventually
ink/ colored pencil/ 24k gold
image: 3 x 2"
framed: 6 x 5"
First Place, Mixed
Media
Miniature Art Society of Florida, 2019
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SOLD |
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Finally
ink/ colored pencil/ 24k gold
image: 2 1/2 x 1 1/2"
framed: 5 x 4"
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Cold
Stream Running
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 1/4" dia.
framed: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2"
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Into
the Night
ink/ colored pencil/ 18 & 23k gold leaf
image: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2"
framed: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2"
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SOLD |
SOLD |
SOLD |
Shine
On
ink/ colored pencil/ silver
image: 2 1/2" dia.
framed: 5 3/4 x 6 1/8"
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Light
the Way
ink/ colored pencil/ 23k gold leaf
image: 2 3/4 x 1 3/4"
framed: 5 x 4"
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Overlooking
the Bushkill Creek
ink/ colored pencil/ 24k gold
image: 2 x 3";
framed: 4 3/16 x 5 3/16"
*First Place, Mixed Media
Miniature Painters Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC
2016
*Honorable Mention
Chambersburg Council for the Arts
Chambersburg, PA
2019
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...and
miles to go
ink/ colored pencil
image: 1 7/8 x 1 1/8"
framed: 4 3/8 x 3 5/8"
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Fingal's
Moon Revisited
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 3/4 x 2"
framed: 7 x 6 1/4"
Honorable Mention-
Drawing
MPSGS Exhibition, Washington DC, 2017
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Treasure,
Part Two
colored pencil/ graphite on vellum
image: 3 1/4 x 1 1/2":
framed: 6 x 4 3/8"
$975.00
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SOLD
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SOLD
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Autumn
Flame
ink/ colored pencil
image: 4 x 1 3/4"
framed: 7 x 4 1/4"
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Those
Three Little Trees
graphite/ colored pencil
image: 2 1/4" dia.
framed: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4"
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A
Thicket in Winter
ink/ colored pencil on rives gray paper
image: 2 1/2 x 1 1/2"
framed: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2"
First
Place- Mixed Media
MPSGS Exhibition, Washington , DC, 2012
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SOLD
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SOLD
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A
Golden Afternoon
ink/ colored pencil/ 24k gold
image: 2" dia" (3 1/4 x 3" with remarque)
framed: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2"
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Monocacy
Afternoon
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 3/4 x 2"
framed: 6 x 5 1/4"
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Left...
ink/ bronze on bark paper
image size: 2 x 2"
framed: 4 1/4 x 4 1/4"
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SOLD |
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SOLD |
Three
in Winter I
ink/ colored pencil on unryu paper
image: 3 1/2 x 2"
framed: 7 x 6 1/2"
Leonards Claims
Award
Cider Painters of America
International Exhibition, 2013 |
Three
in Winter II
ink/ colored pencil on unryu paper
image: 3 1/2 x 2"
framed: 7 x 5 1/2"
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Three
in Winter III
ink/ colored pencil on unryu paper
image: 3 1/2 x 2"
framed: 7 x 6 1/2" |
SOLD |
SOLD |
SOLD
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Red
Dragon
colored pencil/ ink/ silver/ gold
image: 3 x 1"
framed: 8 x 6"
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Catch
the Moon
ink/ colored pencil/ silver
image: 3 1/4 x 1 1/2"
framed: 6 1/2 x 4 3/4"
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Yggdrasil?
ink on bark paper
image size: 2 1/2 x 2 1/2"
framed: 5 1/2 x 5
1/2"
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SOLD |
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Suite:
Birches
ink on kinwashi paper
each image size: 3 x 1"
each framed size: 7 x 5"
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Summer
Evening No. 10
ink/ colored pencil/ 23k gold leaf
image: 1 1/2" dia.
framed: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4"
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Yellow
Dragon
colored pencil/ ink/ gold
image: 3 x 1"
framed: 8 x 6" |
SOLD |
SOLD |
SOLD |
Poppies
Opening
ink/ colored pencil on board
image: 1 3/4 x 1 1/2"
framed: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2"
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Rust
ink/ bronze acrylic on bark paper
image: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4"
framed: 6 x 5"
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Winter,
Little Farm No. 2
ink on metallic rice paper
image: 3 x 1 1/2"
framed: 7 x 5 1/2"
Honorable Mention
Chambersburg Council for the Arts
International Exhibition
Chambersburg, PA, 2013
Honorable Mention
Heartland Art Guild Miniature Exhibition
Paola, KS, 2013
First Place: Combined
Categories
Artistic Designs Gallery
Miniature Art Exhibition
Brownsburg, IN, 2014 |
SOLD |
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Wolf
Moon
ink/ colored pencil/ silver
image: 3 x 1 1/2"
framed: 6 3/8 x 4 1/2"
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...on
the hill
ink/ colored pencil on rives gray paper
image: 2 3/4 x 2"
framed: 5 3/3 x 5"
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Len's
Garden- Irises
ink/ colored pencil/ 16k gold leaf
image: 3 1/4 x 1"
framed: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4"
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SOLD |
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SOLD |
St.
