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The artwork of mixed media artist Mae Chevrette
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days in boats

Spent a few days of the long weekend sailing in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Mikes familys boat is big enough to sleep on so he and I try to stay there a couple weekends each summer... this summer...

1 day ago

diy: roasted strawberry chocolate grilled cheese + one last artwork

Like all life-changing things lately, I found How Sweet It Is via Pinterest and Im not sure but it might have changed my life. If it sounds like Im exaggerating, just look at this:See what I mea...

5 days ago 1 person likes this

summer

Happy (almost) Memorial Day weekend! by Nathan Russel via The Object EnthusiastIm looking forward to the long weekend... excited to get offline, out of my studio, and play with friends and famil...

25 may 12

three new paintings

Three new small paintings are up in my shop."Colorado Crossing" 8" x 10" mixed media collage on gallery panel"Blue Road" 9" x 12" mixed media collage on gallery panel&...

23 may 12 1 person likes this

treats in the mail

Received some beautiful treats in the mail yesterday... I wish I could read French. This envelope is from 1879.Or German. 1886.Chile to Colorado in 1909.I find most of what I use in my artwork at thr...

22 may 12

handmade love: ceramics of etsy

Part of this weekends Lazy Couch Sunday activities involved stumbling upon this article on Etsy and then getting sucked into window shopping all of Etsys beautiful handmade ceramics. I think my borde...

21 may 12

recently instagrammed

Made some bracelets ... finishing up MWF Seeking BFF at the beach.Fun leather earrings from Love Sexton ... New postcards going out in every Etsy order.My running route through th...

21 may 12

correos

"Correo" (4" x 4") and "Kingston" (10" x 8") collage on panelI grew up in Seattle and spent a lot of time traveling up and down the Oregon and California coasts w...

18 may 12 1 person likes this

fort point portrait

"Fort Point Portrait No. 1"14" x 11" mixed media collage on canvas "Fort Point Portrait" was fun to create.I love working with the photos Ive taken since moving to Boston and ...

15 may 12 2 people like this

par avion

One of my favorite things to do in South Boston is go to Castle Island, a beach and park down the street from our apartment. In the summer we get lobster rolls and drinks from Sullivans and sit in th...

10 may 12 1 person likes this

eat dessert first

Last week I hung artwork at Flour Bakery + Cafe in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston. This is my first public display of my art since I started painting full-time last year.I was so excited for t...

07 may 12

a little extra.

Finally! A new batch of postcards came in todays mail.Ive been working on making some of my art available in postcard/gift card form, but the dimensions of most pieces just dont work with postcard si...

05 may 12

giveaway winner + sneak peek!

Sorry for the delay in posting the winner of the giveaway.... I had a busy afternoon and evening! Here is my work getting hung after-hours at Flour in Fort Point, Boston. Jamie (the manager) and...

03 may 12

thanks + a giveaway

I am so blown away by and appreciative of the response to my last post about art theft. Before posting it, I had written several long posts about exactly what happened, how I felt, why it was to...

01 may 12

delicious saturday.

Started the weekend off with this egg and avocado deliciousness thats been all over Pinterest. The original recipe didnt quite work for me (after 10 minutes in the oven the egg white wasnt cooki...

28 apr 12

on art theft, and turning it around

Its always a bummer to come across my artwork altered, stolen or just haphazardly printed off the internet, which is how the last week started. Sometimes people really dont know any better and are ha...

26 apr 12

found

"Found" is a palette knife painting/collage I created for our home... it was inspired by old washed up beach bottles I saw in one shop during my visit to Bermuda last year.Most older bottles ...

16 apr 12 2 people like this

walk in the rain

In two weeks a small body of my work will be on display in the Fort Point, downtown Boston. I want to show a mix of older work and some brand new stuff so Ive been working on several new pieces with ...

12 apr 12

law office mural

In the front of Mikes parents house is his fathers law office, and during the time we lived above it after college he commissioned a local artist to paint a mural of Cape Cod-esque coastal woods...

09 apr 12

progression

07 apr 12 1 person likes this

polar, in progress.

Have you been watching Frozen Planet? I dont watch much television, but I love pretty much anything on the Discovery Channel and was so excited when I saw there was another series of Planet Earth-esq...

04 apr 12 1 person likes this

three new spring prints

Spring has sprung! Here are three fresh new paintings I finished last week and brought to my print shop this weekend. All three are available as prints at Mae Chevrette Art."Inspiration"11 ...

03 apr 12

our loft featured on Etsy.com

Our little brick loft was featured in this weeks "Get the Look: Decor" column on Etsy! Some of the photos were a little outdated - we now have some of my bigger original artwork hanging on th...

28 mar 12

inspiration

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. - Pablo PicassoI started this on Friday and was so excited to return to it this morning :)At the end of this week Im heading to the lovely little p...

26 mar 12 1 person likes this

morning light

26 mar 12

sweet carolina

Oh my sweet Carolina, what compels me to goOh my sweet disposition, may you one day carry me home- Ryan Adams, "Oh My Sweet Carolina"When I saw this sweet little farm while road tri...

16 mar 12

inspired by: other painters palettes

"I found that I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldnt say any other way - things I had no words for." - Georgia OKeefeSF Girl By Bay recently shared this ...

08 mar 12

down by the banks of the river charles

This year my friend Laura will run the Boston Marathon for the second year in a row and is running as part of the local youth charity America Scores! team. Because of the time, energy and cost i...

05 mar 12

a rainy morning.

Chubby Boots... sometimes I dont even know.

01 mar 12 2 people like this

the colors of southie

Its been snowing all day today, but yesterday was beautiful and sunny, so I walked around my neighborhood taking photos for color and texture inspiration.To say Southie is a neighborhood in transitio...

29 feb 12

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