Marie Gruber is an artist based in Greenville, South Carolina. Her artwork explores elements of the natural world and combines photography with in studio work with encaustic. In the field, she uses careful composition and long exposures to capture and isolate elements in nature that reveal her impressions of that place and time, and then she continues her exploration in the studio.

BIO

Marie Gruber was always fascinated with art. As a child, she loved drawing and experimenting with photography on her grandparent’s farm. As she grew older she continued to pursue art, completing a BFA in painting. In school she studied as many disciplines as possible but painting and photography remained her favorites. Following school she worked briefly in commercial photography, but quickly returned to fine art photography. In 2002 she began showing her artwork at outdoor art festivals and has since participated in numerous art festivals and exhibitions across the country. Her artwork is influenced by nature as well as by art of all kinds. She enjoys wandering and photographing in distant remote locations. She is inspired by the vastness and stillness and quiet details of unknown places and seeks to capture that in her photography. Today she is painting and drawing and continuing to explore the art of photography.

EDUCATION

1990 - BFA in painting, Clemson University

STUDIO

Greenville, South Carolina