Born Sussex, 1971. Studied at Kingston University graduating in 1994.
Mary's new landscape series are concerned with the painterly nature of a snapshot taken while driving or walking. Each piece is a visual reminder of how nature conspires and seduces.
Her references stem from her love of music and pop culture and invariably borrow from album and track titles from artists such as Neil Young, Paul Weller and Bob Dylan.
When I paint the most important process is the initial mark making, therefore I have to complete the painting while the paint is wet, removing paint rather than applying it. The process is closer to unearthing the subject as opposed to building upon it.
I bury my paintings beneath multiple layers of stains and varnishes as if to seal in the subject. I rely heavily on photography and try to convey this by trapping the memory and sealing it down.
1971 Born, Sussex
1991- 1994 Kingston University, BA HONS 2:1 Fine Art Painting
1990-1991 Northbrook College of Design, National Diploma Foundation Studies
1995 Artist in Residence, Whitgift Public School
EXHIBITIONS
1992 Royal Academy, Budapest, Hungary
1997-2002 Solo Exhibition, Enid Lawson Gallery, London
1997-98 Leighton House Open, London
1999 New Artists '99, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
20th Century Show, Olympia
Air Gallery, Dover Street, London
Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art
APART, London
2000 September Girls, V & A Friends Room, London
Le Salon, London SW1
2001 September Girls II, Great Eastern Hotel, London
2002 Art Sale & Auction, Christies for NSPCC, Art Movement
Tangible Art, London
2003 Landscape Now, Clapham Art Gallery, London
2007 Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2008 Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2009-2015 London Art Fair, ART 2009, Business Design Centre, London, (Jill George Gallery)
2012 Jill George Gallery in Cork Street, Group Exhibition
2011-2015 20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
2011-2015 ART Toronto, Toronto, Canada, (Jill George Gallery)
2014 Jill George Gallery at Coningsby, London
McCallister Gallery, Godalming, Surrey
2015 'Summer Delights', Jill George Gallery, London
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
2016 Omagh, Ireland (solo show)
'Autumn Delights', Jill George Gallery, London
2017 'Land, Sea and Sky', Jill George Gallery, London
2019 'Winter Delights', JIll George Gallery, London
2021 The Summer Show, JIll George Gallery, London
The Winter Show, Jill George Gallery, London
Awards Received
1993 NatWest '90's Prize for Art (Shortlisted)
1994 Stanley Picker Travel Scholarship, New York
Her work is in private collections in London, Madrid, Barcelona, South Africa, Europe, New Zealand and throughout the USA