Mary Smith
Mary lives in the beautiful county of Derbyshire and has the Peak District and the Staffordshire moorlands to inspire her paintings.
She has worked as a tutor for many years in a wide variety of schools,colleges and community centres in and around Derbyshire and Staffordshire.She is now running her own workshops and art classes at the Melbourne Leisure Centre in South Derbyshire.
see (My Tuition) for further details
She exhibits regularly at all the local venues and festivals and encourages her students to do the same.
see (My Exhibitions and My Awards )
Style of work
Mary paints the landscape using atmospheric conditions to describe the shapes and forms emerging within the paintings. References to fog,mist or sunlight and shadows is a recurrent theme. Many of her paintings contain little figures which are seen as associated motifs and become part of the landscape.
Methodology
She works primarily in acrylics incorporating mixed media such as oil pastels and ink as the painting progresses in order to keep the work lively and spontaneous. Using these application techniques gives her a structure to formulate her own interpretation of the subject matter.
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibition at Sharpes pottery museum and gallery Swadlincote August 2cnd-31st 2008 open 10am-3pm every day except Sunday
Ashby Festival 26th July -10th August
Melbourne Festial 14-16th September
Weekly art classes take place on Tuesday mornings from 10-12pm at the Melbourne Leisure Centre,Derbyshire
cost £6.50 per session
All Mary's workshops take place at the leisure centre. Mary works in a variety of media and encourages her students to experiment after watching her demonstrations.
Details of Autumn workshops are now available. If you would like to join my mailing list please e-mail your details and I can send a brochure.
e-mail mary.smith73@btinternet.com
Acrylics, Canvas, Collage, Drawing, Mixed Media, Oil pastel, Pastels, Pen & Ink, Pen And Wash, Pencil/Charcoal, Water soluble pastels, Watercolour, Watercolour Pencil
Abstract, Figure, Flowers And Gardens, Landscape, Life Drawing, Seascapes and Water, Trees and Foliage
Derbyshire, United Kingdom mainland