Striegel Studio

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

06/24/2026

I've been working on these paintings. Hopefully, I'll finish them this month then I'll be on to the next two paintings! They are the start of my Modern-Day Saints series!

Why I Paint Ordinary MomentsI rarely paint dramatic moments.I’m more interested in the quiet spaces between them.A perso...
06/23/2026

Why I Paint Ordinary Moments

I rarely paint dramatic moments.

I’m more interested in the quiet spaces between them.

A person working. Waiting. Thinking.

Most of our lives are spent in ordinary moments. Those moments deserve attention too.

That’s where I often find the stories worth painting.

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Scientist to ArtistI spent 27 years as a scientist before becoming a serious painter.People often think science and art ...
06/22/2026

Scientist to Artist

I spent 27 years as a scientist before becoming a serious painter.

People often think science and art are opposites. I don’t. Both require careful observation.

As a scientist, I studied how things worked. As a painter, I study how people live, work, and move through the world.

The tools changed. Curiosity didn’t.

What skill from an earlier part of your life still serves you today?

Louisiana has always been more than a place to me.It’s a collection of stories.People fishing before sunrise.Conversatio...
06/21/2026

Louisiana has always been more than a place to me.

It’s a collection of stories.

People fishing before sunrise.

Conversations on front porches.

Fields, rivers, churches, and small towns where generations have built their lives.

Many of my paintings begin with those stories.

What part of Louisiana feels most like home to you?

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When most people think of saints, they imagine figures from centuries ago.I think they are all around us.The person cari...
06/20/2026

When most people think of saints, they imagine figures from centuries ago.

I think they are all around us.

The person caring for an aging parent.

The neighbor who shows up when help is needed.

The friend who keeps going despite hardship.

My Modern-Day Saints series is about finding quiet courage in everyday life.

Who is a modern-day saint in your world?

I submitted to Critical Mass 14 in two categories: Visual Art and Literary Art! Guess who won the Literary Art Critics C...
06/19/2026

I submitted to Critical Mass 14 in two categories: Visual Art and Literary Art! Guess who won the Literary Art Critics Choice Award (for my poetry)!

Critical MASS is the Shreveport Regional Arts Council's annual Invitational Exhibition for all artists who reside or own property in the nine parishes of Northwest Louisiana: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster. The exhibition showcases professional and emerging artists across Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts disciplines, with designated Critics providing formal review in each category. Critics' Choice award winners receive a $5,000 prize—$2,500 as the award and $2,500 as a commission to produce a solo presentation with at least 50% new work in Spring/Summer 2027.

I didn’t begin my career as a full-time artist.Before returning to painting, I spent decades working as a scientist and ...
06/19/2026

I didn’t begin my career as a full-time artist.

Before returning to painting, I spent decades working as a scientist and preservation professional.

Today I spend my days studying color, light, and people instead of laboratory data.

Oddly enough, both careers began with the same question:

“How do we understand the world around us?”

What unexpected path led you to where you are today?

06/18/2026

Before there was Photoshop, there was printmaking.

Creating an aquatint or etching means planning values, textures, and layers before the image ever reaches paper.

It’s slow.

It’s messy.

And that’s exactly why I love it.

Every print carries evidence of the process.

Have you ever watched a print come off a press?

One of the things people rarely notice online is surface.In person, you can see every brushstroke, scrape, and layer of ...
06/17/2026

One of the things people rarely notice online is surface.

In person, you can see every brushstroke, scrape, and layer of paint.

The texture is part of the story.

A photograph shows the image.

The painting shows the artist’s hand.

Do you enjoy seeing visible brushwork, or do you prefer a smoother finish?

Can you guess what this painting is about?I often begin with a photograph, but the painting becomes something different....
06/16/2026

Can you guess what this painting is about?

I often begin with a photograph, but the painting becomes something different. Details disappear. Colors shift. Edges soften.

The goal isn’t to copy the image.

The goal is to capture how the moment felt.

What do you notice first?

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