Maren Inga Veloso lives and works as an artist in her hometown of Sisters, Oregon. She works as painter and illustrator making personal work as well as working with her community of small farms and businesses creating murals, festival banners, hand painted signs, posters and product designs. She also has a small pottery business that she runs with her childhood friend and ceramic artist Laura Campbell called Maren+Laura Ceramics. Her work is inspired by the folk artwork and traditional crafts of her Norwegian heritage. Themes of her work include transformation, grief and companionship with the natural world, and features images and colors of the Central Oregon High desert.