Maria Buszinski has been creating art under the alias Momma Rain for the past 10 years and following her passion to create. She currently is working primarily with acrylics on canvas - in particularly creating figurative art and portraitures. Her paintings trend towards vibrant colors and cherub-like faces that stare back and can provide an initial a “cheerful” or “whimsical” impression but with a moment’s contemplation her subject matter reveals a grittier, political and socially relevant depth.

She is inspired by the world around her, growing up in the DC region as a first-generation Filipina-American. Maria currently resides in Maryland about halfway between Baltimore and Washington, DC.