Angels in Art, Original Angel Art, a website of original angel watercolors, angel prints, angel pictures, angel greeting cards and angel coloring pages by Mary Anne Carley.

I grew up in Armonk, NY and started my art training at boarding school, St. Mary's Hall in Burlington, NJ, at of age of 12. Later I majored in art at the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, NY and at Skidmore College and in commercial art at Finch College, N.Y.C.

I withdrew from Finch before graduation to be married, and to move to Sharon, CT. It was through my husband I met well-known American artist Hal MacIntosh. Mr. MacIntosh encouraged me to finish my education and to get back to painting. So, despite of having three children in quick succession, I attended the Hartford School of Art and earned my bachelors degree.

I then taught art at the Litchfield Connecticut Junior High School and completed my Masters Degree at Central Connecticut College. During the 1960s and 1970s I exhibited my work in numerous shows, including a juried American Watercolor Society show at the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, CT.

My art then took a back seat to building an Amway Global business with my husband.  Then in 1994, the Reverend Mitzi Noble, formerly of Trinity Episcopal Church in Lime Rock, CT, asked me to draw bulletin covers for the Sunday services. This bit of encouragement led me back to painting at the same time I continued on with everything else in my life.

Presently, I exhibit and sell at the Annual Invitational Art Show held over the Labor Day weekend at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lime Rock, CT.

And a recent highlight of my career was a show entitled Three Generations of Carley's held with my daughter and two of my granddaughters at the Town Hall in Sharon, CT.

Another highlight was to have my Blue Angel painting reproduced for the cover of the CD Laura's Song written by Claudia Grispin, owner, choreographer, voice and piano instructor at the Music Garden in Mahopac, N.Y.

I also have exhibited my work at the Torrington Chamber of Commerce, the Salisbury Bank and Trust Company, Lakeville, CT, at the National Iron Bank in Cornwall Bridge, CT, at Creative Hand in Salisbury, CT, at the Artwell Gallery in Torrington, CT and at the Sharon Historical Society in Sharon, CT.  Most recently I have had my painting Rose of Sharon at the Tang Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The most rewarding venture I have had with my art is participating in and having works accepted in juried ECVA exhibitions. Click here to learn about ECVA and to view the accepted pieces.

I paint mostly on rice paper with watercolor, painting the background first. I then overdraw the figures, etc. with various pens making intricate line work. Many of the backgrounds have been painted from life from my garden in Sharon, CT.

I designed this website because many people like angels. However I m expanding it to encompase all phases of my work.  I feel my work to be unusual, of the highest quality and unlike anything else I have seen on the Internet. If you are interested in learning and seeing more please contact me.