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"Sunflowers"
Mary Streu
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Forestville-based botanical artist Mary Streu works in
watercolors, acrylics and watercolor pencils, drawing her
inspiration from nature through her love of gardening and the
outdoors. Producing the work, she says, is a joyous
experience-and a sense of fun pervades her studio. She
produces her artwork at her aptly named Mill Pond Art
Studio, located on the shores of the Forestville mill pond, and
at a part time studio in Fairhope, Alabama.
Mary Streu majored in art at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison, after which she focused on her family and worked
for 22 years as the owner of The Weed Patch, a floral and gift
shop, in Green Bay. As an artist, she has studied locally at the
Peninsula Art School, The Clearing, the University of
Wisconsin- Green Bay and with the renowned Door County
watercolorist Ed Fenendael. She has also studied with Scottish
painter Aiden Brennan in Portugal, and participates in classes
at the Eastern Shore Art Center in Fairhope.
Mary Streu’s artwork hangs in galleries, private and corporate
collections throughout the Midwest and the South. Her
awards include “Artist of the Month” at Fairhope, AL Eastern
Shore Art Gallery, Door County Art League’s “People’s Choice
Award”, and was a “Featured Artist” at the Fairfield Art Center
in Sturgeon Bay, WI for the month of July, 2007. Mary
is a full time member and exhibitor at the Cathedral Square
Gallery in Mobile, Alabama.
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