Striegel Studio

Striegel Studio Mary F. Striegel is a visual artist that specializes in paintings and drawings.

I wanted this owl linocut to feel like a real encounter in the forest.Hidden among branches and shadows, the owl slowly ...
06/02/2026

I wanted this owl linocut to feel like a real encounter in the forest.

Hidden among branches and shadows, the owl slowly reveals itself the longer you look. Black and white can create a drama that color sometimes cannot.

This magnolia linocut isn’t about botanical detail. It’s about shape, contrast, and rhythm.Carving away unnecessary info...
06/01/2026

This magnolia linocut isn’t about botanical detail. It’s about shape, contrast, and rhythm.

Carving away unnecessary information allows the essential forms to take center stage. Sometimes the simplest images create the strongest impact.

The arts may help you age more slowly!
05/31/2026

The arts may help you age more slowly!

People often ask whether I prefer painting or printmaking.Painting lets me explore color. Printmaking teaches me to simp...
05/31/2026

People often ask whether I prefer painting or printmaking.

Painting lets me explore color. Printmaking teaches me to simplify and focus on structure. Many lessons I use in my oil paintings began at the printing press.

Both mediums make me a better artist.

Three Boys Fishing began as I saw the boys on the cane river. Building an aquatint means working from light to dark, lay...
05/30/2026

Three Boys Fishing began as I saw the boys on the cane river. Building an aquatint means working from light to dark, layer by layer, until the image emerges.

What interests me most isn’t the fishing. It’s the friendship, the stillness, and the feeling of time standing still.

St. Catherine of Siena spoke with courage in a world that often dismissed women’s voices. This new piece from my Modern-...
05/30/2026

St. Catherine of Siena spoke with courage in a world that often dismissed women’s voices. This new piece from my Modern-Day Saints series reimagines her as a contemporary figure carrying a small flame of wisdom and conviction. Still in the drawing stage, but the story is already beginning to emerge.

I always paint the face last.Everything else in the painting builds toward that moment.When the eyes finally feel alive,...
05/29/2026

I always paint the face last.

Everything else in the painting builds toward that moment.

When the eyes finally feel alive, the painting suddenly makes sense to me. That’s when I know it’s finished.

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05/28/2026

A walk about my gardens #

I’m becoming less interested in painting spectacle and more interested in painting presence.The quiet way someone stands...
05/28/2026

I’m becoming less interested in painting spectacle and more interested in painting presence.

The quiet way someone stands.
The way a hand rests.
A look that says more than movement ever could.

That’s where the real narrative lives for me.

The new heron painting began with atmosphere before detail.I wanted the birds to feel suspended in stillness, almost eme...
05/27/2026

The new heron painting began with atmosphere before detail.

I wanted the birds to feel suspended in stillness, almost emerging from memory rather than simply existing in landscape.

Less illustration. More emotional weight.

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Natchitoches, LA
71457

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