Maggy Aston is a mixed-media artist who makes art about nature, science, and the decorative arts. She lives in rural Greene County, Pennsylvania, and spends her summers painting outdoors on Assateague Island, Virginia. She is a Professor of Art at PennWest University where she teaches drawing and printmaking. She also assists her husband with the running of two bookshops, one in Greensboro PA, and one on Chincoteague Island, VA, specializing in classical used and antiquarian books, vintage ephemera, original prints and fine art. She holds a BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, and an MFA in Printmaking from WVU.

She has shown her work with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, The International Print Center in NYC, the Monotype Guild of New England, The Maryland Federation of Art, Bradley International Print and Drawing Competitions, Site Gallery in Brooklyn, and the Print Center in Philadelphia.

Examples of her art work, garden projects, and photos of the bookshops can be found on her website at: www.maggyaston.com

Budding Chestnuts, 48" x 32" , Mixed media monoprint mounted on birch board (watercolor and collage on woodcut)

The New World, 48" x 32" , Mixed media monotype on birch mounted on birch board (watercolor, gum transfer, collage, on digital photo fragments)

Passenger Pigeon, 48" x 32" Gouache on digital print of mixed media monotype (watercolor, collage and gum transfer) mounted on birch board

My Monkey, 22" x 15" Engraving