Mary Serfass

     Pen and ink artist Mary Serfass was born in New York City and grew up in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. She received a B.A. in Fine Art from Penn State University in 1978. While pen and ink has remained her medium of choice, she has also worked in watercolor, oil, stone lithography and etching.
     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 23 karat gold leaf, 12 karat white gold leaf, copper leaf, palladium leaf bronze leaf, or 16 and 18 karat gold.. Serfass' signature style includes extending parts of the image onto the surrounding mat. A single drawing may take hundreds of hours to complete.
     Her work has been described as elegant and uplifting. A few written quotes: "...[Serfass] 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 inspired the artist."
     The drawings of Mary Serfass are included in many collections, both private and public throughout the U.S., Europe and South America. In 2004, two of her mixed media drawings were part of the World Exhibition of Miniatures, held at the Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. In 2008, two more of her works were selected for the World Exhibition of Miniatures, held this time in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. She also recently received 2nd place in collage/ mixed media in the MPSGS 76th annual International Miniature Exhibition in Washington, DC

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"[The] compositions sing softly to the eyes. It's the first thing I think when I see them. Tranquil, ethereal images even when the subject is a passing storm. There's a professional, experienced balance to all the pictures, nothing abrupt or confronting, the eye glides around and around each line and doesn't leave the space. Touches of color give more depth and grounding, like the mist rising, but still evoke a feeling of the mystic. It's easy to imagine you are swept away to Avalon or some equally enthralling, mythical land. Brava!"
Edward Dyas
noted Australian artist

miniatures

SOLD
fireflies and lavender ink/ colored pencil/ gold leaf on board image size: 1 1/2" dia.; framed size: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2"	winter: little farm black & white ink on gray unryu paper image size: 2" dia.; framed size: 5 x 5" $600.00	silver suite ink/ shell silver on unryu paper each image: 3 x 1"; each framed size: 6 x 4" $850.00/ the pair
SOLD
winter shadows no. 2 ink/ colored pencil on parchment image size: 3 x 2"; framed size: 6 x 5" *2nd place, mixed media MPSGS International Miniature Show Washington DC, 2009	poppies opening ink/ colored pencil on board image size: 1 3/4 x 1 1/2"; framed: 4 3/4 x 4 1/2" $750.00	flowering quince ink/ colored pencil on board image size: 2" dia.; framed: 4 1/2 x 5 3/4" $750.00

prints

"one red leaf"
limited edition litho
image size: 9 1/2 x 11"
250 s/n
$95.00 unframed

"winterscape no. 4
limited edition litho
image size: 8 1/4 x 13"
250 s/n
$95.00 unframed

"fireflies"
limited edition litho,
image size: 14 3/4 x 12"
150 s/n, enhanced w/ gold acrylic: $125.00 unframed
*deluxe edition:
50 s/n enhanced w/ 23k gold leaf: $325.00 unframed

*deluxe edition in low inventory*