About Mary
Baltimore County
In the last year, I have been painting around Monkton near the small horse farm where my husband and I and other assorted animals live . My paintings are smaller and brighter than they used to be. I have also been making small reduction block prints, printed by hand instead of with the big press I used to use. At Manor Mill, the neighborhood community art center and gallery, I have had the pleasure of teaching other people how to make these block prints; the results have been astonishing!
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Waterways and Harbors in southwestern Nova Scotia
It was not possible to go to Nova Scotia this year. These are paintings of marshes, waterways, and harbors from other recent years.
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Johnstons Beach, NorthOil on linen panel, 10" x 16", 2019
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Cove OvercastOil on linen panel, 14" x 18", 2019
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Sable River EstuaryOil on linen, 14" x 18", 2019
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Old Ferry Landing, East SableOil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2019
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Green HarborOil on linen, 9" x 17", 2019
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Lockeport BeachOil on linen, 9" x 12", 2017
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Lobster ShedsOil on canvas, 20" x 20", 2019
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Ginger HillOil on linen, 10" x 13", 2017
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Salt PondOil on linen, 11" x 14", 2019
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West Head View of LockeportOil on linen panel, 12" x 16", 2018
Vistas, Views and Vases
These are assorted Maryland landscapes from this summer and last, along with several summery still lifes.
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September PastureOil on linen, 9" x 12", 2020
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MaryleaOil on canvas, 18" x 24", 2019
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Watters Meeting View.jpgOil on linen, 18" x 24", 2019
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Tethonia TennisOil on linen, 12" x 12" 2020
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EggplantOil on linen, 19" x 22", 2020
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JumpOil on linen panel, 12" x 16", 2020
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Green Tomato Still LifeOil on linen, 12" x 12", 2020
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Hutchins Mill RoadOil on linen, 12" x 16", 2020
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Prospect BarnOil on linen, 14" x 18", 2020
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EquinoxOil on linen, 38" x 42", 2018-20
Glimpses of Maryland
I wanted to paint these landscapes in a different way, not so much with a brush, but with scraps of card board, rags and palette knives. I liked being able to wipe thick colors over the surface and scrape or scratch it to suggest details like trunks and foliage and sticking-up blades of grass.
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Summer II.jpgOil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2018
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Summer.jpgOil on linen, 10" x 12", 2018
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Summer Dusk.jpgOil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2018
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Blue Hill.jpgOil on linen, 12" x 12", 2018
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Summer TreelineOil on linen, 12" x 12", 2018
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Gallop FieldOil on linen, 16" x 16", 2019
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Summer TreelineOil on linen, 12" x 12", 2018
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ZelkoviasOil on linen, 16" x 20", 2018
Nova Scotia Coastline 2018
In many of the Nova Scotia paintings I did this summer, I continued to work with a piece of cardbord to make the most of the rougher texture on the linen panels. I enjoyed the way the fabric's tooth broke up the painted surface, and I ended up letting this effect be as interesting as any representational detail that was needed to suggest an image. My paintings on regular stretched canvas look quite different.
Monotypes 2018
These monotypes were an experiment using at least 2 plates and masking out areas of the first plate, printing it, then printing a second plate on top of it. In the masked areas the pure colors on the second plate to show up while in other areas the overlapping colors create a whole new color. The second plate can be masked as well--that is, kept free of ink in selected areas. This way when it is printed on top of the print made by the first plate, the colors in those masked areas pick up the original pure colors from the first plate.
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Red PirouetteMonotype, 13 1/4" x 23", 2018
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ForsythiaMonotype, 10 1/2" x 16", 2018
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ApparitionMonotype, 16" x 10 1/2", 2018
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Girl with Ball.jpgMonotype, 11" x 7", 2018
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Forsythia II.jpgMonotype, 10 1/2" x 16", 2018
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Moonlit GrazeMonotype, 10 1/2" x 16", 2018
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Moonlit Graze IIMonotype, 13 1/4" x 23", 2018
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Ghostly GrazeMonotype Ghost, 13 1/4" x 23", 2018
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Daytime GrazeMonotype, 10 1/2" x 16", 2018
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Behind the FarmMonotype, 9" x 12", 2018
Along the coast in southwestern Nova Scotia
In the late summer, I paint along the southwest coast of Nova Scotia. The air can be cool and vaporous when rain or fog are on the way, while at other times, above and below you see the bluest of blues.
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Ocean Barrieroil on linen, 10" x 12", 2014
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Estuary Fogoil on linen, 14" x 18", 2013--15
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Coffinoil on linen, 10" x 12", 2015
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Horse Head, Beach Meadowsoil on linen, 14" x 18", 2015
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Little Port l'HébertOil on linen, 9" x 12", 2016
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Gull RockOil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2018
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Blue IslandOil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2018
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House on the RocksOil on linen panel, 10" x12", 2018
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Jones HarborOil on linen, 8" x 10", 2018
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Outcrop Rock, Johnstons BeachOil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2019