Mary Leir is a Minneapolis-based artist. She studied architecture and studio arts at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and is a graphic designer by profession. Now in her third session of MCAD’s Open Edition Print Seminar, Mary has grown to love screen printing as much as she does painting and photography.

In this series, each print is dense with shapes and textures “found” when scanning her collages and paintings. Constructed with many layers and using the most vibrant colors, the prints are a combination of hand made compositions, gestures, and patterns with computer editing, sampling and remixing. Inspired by exploration and transformation, Mary’s work is a celebration of the abstract.