Maria Pineres is an artist from Los Angeles.
![Maria Pineres - Rogues' Gallery: Lindsey Lohan](https://mrxstitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Maria-Pineres-Lindsey-Lohan.jpg)
Maria’s chosen art form is needlepoint and she uses it to great effect.
![Maria Pineres - Nascar Maria Pineres - Not Your Normal Needlepoint](https://mrxstitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Maria-Pineres-NASCAR.jpg)
From the Rogues Gallery series, to her recent NASCAR piece, Maria’s work is a breath of fresh air, blowing the cobwebs away from an oft-overlooked form of embroidery.
![Maria Pineres - Needlepoint Maria Pineres - Not Your Normal Needlepoint](https://mrxstitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Maria-Pineres-Lady-2.jpg)
I really like this work; needlepoint‘s simplicity means it doesn’t really get much credit in comparison to other stitchery forms. Maria gives the genre a wake up call and I hope that she inspires other people to give it a go and see what they can do.
![Maria Pineres - Two Thousand Six Maria Pineres - Not Your Normal Needlepoint](https://mrxstitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Maria-Pineres-explosion.jpg)
Visit her website to find out more; Maria might be the saviour of needlepoint… 🙂