Water Garden is a liquid acrylic pour with clearcoat resin finish; 8x10 art size, 10x12 frame size.

A native of Hudson, Massachusetts, Hayes came up in a creative family and always had an interest in making/improving things with her hands. She attended the University of Illinois at Chicago and graduated with a degree in Communication Design in 1983. Over the next fifteen years, Hayes would work in advertising for newspapers, and magazines including three years in the Art Department at Bell Labs. From 1998, Hayes spent part of her time in Chatham and eventually moved here full-time in 2004. Hayes began painting Cape Cod scenes on various pieces of old furniture found at yard sales and sold them locally. Her foray into fine art began with painting in oils on canvas, which she found wonderfully fun and inspiring. She then began to experiment with pouring liquid acrylic pigments - a medium which she has become very fond of and at which she has become quite adept. Another popular technique in which Hayes works is cold wax with oil, which has led to exceptional results. Marie is enthusiastically represented by the newly established ARTNOVA gallery in Chatham and has quickly become one of their best-selling artists.