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    • Karl Schwiesow Popup Exhibit at The Mule
  • past exhibits
    • 2022 >
      • Crista Ann Ames_Missappropriated Mythology_July 2022
      • Brian Kooser_Inappropriated Artifacts_August 2022
      • Cassie Stone_APORIA_Sept-October 2022
      • Josh Humphrey_RESONANCE_November 2022
      • Linda Sanchez & Miku Saeki_​CYCLIC GESTURES OF INTERNAL LANDSCAPES_December 2022
    • 2023 >
      • Scott Mayberry_Creature Comforts_Jan. 2023
      • Mary Diefenbach Duke
      • Understory_Renee Adams and Lindsey Salmonson_April 2023
      • SUBVERSIVE STITCH_May 2023
      • PANIC BONER_MAY 2023
      • Looking In Again_Jane Orleman
      • Kathy Guss_Sugar And Spice_July
      • Tim Fowler_Rabbit In A Hat_August 2023
      • Gus Crane_Live Sound Performance_August 2023
      • LISA SHEETS Easing Into Hope
      • FEMME LOCALE 2023
      • YAB YUM_JAMPA DORJE
      • HOLIDAY BIZARRE 23
    • 2024 >
      • Jason Clifton ...with all due respect.
      • PARADIGMS_Maya Chachava and Kate Lund
      • Daphne Sweet_This Portion of Utopia
      • Jerod Peitsmeyer, Kilfitty Kalfattin, June-July
      • BIRDSONG
      • Debbie Palmer and Michael Arndt: Tin Collage, Robots & Metal Sculpture
      • Femme Locale 2024
      • Fusion_Mary Diefenbach Duke & Priscilla Froelich
      • The Holiday Bizarre 2024
      • POETRY IN ELLENSBURG
    • 2025 >
      • THE OUTSIDERS_January 2025
      • THE GREEN BOAT_Karl Schwiesow
      • KNOTS_Beth Korth
      • Great Scott!_ Scott Mansfield and Scott Mayberry_April 2025
      • Inland Poetry 2025 Laureate_April 2025
  • CALL TO ARTISTS

​Mary Diefenbach Duke

Color and Expression

Follow Mary on instagram@maryjaneiceduke
About the artist:
"Mary Diefenbach Duke is a lifelong artist, raised on a farm in the Badger Pocket area. She thrives on the opportunity to work either in Studio here in the Kittitas Valley, or plein air painting, almost daily.  Using a variety of surfaces and painting mediums -oil, acrylic, CWM and oil, or encaustic, she employs the use of color, shapes, and textures, and collage to bring her artistic visions to the painting surface. The challenge and thrill of finding a way to express her experience, then converting that sensation into a work of art that ultimately is pleasing to look at, is extremely gratifying to Mary’s spirit. A new day spent creating propels her forward in the journey to risk, learn, and explore how to employ new techniques. Each of her paintings has a story revolving around its original inspiration and development. She loves to share the resulting art with her viewers and hopes that they can find their own “story” represented in her work.  Mary’s work has been shown in numerous galleries, institutions, and is part of many private collections. She is a regular contributor to Paint Ellensburg. It has been her pleasure to serve as an art educator and enthusiastic volunteer at schools and galleries."
Color and Expression: a reflection.

"This body of work reflects my artistic vision of an experience generated from a moment in time. These oil and acrylic paintings are inspired by the landscape of Kittitas County, Padilla Bay near Anacortes, WA., and Two Ocean Lake in Grand Teton National Park.
They include imagery of local Longhorn Bull, elk, cattle, beehives, Swauk, Teanaway Grange, and landscape scenery.

Prior to the brush stroking the canvas, there has been a moment of sudden, intense inspiration brought on by the scene before me. I become obsessed with it and if possible, will revisit the scene numerous times while working on the painting, It is a process that cant be planned; it is strictly spontaneous and extremely invigorating.

I believe that my viewers will always love to look at paintings with a “story” and hopefully my expressive colorful paintings capture their attention, stimulate their imagination, and they find their own story within.

​This body of work also includes the use of applied copper leaf, which adds another dimension to the painting.
As an Artist, employing my hands, heart, and mind, I strive to create beautiful and colorful reflections of my experiences, while remaining loyal to my unique vision and methods of color and expression."

-Mary Diefenbach Duke
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  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • SHOP ART
    • Karl Schwiesow Popup Exhibit at The Mule
  • past exhibits
    • 2022 >
      • Crista Ann Ames_Missappropriated Mythology_July 2022
      • Brian Kooser_Inappropriated Artifacts_August 2022
      • Cassie Stone_APORIA_Sept-October 2022
      • Josh Humphrey_RESONANCE_November 2022
      • Linda Sanchez & Miku Saeki_​CYCLIC GESTURES OF INTERNAL LANDSCAPES_December 2022
    • 2023 >
      • Scott Mayberry_Creature Comforts_Jan. 2023
      • Mary Diefenbach Duke
      • Understory_Renee Adams and Lindsey Salmonson_April 2023
      • SUBVERSIVE STITCH_May 2023
      • PANIC BONER_MAY 2023
      • Looking In Again_Jane Orleman
      • Kathy Guss_Sugar And Spice_July
      • Tim Fowler_Rabbit In A Hat_August 2023
      • Gus Crane_Live Sound Performance_August 2023
      • LISA SHEETS Easing Into Hope
      • FEMME LOCALE 2023
      • YAB YUM_JAMPA DORJE
      • HOLIDAY BIZARRE 23
    • 2024 >
      • Jason Clifton ...with all due respect.
      • PARADIGMS_Maya Chachava and Kate Lund
      • Daphne Sweet_This Portion of Utopia
      • Jerod Peitsmeyer, Kilfitty Kalfattin, June-July
      • BIRDSONG
      • Debbie Palmer and Michael Arndt: Tin Collage, Robots & Metal Sculpture
      • Femme Locale 2024
      • Fusion_Mary Diefenbach Duke & Priscilla Froelich
      • The Holiday Bizarre 2024
      • POETRY IN ELLENSBURG
    • 2025 >
      • THE OUTSIDERS_January 2025
      • THE GREEN BOAT_Karl Schwiesow
      • KNOTS_Beth Korth
      • Great Scott!_ Scott Mansfield and Scott Mayberry_April 2025
      • Inland Poetry 2025 Laureate_April 2025
  • CALL TO ARTISTS