A NOTE FROM THE ARTIST ABOUT MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUE: "Maria Buszinski has been creating art under Momma Rain for the past 10 years and following her passion to create. She currently is working primarily with acrylics on canvas - in particularly creating figurative art and portraitures. She is inspired by the world around her and her relationship with it being a first-generation Filipina-American. Her paintings trend towards vibrant colors and cherub-like faces that stare back and can provide an initial a "cheerful" or "whimsical" impression but with a moment's contemplation her subject matter reveals a gritters, political and socially relevant depth."