Artist Bio

Maria Deely, born in 1999, is a graduate of West Virginia University.

Maria has always had a love for art and decided to pursue this passion to give people a sense of peace and tranquility when looking upon her work.

She has since developed her realistic skills of drawing with colored pencils and started her own Art business, Deely Drawings LLC, all at the age of 19.

Being diagnosed with the chronic illness, cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), she still pursues her goals and dreams by embracing the limitations that she has been given.

From there she has created works of art depicting locations that hold a special place in her heart.

Artist Statement

Maria’s work depicts windows into her experiences around the world. Intrigued by different colors and architecture that different cultures provide, she expresses herself by layering multiple shades of colored pencil to showcase how breathtakingly colorful our world can be, all while not using the color black. Finding that our world is vast and different; the one thing that she has found similar is that color is everywhere. It may just be expressed in a counterintuitive way.

Being diagnosed with the chronic illness, cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), Maria pursues her goals and dreams by embracing the limitations that she has been given. From there she has created works of art depicting locations around the world to show that there can be beauty through chronic pain. Having experienced years of seclusion in hospital beds or being confined to her home, she finds it important to share the beauty of the world so others may have the ability to see it.