Glass doors and a mirrored wall flood Maryanne Maier’s St. Armands Key home with natural light, illuminating nearly two-dozen acrylic paintings the owner created.
Maier’s passion began at her artist mother’s insistence. “Growing up, she’d paint me whatever I wanted,” she says. “Then, when my youngest child went to kindergarten, she decided, ‘Enough.’ It was time for me to learn.”
Maier’s mother provided a canvas, paint and a photo of a little red barn with directions to copy it. Turns out, Maier inherited some talent. A friend offered to buy the barn painting, and Maier had “all the encouragement” she needed to sign up for night classes. Maier subsequently earned a fine-arts degree from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Conn., and has won awards at juried shows in New England. She’s traveled to picturesque locales, such as Paris and Provence, to paint. But her favorite “muse” is just around the corner from her home. From thousands of daily runs along the beach, she has a clear mental picture of tides, surf, sand, seagrass, sunrises and sunsets.
“This is my niche,” she says. “I would curl up and die if I wasn’t running and painting the beach.”
In her own words
On Her MUSE: “Watching the seagrass wave, the water crash, the clouds move, the sun go up or down, you feel the pulse of the Earth.”
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- I LOVED your story and your video on Maryanne Maier.......her story about her experience at the White House was delightful!!! I am so fortunate to be able to say that Maryanne is TRULY my neighbor here on the Circle, as well as my sponsor at Church........she is SUCH a lady and that in itself would be enough to qualify her as an extraordinary person.........yet her paintings/creativity are AMAZING; just such a highly talented person.......kind, caring, creative, classy......she is the whole package! (And a little tiny package I might add!!!) You NEED to check out her 'Seascape Exhibit' Paintings by Maryanne Maier at BIRD KEY YACHT CLUB March 12-May 7, 2013....(the club is closed all day Tues and Sunday afternoons; fyi!!!!) I am NOT her agent or manager or ANYTHING like that, just a huge fan of her work, and someone who truly has been blessed to have such an elegant and outstanding person to call "MY FRIEND"!!!!
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- I am blessed to have Maryanne Maier in my life! She is such a wonderful human being with so much to offer! I LOVE her!
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1 Floridafitfest and 5K Treasure Run
9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Jun
8 World Oceans Day Family Festival
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Miller shares Longboat lore
05/22/13
David Miller gave the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key a history lesson Thursday, May 16, when he shared his memories of early island life. -
Kiwanians get club recognition
05/22/13
The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key recently received "Distinguished Club" status from Kiwanis International for its efforts during the 2011-12 year. -
Hat's off to Dee Pelton, volunteers
05/15/13
Dee Pelton held a luncheon that will be tough to top.
