Mary Vasquez is a Southern California artist who works mostly with printmaking techniques and mural painting.
She earned a Bachelors Degree in Arts Education at California State University Fullerton. As an art teacher, she is highly motivated to enhance the creativity in her students as well as in her community.
Exposure to art and promoting creativity is a driving force behind her work as a teacher and an artist. Mary seeks to translate her observations of her experiences in her life and create pieces which focus on intimacy in relationships as well as to the physical desert landscape around her.
Her goal with her artwork is to have a positive impact with the viewer and help the viewer shift their focus from the negative to a more hopeful and optimistic spirit. As well as bring about an awareness to sustainable permaculture.
Vasquez works diligently with her community and created the Recycled Art Supplies which helps students gain access to free art supplies and encourages arts education.
Through her mural work, Vasquez has helped students and members of a rural desert community discover the impact art can have in their lives.