Mary Michael Shelley

Folk Art Americana Painted Wood Carvings

Portfolio

American Folk Art- each piece one of a kind and original.

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NEW! Crows with Waving Guys $1800.00. 14" x 20.75" x 2.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
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NEW! Crows with Seated Guys. $2200.00. 15.25" x 17.5" x 1.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
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NEW! Wood Spirits in Nature, #5. $2200.00. 19" x 15" x 1.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
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See this piece being made at my BLOG

NEW! Woman Aleep with Guard Dogs, #26. $950.00. 16.5" x 10.5" x 1.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
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See this piece being made at my BLOG

NEW! Three Fierce Guard Dogs, #24. $390.00. 8.5" x 10.5" x 2"
Carved pine, acrylic paint.
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NEW! Guard Dog and Guy in Nature. $475.00. 11.5" x 9.5" x 1"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
SOLD
See this piece being made at my BLOG

NEW! Guard Dogs with Sleeping Figure, #23. $950.00. 13.5" x 14" x 1.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
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See this piece being made at my BLOG

Bird Print, Limited edition of 12, wood block print on archival quality paper. $75.00 unframed. Image size 13 x 10
Here's a link to my blog where I show this print being made start to finish. Check out "archives" for October.
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Guard Dogs, Yes, #16 $775.00. 15" x 11" x 1"|
Carved pine,acrylic paint, gold leaf
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Guard Dogs #2, Mother and Child. ~~$775.00~~ reduced to $475.00. 18" x 13.5" x 1".
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine & plywood.
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Two Protective Dogs Howling at Moon. ~~$1500.00~~ reduced to $1200.00. 13" x 16.5" x 1.5".
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine.
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Birds in Red and Green. $2500.00. 17" x 24" x 1.5".
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine.
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Birds in Blue. $2200.00. 17" x 19"x 1.5".
Video of Birds in Blue, close up details.
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine.
Here's a link to my folk art blog entry where I talk about this piece
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Me with Suitcase, Streetlights. $4300.00. 29.5" x 19" x 1.5".
Acrylics, copper, gold leaf, carved pine.
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Three Guardians with Buttons. $475.00. 10.5" x 13.25" x 2".
Acrylics, copper, gold leaf, pearl buttons, carved pine.
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Two Men Reaching to the Sky. $450.00 9" x 9.5" x 2".
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine.
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Three Copper Shadows. $550.00. 12.75" x 9.5" x 1".
Acrylics, copper, abilone buttons, carved pine.
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Rise Above Yes # 3, $450.00. 15.5" x 9.75" x 2.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint
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NEW! Bunch of Crows, $390.00. 9.25" x 9.5" x 2"
Carved pine, acrylic paint
SOLD, to faithful Ithaca fans, so much support from you over the years!

NEW! Crows and Mr. Clean. $475.00. 9.5" x 11.5" x "
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
SOLD to someone who has looked for a long time.
See this piece being made at my BLOG

NEW! Bunch of Crows Icon #2. $425.00. 10.75" x 12.5" x 2.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
SOLD, Atlanta, Georgia bound.

NEW! Guard Dogs with Fire, #22. $750.00. 14.25" x 10.5" x 1"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
Folk Art Blog entry on this work.
SOLD, these dogs now live in Pennsylvania!

Yes, Rise Above #1. $450.00. 16" x 10" x 2.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf, plywood
Folk Art Blog entry on this work
SOLD

Bird Hands and Poplars. $400.00. 11" x 9.5" x 1.5".
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine.
Donated to the Folk Art Society of America for their Annual Fall Auction 2011

Two Figures Hands joined in Air. $375.00. 12" x 8.5" x 2".
Acrylics, gold leaf, copper, carved pine.
SOLD on an installment plan to a California buyer

Yes, Rise Above #2. $450.00. 15.5" x 9.75" x 2.5"
Carved pine,acrylic paint, gold leaf.
Folk Art Blog entry on this work
SOLD to NYC visitors to the Farmers Market

NEW! Crows With Circle, Number Two. $1200.00. 13" x 17" x 2.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
Folk Art Blog entry on this work
SOLD Thank you Patrick and Rose Anne for your support of my work!

Dogs by Fire, Pointy Pines, #21. $850.00. 15" x 11" x 1
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf.
SOLD. To a new buyer, who bought it for herself for her birthday!

Sleeping Figure, Guard Dogs #19. $750.00. 12" x 12.5" x 1.5"
Carved pine,acrylic paint, gold leaf.
See my BLOG where I talk about making this piece start to finish.
Sold. To someone who looked at my work for years, moved away from Ithaca. On a visit back to town, she just had to get this piece! Thanks Sari!

Guard Dogs, #17. $575.00. 12" x 10.75" x 1.5"
Carved pine,acrylic paint, copper, gold leaf.
See a VIDEO of carving this piece.

See my BLOG where I talk about making this piece start to finish.
SOLD. To a new collector of my work! Thanks, Sue.

