Ana Maria’s unique designs have refined and improved the art of Pietre Dure Mosaic Stone Art Pictures that existed since at least Roman times.  This Pietre Dure Art which means ‘Hard Stone’ and is sometimes also known as Florentine Mosaic Art consists of beautiful and intricate pictures made from carved and polished pieces of naturally colored gemstone material.  Like a painting, it uses form and color from an artist’s eye. However, it also involves patient carving and polishing techniques to bring out the best in color and detail beauty of the natural gemstones.  Ana cannot ’mix’ her colors as an artist does; she must find the correct stone that has been ‘mixed’ by nature and represents the color effect that she wants. Her pallet is a collection of 3/16 to 1/4  inch thick  gemstone material.  Ana’s work will last forever as her canvas and paint are all natural stone or mirror. Particularly striking are her stone on mirror pictures which truly give meaning to the phrase ‘nothing lasts forever, but the earth and sky’. The gemstone image represents earth mounted on the mirror background  which represents the eternal sky.   

Ana’s inspiration comes from many of the native birds and animals of the southern Utah mountains and deserts. She also enjoys doing native American southwestern art themes.

Ana mosaic art is available online and at several locations in South Central Utah including the Staples Art Center in Elsinore. It is also available at the Trading Post, The Wooden Nickel, and the Craft Coop in Marysvale. 

Ana can be commissioned to do Pietre Dure Portraits to your specifications.

     Broad-tailed Hummingbird on a Black-eyed Susan

 

This unique Gem Art picture (Pietre Dure) is fashioned from 30 pieces of polished semi-precious stone to reflect the many colors of this popular bird and flower species mounted on an elegant silver framed round mirror background. The frame is has a diameter of 17 inches.

Typical example of one of Ana’s Pietre Dure Mosaic Pictures with description of stones used.

                                  Flying Magpie

This unique 16 x 20 framed gem art picture (Pietre Dure) of a flying magpie (U.S. native bird) was done by Ana Maria Burrell.  The bird is created from 40 polished mosaic pieces of semi– precious gemstones on a golden framed mirror background. 

Stellar’s Jay—Framed Gemstone on Glass

Psychedelic Grizzly Framed Gemstone on Glass

Cowboy Boot —Framed Gemstone on Stone Tile  

          Mosaic Stone Art Pictures

This ‘stone on mirror’ art  reflect  Ana Maria’s

 series of ‘Earth and Sky’ Art