Mary Walker's portfolio

Work samples

Fragmented Sq Baker.jpg

acrylic, wood, metal hardware on wood panel, 60x60x3"
Catenary var #1 copy 2.jpg

acrylic, steel cable, hardware on wood panel, 32x122x9"
Catenary var #3 copy.jpg

acrylic, steel cable, hardware on wood panel, 42x96x4"
Curves Angles#1.jpg

acrylic, wood, rubber, wire on wood panel, 53x60x5"

About Mary

Mary Walker exhibits painting, sculpture and installation works. She draws imagery and conceptual ideas from natural science, landscape and text. Formally her work contrasts geometric and organic, man-made and natural, chance and planning.

Walker was born in New York City and grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey. She received a BS degree from Purdue University and an MA in Liberal Studies from Hamline University in St.Paul, MN. Her paintings, drawings and sculpture have been widely… more

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Caternary Curve Series

This series sets catenary curves against geometric shapes in a constructed painting. This is an ongoing series from 2015 to the present.

CATERNARY CURVE SERIES: THEME

acrylic, steel cable, hardware, vine on wood panel, 21x75x8"
CATENARY CURVE SERIES: VARIATION #1

acrylic, metal hardware, steel cable, vine on wood panel, 32X122X9"
CATENARY CURVE SERIES: VARIATION #2

acrylic, steel cable, metal hardware, vine on wood panel, 20x67x8"
CATENARY CURVE SERIES: VARIATION #3

acrylic, steel cable, metal hardware, on wood panel, 42x96x3.5"
CATENARY CURVE SERIES: VARIATION #4

acrylic, metal hardware, vine on wood panel, 84x108x7.5"
CATENARY CURVE SERIES: VARIATION #5

acrylic,steel cable, wood on wood panel, 36x124x2"

Constructed Paintings

Mixed media painted constructions.

CONSTRUCTION: CURVES and ANGLES

acrylic, metal hardware, rubber, wire on wood panel, 53"x60"x5"
CONSTRUCTION: CURVES and ANGLES

view 2
CLUSTER and FLOW

acrylic, metal hardware,metal, thread, wood, bark on wood panel. 68"x18'x8"
CLUSTER and FLOW, view 2
CLUSTER and FLOW, view 3
CLUSTER and FLOW, view 4
CLUSTER and FLOW, view 5

Constructed Paintings

Mixed media painted constructions.

FRAGMENTED SQUARE

60x60", acrylic, wood, metal harware
FRAGMENTED SQUARE

detail
CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPE #1

view 2
CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPE #1

acrylic, wood, metal hardware on wood panel, 55x62x5"
ARCHIPELAGO

acrylic, wood, plastic, metal hardware on wood panel, 6'3"x16'4"
ARCHIPELAGO

detail
ARCHIPELAGO

detail 2
EQUIVALENT STATES #3

acrylic on wood panel, wood bark, 6x48x3"
EQUIVALENT STATES #2

acrylic, wood, hardware on panel, 14"x15"x3"
EQUIVALENT STATES #1

acrylic, wood on wood panel, 11x22x3.5"

Painting/Building

Mixed media painted constructions

PAINTING/BUILDING #1

metal hardware, acrylic on wood panel, 14x13x4"
PAINTING/BUILDING #2

metal hardware, plastic, acrylic on wood panel, 22x10x3"
PAINTING/BUILDING #3

wood, metal hardware, acrylic on wood panel, 15x12x3"
BRACKETED SQUARE

wood, acrylic on wood panel,14.5x14.5x2"
EXTENDED SQUARE

wood, metal hardware, acrylic on wood panel, 11x17.5x2"
LINE/EDGE #1

wood, acrylic on wood panel, 13x7.5x2"
LINE/EDGE #3

wood, acrylic on wood panel, 13x7.5x2"
LINKED #3

wood, metal hardware, acrylic on wood panel,12.5x13.2.5"
LINKED #2

wood, metal hardware, acrylic on wood panel, 14x11.5x4"
LINKED #1

wood, metal hardware, acrylic on wood panel, 10.515x2"

Knowing Science/Seeing Art

This ongoing project combines images and text from natural science with references to techniques and practices for scientific study.

Earth/Earth

Mixed media on wood panel, 12x17.5x4"
Eternal Life

Mixed media on wood panel, 12x12x5"
Fibonacci Revisited

Mixed media on wood panel, 13.5x16.5x3"
Illuminated Moire

Mixed media on wood panel, 25x21x5"
Night Sky

Mixed media on wood panel, 12.5x10.5x2"
Examine

Mixed media on wood panel, 12x15x4"
Select

Mixed media on wood panel, 12.5x10.5x2"
Return to Go

Mixed media on wood panel, 22x36x6"
CLASS NOTES: EVOLUTION

acrylic, ink on wood panel, 8x8x1"

Equinox Series

At the time of Equinox the light and dark of a day are equal. As a conceptual plan for paintings it allows for a great array of possibilities of opposition and/or balance. I am drawn to the idea of making a whole of unlike parts. This is an ongoing exploration.