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It all started in a private garden tended by her and
her grandmother who supplied the sanctuary at the
church they attended with bouquets of flowers each
Sunday morning. Mary learned much in that garden
and prides herself in carrying the fourth generation
of family gardeners. Most of Mary's inspiration comes
from a lovely and private garden that she tends regularly.
Taking
a visit to the studio and garden is a rare treat.
You tour through the garden full of color and
fragrant aromas as you descend into her studio where
the living fantasy land comes to life again in her
paintings. Here you see the flowers and birds duplicated
in their finest glory down to the smallest detail
including the last dewdrop. Mary will attest
to the fact that reproducing dewdrops is one of the
more difficult aspects for an artist to render. For flowers lovers, a visit to the Wren Hill
Gallery does not only mean leaving with prints or
originals of her art, but seedpods or plants from
the bountiful garden.
If
you are near Atlanta, call 770-587-2587 in advance,
for a visit or see the show schedule here.
Corporate
Collections: (partial listing)
• Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Massachusetts
• Arthur Andersen & Co., Atlanta, GA
• Cheekwood Botanical Museum and Garden, Nashville,
TN
• Coca-Cola, Inc., Atlanta, GA
• Delta Airline, Crown Room, Hartsfield International
Airport, Atlanta, GA
• Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA
• Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, GA
• Simon & Schuster Doubleday Publishers,
New York, NY
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh,
PA
Previous
Shows/Exhibits: (partial listing)
• Spring exhibitions of art at the following
National Flower Shows:
Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, Ann Arbor, Washington
D.C., Syracuse, Mobile and St. Louis 1991-present
• Autumn exhibitions of art at various nationally
known art shows in Texas, Missouri, Maryland,
Georiga, Michigan, D.C., N Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania
and others.
• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL.,
1985 and 1994
• State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens,
GA 1988
• Cheekwood Botanical Museum, Nashville, TN.,
1982 and 1986
• Mississippi Museum of Art, 9th Exhibition,
Southern Watercolor Society, Catalog P.5, Jackson,
MS., 1985
• The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University,
Boston, MA, 1984
• 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art
and Illustration, Pittsbugh, PA
Catalog, P.18, 1983
• Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, 5th Exhibiton,
Southern Watercolor Society, Catalog,
Ruston, LA. 1981
• Columbia Museum of Arts and Science, 4th Exhibition,
Southern Watercolor Society, Catalog,
Columbia, SC 1980
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