Ann Marie DeLuca: Creative Explorations

06/22/2026

Saturday we gathered to celebrate Nicole and her sweet baby on the way. Such a beautiful day filled with love, laughter, and dear friends. 💙🍼

06/20/2026

I love to capture the feeling of being out in nature—the hush of open space, the subtle music of birds and wind, and the gentle rhythm of a wave arriving at the shore. My photography is a way of holding those moments of peace, so others can feel them too.

06/19/2026

What a wonderful way to start the day! Good Morning 🍃✌🏻🙏🏻🌎🌞

06/19/2026

✦ A Gentle Reminder for the Season

There comes a point — often right around now — when the pace we’ve been keeping finally catches up to us.
The lists, the plans, the rushing from one thing to the next… it all starts to blur together. We fill our days, our weeks, our seasons with so much doing that we forget the simple truth that we are allowed to be.

This is your reminder to soften.
To pause.
To return to what feeds you on a deeper level.

It may look like “nothing” from the outside — a quiet morning, a slow breath, a moment of stillness where you simply listen to yourself. But this “nothing” is everything. It’s where your body unclenches. It’s where your breath deepens. It’s where your inner voice, the one that never rushes or demands, finally has space to speak.

And what it whispers is simple and true:

You are enough.
You are loved.
You are here for a purpose.
Your presence matters.

Let this season be a time of tending to your inner world — the part of you that doesn’t need productivity to feel worthy, the part that knows how to rest, how to receive, how to reconnect with what is real and nourishing.

Give yourself permission to choose what feeds your soul, even if no one else understands it.
Especially then.

06/17/2026

One full bag of garbage on my morning walk in New Rochelle

06/16/2026

This morning I chose nature over noise — slowing down, walking gently, noticing the small details that usually go unseen. The gym has its place, but beginning the day in the quiet of the natural world brings a different kind of strength. A softer, steadier, more peaceful way to arrive in the day.

06/15/2026

My work begins in the quiet space beneath the surface—
the place where memory gathers,
where intuition speaks in symbols,
and where the many versions of myself wait to be seen.

I create with fragments:
photographs, textures, torn edges,
the soft evidence of a life lived in layers.
These pieces become a language—
a way of honoring who I have been,
who I am now,
and who I am still becoming.

Through collage, photography, and reflective process,
I explore the inner landscapes we carry:
the girl who learned to be strong,
the woman who learned to listen,
the self who continues to rise.
My work is a conversation between these selves—
a weaving of resilience, tenderness, and truth.

Years spent navigating corporate rooms and human complexity
taught me how people move, hide, protect, and reveal themselves.
Those experiences live in my art.
They shape the way I see women,
the way I witness their stories,
the way I understand the quiet strength beneath their roles.

My Soul Reflection Portraits grow from this understanding—
collage‑based visual portraits that gather the pieces of a life
and return them with compassion.
They are not about image,
but about recognition.
Not about perfection,
but about presence.

I create to remember myself.
I create to honor the women I’ve been.
I create to offer a mirror to others—
especially women and young artists
who are still learning to trust their own voice.

My work is an invitation:
to pause,
to look inward,
to see beauty in complexity,
to embrace the truth of one’s becoming.

In every piece, I am searching for the same thing—
the moment when the inner world rises to the surface
and says,
Here I am.

06/15/2026

06/14/2026

Holding on

06/13/2026

Meet our Summer Maker‑in‑Residence: Ann Marie DeLuca!

This summer, the Harrison Public Library welcomes expressive artist and photographer Ann Marie DeLuca for a season of Creative Explorations — a series of workshops blending mindfulness, mixed media, recycled materials, and symbolic collage.

Ann Marie invites participants of all ages to slow down, experiment, and discover their creative voice through:
• Mixed media assemblage
• Creative mindfulness & intuitive mark‑making
• Recycled‑materials art
• Affirmation‑based journaling
• Symbolic collage & personal storytelling

At the heart of her residency is a simple, powerful thread: Creativity as healing, expression, and connection.

✨ Summer Workshop Schedule
• Jul 1 – Mixed Media Assemblage (2pm)
• Jul 15 – Creative Mindfulness with Oil Pastels (6pm)
• Jul 22 – Recycled Materials Painting (2pm)
• Aug 5 – Creative Mindfulness with Gelatos (6pm)
• Aug 19 – Creative Affirmations: Journaling & Art‑Making (6pm)
• Sep 19 – Mixed Media Collage: Stories in Layers (1pm)

📍 All sessions take place in the Community Room.
🖇️ Registration links available on the library website.

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