Paintings by Mary E Vernick

A great woman writing about another great woman who changed the course of history.

August 14, 2021 On this day in 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. While FDR’s New Deal had put in place new measures to regulate business and banking and had provided temporary work relief to combat the Depression, this law permanently changed the nature of the Amer...

The covid 19 pandemic has elevated the importance of our pets, those ever cheerful, supportive companions who make us feel better in these anxious stay at home times. Here are three commissioned puppy portraits to memorialize these devoted pets.

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Shumont mountain, 3839', viewed from Randy Drive on Stoney Mountain, and the last of the "Views from Stoney Mountain" series.

Did I mention that black bears live on Stoney Mountain?

The most recent painting in the Stoney Mountain views, "Coming Round the Mountain"

This painting represents the sunset that Sheri Pannone took from her porch here at The Boulders. The views are pretty spectacular.

This crazy painting represents the photo that Donna Remenar took of the sunrise during the Gorilla dust storm that drifted to the US east coast in June 2020. Everything has a silver lining.

There is a house on Stoney Mountain with chickens and a sign offering free eggs. It is a warm and friendly touch for the neighborhood. We appreciate it.

Paintings by Mary E Vernick updated their website address.

This little painting of a sunset at The Boulders last year was awarded a ribbon at the juried art show sponsored by The Art League of Henderson County.

A painting of life in a Hmong village in Laos.

Ho**er Falls at Dupont State Park.

We have a small public garden in Hendersonville, Bullington Gardens, with a colorful lilipad pond. Couldn't resist.

These paintings are from the heart. The constant TV images of the covid 19 pandemic kept me awake at night and these paintings "came to me" . The collage is entitled "Vortex" and was painted during national nurses week as a tribute to the emotional stress and professional demands being place on people in this profession. The second painting represents the country's real leaders at the time. New York's Governor Cuomo held daily briefings that really informed the country and Drs. Fauci and Birx were the go to people on pandemic science. We hope this will be over soon.

The painting is of a popular view of Moraine Lake in Calgary. A present to my sister on her birthday.

My neighbor's house at sunrise. The mountain laurels are in bloom in the foreground.

The name of this painting is the "Golden Tree at the Ta Prohm Temple" in Cambodia. These beautiful banyon like trees have taken over this once magnificent Buddhist Temple.