by houstonwine | Jul 9, 2012 | Sculpture
Mary took her first sculpture class in July of 2012. The class was taught by her Colorado neighbor, Tom Ware, Tom is a longtime resident of Evergreen where he has a studio on the shores of Evergreen Lake. Every Thursday for over 34 years he has opened his studio...
by houstonwine | Dec 15, 2011 | Drawings
Mary drew this charcoal and pencil sketch in 2009 for her childhood friend Rosie who was battling lung cancer and was in serious need of a guardian angel. The sketch was based on a photo of a Rastafarian on the island of Grenada. Mary called the sketch...
by houstonwine | Dec 15, 2011 | Drawings
Mary drew this sketch at a workshop taught by Tony Ryder in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2007. The sketch was meant to be an under-painting for an oil portrait. The model decided, on an impulse, to wrap a scarf around her head which led Mary to give her sketch the title...
by houstonwine | Dec 15, 2011 | Drawings
Mary attended a J.D. Hillberry workshop in Denver where she learned to draw realistic pencil and charcoal drawings of older people with wrinkled skin. She learned that an artist needs a keen understanding of the way that light bends around the curves and wrinkles of...
by houstonwine | Dec 14, 2011 | Paintings, People
Mary is fascinated by the techniques used by Renaissance portrait painters. In this work, she practiced the techniques of Raffaello Sanzio who is popularly known by the name Raphael. Raphael painted his portrait of his friend Baldassare Castiglione in 1514. ...
