Mariana has been an adjunct professor at UWG. Mariana is an international artist. Her work, Prominences II, was exhibited in the Main Gallery of the Humanities Building in 2008. The work embraced the art of painting with molten beeswax mixed with colored pigments, which is an ancient technique called encaustic art. Depetris’ work has been included in numerous shows in the Americas, Spain, Belgium and Japan. She can be reached at mdepetri@westga.edu.