John's Eve
ink/ colored pencil/ 23k gold leaf
image: 2 x 2"
framed: 6 x 6"
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New
Holland, 3 am
colored pencil on black board
image: 1 3/4 x 3 1/2"
framed: 4 3/4 x 6 1/2"
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Winter,
Little Farm No. 3
ink on unryu paper
image: 2 1/4 x 3 1/4"
framed: 5 3/4 x 6 3/4"
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SOLD |
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Cold
Spring Morning
ink/ colored pencil on unryu paper
image: 3 1/2 x 3"
framed: 7 x 5 1/4"
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Sometimes
in Winter
ink/ colored pencil
image: 2 x 3"
framed: 5 x 6"
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Medusa
by Moonlight
ink/ colored pencil/ silver
image: 2 1/2 x 1 1/2"
framed: 6 x 5"
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SOLD |
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Autumn
Gold
ink/ colored pencil
image size: 2" dia.
framed: 6 x 6 3/4"
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Fireflies
at Twilight
ink/ colored pencil/ 23k gold leaf
in obonai paper
image: 2 3/4 x 1 3/4"
framed: 5 3/4 x 4 3/4"
Best in Mixed Media
Seaside Art Gallery's 24th
International Miniature show,
Nags Head, NC 2015 |
Flirting
with Venus
ink/ colored pencil/ silver
image: 1 1/2 x 2"
framed: 6 x 6 1/2"
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SOLD |
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When
All things Ripen
ink/ colored pencil
image: 3 x 1 3/4"
framed: 6 1/4 x 5"
First
Place, Drawing
MPSGS 81st International Exhibition
Washington, DC, 2014 |
August,
Bushkill Creek
ink/ colored pencil/ shell gold
image: 3 1/8 x 1 3/4"
framed: 6 3/8 x 4 3/4"
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The
Notch, Late Summer
ink/ colored pencil
image: 3 1/2 x 1 3/4"
framed: 6 1/2 x 4 3/4"
First Place, Drawing
Miniature Painters Sculptors & Gravers Society
2015
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The
Other Side
ink/ colored pencil
image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/2"
framed: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2"
Best in Mixed
Media
Artistic Designs Gallery 9th annual
miniature show, Brownsburg, IN, 2015
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Loblolly
and Moon
ink/ colored pencil
image: 3 3/4 x 2"
framed: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2"
First
Place, Mixed Media
Miniature Art Society of Florida
41st International Miniature Show,
Dunedin, FL 2016 |
Less Traveled
ink/ colored pencil
image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/2"
framed: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2"
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SOLD |
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SOLD
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The
Bend
ink/ colored pencil
image: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4"
framed: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4"
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The
Firefly Dance, No. 3
ink/ colored pencil/23k gold leaf
image: 2 1/4" dia.
framed: 6 3/4 x 6 3/4"
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Tapestry
ink/ colored pencil/ gold/ copper
image: 2 1/2" dia.
framed: 5 1/2 x 6 1/2"
Winner, Bette
Search Memorial Award
Cider Painters of America
International Miniature Exhibition,
Kingston, PA 2015
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Embrace
ink/ colored pencil/ silver
image: 2 3/4" dia.
framed: 4 7/8 x 4 7/8"
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Tir
na nOg
ink/ colored pencil/ 23k gold leaf
image: 3 x 1 1/2"
framed: 6 1/4 x 4 3/4"
Best in Mixed Media
Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC, 2016
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Run
ink/ colored pencil/ copper/ shell gold
image: 2 x 3 1/2"
framed: 4 1/4 x 5 3/4"
$1250.00 |
pprints
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Fireflies
s/n litho, limited to 150
image: 14 3/4 x 12"
enhanced with gold acrylic
$125.00
deluxe edition of 50
enhanced with
23k gold leaf
$350.00
SOLD OUT
25 enhanced artist proofs
enhanced with various shades of gold leaf
$450.00 |
One
Red Leaf
image: 9 1/2 x 11"
s/n litho, limited to 250
$95.00
25 enhanced artist proofs
$250.00 |
Winterscape
No. 4
image: 8 1/4 x 13"
s/n litho, limited to 250
$95.00
25 enhanced artist proofs
$250.00 |
All
images (c) Mary Serfass.
All rights reserved by artist.
Price and availability subject to change without notice.
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more information, or to purchase work,
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or email us at info@thesnowgoosegallery.com
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