Mary Becker Weiss

“Assemblages comfort me. As I have learned to let go of the reins in creating new mixed media and encaustic art pieces, there is a part of me still that demands structure and definition (old habits die hard). In an assemblage made up of many found objects which have been discarded and abandoned, elements are brought together to become a thing of beauty with new purpose. There is a comfort in breathing new life into that which has been destroyed or lost. I am frequently asked how long it takes to make one of my assemblages. With “Material Witness,” “Long Journey Back to Myself” and “A Moveable Feast,” my answer is “sixty years and two months…” ~ MBW

FAVORITE QUOTE OF THE DAY (ALL TIME): From a visitor in the Brunswick Outdoor Art Festival: “Your assemblages remind me of that Joseph Campbell guy (Cornell) ~ you know that hermit who lived in his mother’s basement all his life.”