Mary Azarian (B. 1940)American/Vermont, 3 Woodblock Prints. Her alphabet series. Mary Azarian is known for Woodcuts, children's book cover designs. “I began drawing and painting at an early age and fell in love with woodcuts when I did my first relief print in the fourth grade. It was a 3”X4” lino block of an angel with “NOEL” at the bottom. It was a valuable lesson in the need to reverse words when doing a woodcut. The finished print read “LEON”.” – Mary Azarian Artist Mary Azarian tills her Vermont garden as skillfully as she carves her unique woodcuts. Exposed to rural life when she grew up on her grandfather's Virginia farm, her real expertise in cultivation came from on-the-job experience in adulthood. Her gardening ability is the direct result of her chosen country lifestyle; necessity, however, led her to work as an artist. Following her graduation from Smith College in the early 1960s, Azarian and her husband moved to northern Vermont to live off the land. The difficulties of subsistence farming soon led to the need for outside income. Overall Size of Tallest: 19 x 25 in. Sight Size of Tallest: 11 x 17 1/4 in. Overall Size of Longest: 25 x 19 in. Sight Size of Longest: 16 x 10 1/2 in. #2192 #2198 #2199