BIOGRAPHY & ARTIST
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of
the Earth are never alone or weary of life."
Rachel Carson
the Earth are never alone or weary of life."
Rachel Carson
| BIOGRAPHY Wildlife artist and photographer Marie Rust is a Southeast Michigan native whose love of nature began as a child on the shores of Whitmore Lake. A self-taught artist, she began exhibiting her work in 2005, and has since won several awards. In addition, she does volunteer work for the MDNR Stewardship Program, volunteers at the Howell Nature Center, and donates 3% of her annual sales to The Nature Conservancy. Marie hopes that through her artwork and her personal commitment to environmental issues she can instill in others a respect for the natural world and a desire to protect it. Marie currently resides in Pinckney, Michigan with two other artists, one dog, two cats and several chickens. ARTIST STATEMENT “As an artist I am inspired by the beauty of Nature and attracted to a less complicated way of life ruled by quiet wisdom and a simple need to survive. I work in a style that captures that simplicity; through my choice of media and composition I create a connection to my subjects that is stark, direct and intense. This connection between viewer and subject is primal and familiar, one that reminds us that we are of Nature, and Nature is in us. |
Hiking in the Porcupine
Mountains State
Wilderness Area, Michigan,
September 2008
Mountains State
Wilderness Area, Michigan,
September 2008
| Take a look at my BLOG, "The Rambling Wren", at www.marierust.blogspot.com |
Solitary Sandpiper, Rifle River State
Recreation Area, Michigan
Recreation Area, Michigan
My studio.
Photographing loons, August 2009, Rifle River
State Recreation Area, Michigan
State Recreation Area, Michigan
Common loon with juvenile, August 2009, Rifle River
State Recreation Area, Michigan
State Recreation Area, Michigan
Turkey vulture soaring above the
Big Carp River in the Porcupine
Mountains.
Big Carp River in the Porcupine
Mountains.