Maralynn Maltz is an award-winning mosaic artist living in Salem, Oregon. She is a member of the Society of American Mosaic Artists, Artists in Action, Keizer Art Association, and the Salem Art Association. Prior to mosaic art, Maralynn was the sole proprietor of M2 Creations, a home-based business that designed and manufactured personalized stationery.

In 2000, Maralynn and her young daughter took a “mommy and me” clay class through the Salem Art Association and that is when mosaics entered her life. Determined to make a 7’ x 5’ broken china mosaic mirror frame, even though the class had been cancelled, Maralynn spent 6 months researching in the library and talking to other mosaic and tile artists. She embarked upon her first piece titled “Aunty Mayo’s China Closet.” 

Hooked on mosaics, Maralynn incorporates her love for quilts into many of her designs and each mosaic is unique in materials and methodology. Each piece tells it own story about the materials, color, and purpose. 

Maralynn enjoys commissioned projects and the personal interaction with her clients. She shows her mosaic art at Currents Gallery in McMinnville, Willamette Valley Vineyard’s Wine Center in McMinnville, and Boccherini’s Coffee and Tea House in Albany. Maralynn has exhibited in juried art shows at Westminster Presbyterian Church in 2008 and 2009, Enid Joy Mount Gallery in Keizer (1st place winner for “Bedrock”) in “Echoes of Green” recycled materials art show, Enid Joy Mount Gallery’s “Black,White, and Gray” show in 2009, Enid Joy Mount Gallery’s “Urban Art” show in 2010, and home shows in Salem. She teaches mosaic classes in her home studio and at the Keizer Art Association. Maralynn is honored to be one of 10 ceramic artists invited to create a “ball” for the 11th Annual Clay Ball, benefiting the Salem Art Association on February 27, 2010.

Maralynn has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a M.B.A. She has taken art classes in colleges and universities and is currently training with Cynthia Herron, a landscape painter and college art teacher. Maralynn’s private sector work experience was in banking, marketing, funds development, and project management. She is the chair of a non-profit art committee and is also a classroom volunteer at Family Building Blocks in Salem.