Diversification, revelation and celebration best describe my work.  While I feel that each idea, each creation, requires and deserves its own medium, its own style of interpretation, my goal is to find and reveal a hidden meaning in the process and finished artistic creation.   When it is found, when the piece is complete, I celebrate because I have taken another step forward in the artistic process.  Whether working on large non-objective canvases, small collage pieces that go to a show in New Zealand each year, or continuing my study of encaustic painting, my goal is to have my work reflect the diversification and intensity that have been major components of my life.

As a professional painter, MJ has taught at the college level, helped curate exhibits in University  settings and at major museums, has shown her work in regional, national and international exhibitions and has worked for an international artist in a residency program.

                                                            ~M.J. Cunningham