Person and Protective Bird Spirit. $350.00. 10.5" x 9" x 2".
Acrylic stain, gold leaf, carved pine.
SOLD

Hands in Air, Copper. $375.00. 13.5" x 7" x 2".
Acrylics, gold leaf, copper, carved pine
Donated to the Folk Art Society of America Annual Fall Auction 2010

Woman with a Spare Set of Hands. $475.00. 15.5" x 9"x 1"
Carved pine and Plywood, acrylic paint, gold leaf
Donated to the Folk Art Society of America Annual Fall Auction 2009
Here's a link to some writing Mary did about this particular piece

Wood Nymphs #4. $390.00. 11" x 12" x 1.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf, plywood
Folk Art Blog entry on this work
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Strange Dream Icon, Copper Triangle. $400.00. 10.5" x 9" x 2".
Acrylics, copper, abalone, gold leaf, carved pine.
SOLD. Currently being paid for on layaway by a Lambertville, NJ fan of my work. Thanks Ed, for your purchase!

Guard Dogs #18. $750.00. 16" x 10.75" x 1.5"
Carved pine,acrylic paint, copper, gold leaf.
SOLD on layaway to Paula and Freddy! Thanks you two!

Crows in a Circle. $1200.00. 13" x 16.25" x 2"
Carved pine,acrylic paint, gold leaf.
SOLD. Thanks so much, David, for your purchase!

Person, Birds and Trees (Horizontal) $575.00. 8.25x 17.5 x1.5"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf.
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Wild Bird Dream. $1800.00. 23" x 13.25" x 1.5"|
Carved pine,acrylic paint, gold leaf
SOLD to a new buyer of my work who waited until he found something he really liked!

Three Bird Icon. $375.00. 11" x 8.5" x 2".
Acrylics, copper, gold leaf, carved pine.
NFS, given to a family member.

Crows Levitating Guy. $650.00. 12" x 11.75" x 1.5"
Carved pine,acrylic paint, gold leaf.
Here's a link to my folk art blog entry where I talk about being inspired to do my first pictures of crows.
SOLD
to two long time Want-to-Owns. "We love crows and we're celebrating our 40th Wedding Anniversary in March, so this our gift to each other!"

Guard Dogs (Three Against One), Number 12. $425.00. 11" x 9.75" x 1.5"|
Carved pine, copper, acrylic paint, gold leaf.
SOLD
This one sold to an upstate New York fan of my artwork.

Guard Dogs # 15. $650.00. 14.75" x 11" x 1"|
Carved butternut, copper, acrylic paint, gold leaf, natural wood.
SOLD to Pennsylvania patrons of my work

Guard Dogs (Three Fierce Ones), Number 13. $550.00. 12" x 9.75" x 1.5".
Carved pine, copper, acrylic paint, gold leaf
SOLD to Pennsylvania patrons of my work

Two Dogs by Campfire, Number 14. $650.00. 14" x 9"x 1"
Carved pine, acrylic paint, gold leaf
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Wood Nymphs Still Hoping. $390.00. 10.5" x 11.5" x 1.5"|
Carved pine,acrylic paint, gold leaf
SOLD
This one sold to a new collector of my art who's looked for a long time.

Self Portrait. Drawing. $90.00.
Ink and Guache on paper. 10"x8.5" mat opening sized. .
SOLD
This drawing "Self Portrait" sold to a local couple who'd never seen my work. Two months later they came back and bought the second drawing "Rise Above" (see below).

Rise Above. Drawing. $90.00.
Ink and Guache on paper. 14" x 10" mat opening size
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Twin Guard Dogs #11. $625.00. 13.5" x 10" x 1"
Carved pine, acrylics, gold leaf, copper.
SOLD
This one sold to someone who lives in Virginia.

Dogs By Campfire #7. $595.00. 13.5" x 9.5" x 1".
Acrylics, copper, carved pine.
SOLD

Person Reaching up with Bird. $450.00. 13.5" x 10.5" x 3".
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine.
SOLD

Dog, Yes and Stars. $800.00. 17.5" x 11.5" x 2".
Acrylics, copper, brass tacks, gold leaf, carved pine.
SOLD.

Guard Dogs #5, Copper Moon. $1800.00. 24.5" x 16.5" X 1.5".
Acrylics, copper, carved pine.
SOLD to an Ithaca admirer of my work.

Peace Dove. 5.5" x 9" x 2". $200.00
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine.
SOLD

Guard Dogs #8, Copper Bird. $850.00. 14.5" x 11" x 1".
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine, copper
SOLD
This one sold to someone who paid over time, mentioned at my folk art blog.

Guard Dogs #9, Snoozing Figure, Wall of Trees. $850.00. 14.5" x 11" x 1".
Acrylics, gold leaf, carved pine, copper
SOLD
This one sold to someone who paid over time, mentioned at my folk art blog.

Guard Dogs #1. $525.00. 10.75" x 10.5" x 1".
Acrylics, copper, carved pine.
SOLD to a California admirer of my work

Guard Dogs #3, $400.00. 10" x 9.5" x 1".
Acrylics, gold leaf, copper, carved pine.
SOLD

Wood Spirit with Crown, Natural Finish. $275.00. 10.5" x 5.5" x 2".
Acrylic stain, gold leaf, carved pine.
SOLD

Four Bird Icon.
SOLD.

Person with Tree Inside, Natural Finish. $300. 13.5" x 7.5" x 1.5".
Acrylic paint/stain, gold leaf, carved pine.
SOLD

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