10/16/2026
MaryBeth Sorber has spent most of her life in Central New York. She drew early inspiration from her great-aunt, Dora Hopkins, whose distinctive painterly style captured New England harbors and rural landscapes. Sorber also admires N.C. Wyeth, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, and Claude Monet for their use of light and color. Her artistic training includes college-level courses, workshops, classes, and study with local artists. Working primarily in oils, she is a member of the Onondaga Art Guild and has exhibited at many Guild events and venues. She has received several awards for her paintings, including First Place in both the 2021 Central Adirondack Art Show and the 2021 Sackets Harbor Plein Air Competition. She has also participated for several years in St. David’s Celebration of the Arts, a local juried art show. Now living on Onondaga Hill, she finds inspiration in the surrounding hills, farms, and natural landscape.