Artist Mary Hubley Profile on BoundlessGallery.com

Member since:
Jan-08-08
Registered in:
United States

Hi! Let me tell you a little bit about my art. When I start a painting, I try to reach further than just the technical aspects such as line, color, and composition, although these things are important. Rather, I search for that invisible, innate thing that makes it magic. I consider what the subject is saying to me. What does it vibrate? Softness? Excitement? What does the air smell like -- lavender or salt water? The answers to these kinds of questions direct the soul of my painting. I am inspired by nature and my own back yard, [see more]

Hi! Let me tell you a little bit about my art. When I start a painting, I try to reach further than just the technical aspects such as line, color, and composition, although these things are important. Rather, I search for that invisible, innate thing that makes it magic. I consider what the subject is saying to me. What does it vibrate? Softness? Excitement? What does the air smell like -- lavender or salt water? The answers to these kinds of questions direct the soul of my painting. I am inspired by nature and my own back yard, which is surrounded by marshes and palm trees.

Let's talk. I am happy to discuss my work with you personally. I welcome commissions. If you see some paintings you love, but would like something similar in different color schemes, or if you just love my style and have something else in mind, just e-mail me and we can discuss what you'd like.

My Background:
As a child and young adult, I was greatly influenced by my mother, a fabulous watercolorist. I had a fondness for mother's entourage of astonishing friends; they were outrageous. I was fascinated by their total inability to be structured, their aptitude for the dramatic, and their uncanny ways of shifting the mundane into magic.

I majored in fine art and writing at Thomas Edison State College. I've freelanced and have worked on staff for several corporations as an illustrator, graphic artist, publication editor, and writer.

Exhibits & Awards:
-- 130 King Street Gallery, St. Augustine, FL (Jan 2008 - ongoing)
-- Holborn Gallery, St. Augustine, FL (Sep 2007 - Jan 2008)
-- Mystic Gifts, St. Augustine, FL (March 2007 - Jan 2008)
-- POW! award, first place 2-D art (2007)
-- Black and White juried show; Members Show, St. Augustine Art Association (2007)
-- Figuratively Speaking, Art League of Daytona Beach (2007)
-- POW! award for illustrated book, Kids Collect, second place (2005)
-- Florida Writers Association Royal Palm award for Kids Collect, first place (2004)
-- Haddonfield Art League, Haddonfield, NJ. Juried watercolor show, first place (1987)
-- Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ. Watercolor show (1987)

Education:

-- Thomas Edison State College, majoring in art and writing. B.A. Humanities, 1996.
-- Served 2 years on Edison's portfolio advisory board, 1994-96.

Memberships:

-- Landscape Artists International, member
-- National League of American Pen Women, active member and past branch president
-- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, past group leader
-- St. Augustine Art Association, member
-- POW!, gold member




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