The Winter Stag
A stag whose antlers become a snow-covered tree, over a field of autumn red.
Handmade by Maria Greco · Peterborough, Ontario
Made slowly, by hand, one piece at a time.
Newest off the table
If one piece says Deaf Butterfly, it is this one. Five butterflies rise through gold-beaded vines, each wing built from special-shaped crystals rather than round drills, so the whole square catches light differently every hour of the day. Finished with a rhinestone border on black canvas.
The shelf
Everything here was made by hand, one at a time, in Peterborough. When a piece finds a home it stays on the shelf, so you can still see what it was.
A stag whose antlers become a snow-covered tree, over a field of autumn red.
One red rose and two white ones, glowing out of a black sparkle ground.
A blue swallow sweeping past orange roses.
Plum roses and small butterflies drifting between them, edged in pink pearls.
A great purple butterfly over a dahlia, in plums and lavender.
A golden puppy out in the first snow, in a pearl border.
A vase of peonies done like an old still life, in a red bead border.
A worn teal truck beside the barn, waiting out the winter.
A cat’s face filling the whole canvas, eyes of green and gold.
Nine small sparkling banners — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
A white cross rising out of orange and teal flowers.
Two chickadees on a birch branch, in soft autumn greys and coppers.
A blue jay among white blossoms, in blues from sky to navy.
An old anchor wrapped in roses on sea-green, bordered in glass gems.
About the maker
Maria Greco makes diamond paintings by hand in Peterborough, Ontario — pictures built from thousands of tiny resin drills, placed one at a time. A piece takes her anywhere from a single day to two full weeks, and she does not start the next one until the last one is finished.
Most pieces are mounted on canvas and finished with a bead border she sets by hand, one bead at a time, so no two frames are ever quite the same.
If a piece is gone it stays on the page, so you can still see what it was.