Spheres 4

This tonal abstract brings an element of softness to any room, whether picking up curves already in the décor or blunting angular edges. One of a series of two.

• Born and raised in Seattle, Mary Margaret attended the University of Washington. She then spent her twenties and thirties designing textiles for the fashion industry, working from her Seattle-based studio and later for Nike in both Portland, Oregon, and Hong Kong. She returned from Asia in 2001 and began working as an artist full time, creating collaged panels composed of botanical and abstract monotypes. After creating a portfolio of related prints, many based on foliage clipped from her garden, she cuts them apart and recombines them into collaged compositions, which she finishes with layers of low-luster varnish. Her work has two distinct and powerful influences: the four years she spent in Asia and the verdant beauty of her Vashon Island home.