Maria Macedonio

Maria Macedonio

(also known as Maria Ritter)

 

Artist Maria Macedonio has a particular interest in the development of abstract painting techniques created during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 

 

Over the past several decades, her studio practice has focused on the analysis of pictorial spacing on a two-dimensional picture plane. She employs several approaches to create both representational and abstract paintings.

 

After earning a master’s degree from Stony Brook University, she continued her studies at the School of Visual Arts and The Art Students League of New York. 

 

From 1998 to 2015, Maria owned and operated The Center for Visual Arts, located in Blue Point, New York. Since 2004, she has taught art in the Connetquot Central School District. Maria has also served as an adjunct professor at Dowling College and has guest lectured at the Islip Art Museum, The Heckscher Museum of Art, and the East End Arts Council. She resides in Blue Point, New York.