Mary Anne Harkness currently resides in southwest Washington, following her passion, painting landscapes and capturing nature one moment in time. Those viewing her work often feel as it they are experiencing the location first hand.

Mary Anne first became interested in art during her early childhood while living in Laguna Beach and later in San Diego. She had a constant fascination with the ocean, crashing waves, and sea life in tide pools. While studying art at Arizona State University and American University in Washington DC, she became interested in Winslow Homer’s seascapes, and Monet’s impressionistic style that captured fleeting moments of nature. Additionally, she traveled around the world with World Campus Afloat, viewing some of the greatest works of art, and some of the greatest natural wonders in nature, all of which had a major influence on her art.

Mary Anne has recently expanded her work using acrylics, pours, monotypes, and textual materials, such as rice paper, letting the colors and painting go in a direction that is exciting and spontaneous. In the last several years, her work has been juried into shows with the Southwest Watercolor Society, Northwest Watercolor Society, Peninsula Art League, and Lake Oswego Festival of Arts

Artist Information

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Arizona State University

Masters of Science, Memphis State University

Active member and past president of the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society

Active member of the Northwest Washington Watercolor Society

Certified trainer with Terry Madden