Mary's favourite subjects are groups of people and still life with flowers, a strong colourist she works to capture the aliveness of things. A cottage is seen as not only a shape but also an interior where someone lives, the spaces around being used and loved.
The activity of people just unfolds, sometimes from a sketch book, but often are remembered scenes. The painting is allowed to develop naturally. Mary's great love is colour through which she finds a way to express her feelings about life.
OPEN EXHIBITIONS: Royal West of England; Leamington Spa; Woodspring Museum, Weston super Mare; The Gallery, Bridgefoot, Stratford upon Avon (The Salon Exhibition 2001, The Word of Mouth, Open Exhibition 2004).
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Falmouth, Cornwall Art Society; Stratford upon Avon Art Society; Stratford upon Avon Studio Art Club; AMA exhibitions annually, Alexander Clayton Gallery, Stratford upon Avon; Anderson Gallery, Burford.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Starbuck's Coffee shop Stratford upon Avon; The Library, Stratford upon Avon.
AWARDS: Leamington in Bloom Competition; Leisure Painter 2001 selected as best in exhibition of Studio Art Club; Selected to advertise 'Iago' exhibition in Stratford for ArtsWeek 2002; Logo for AMA summer exhibition 2004; Selection of work to appear in an international daily newspaper in Boston, Mass, USA
Paintings this page Copyright © 2010 Mary Buckingham