About the Artist
"Everything I come across is looked at as a
potential ingredient for my creations. It is easier for me to blend
together such varied items as stain glass fragments, shells, Spanish
lace, feathers, crayon rubbings, and encaustic paint than to try to
work with just one medium. You might say my artwork is really the
platypus of the art world. Just as the platypus is a mix between
mammal and duck; my creations are a mix of collage and sculpture.
My fascination with stories, myths and legends is a major influence
on my art. I especially enjoy learning about the many gods and
goddesses and their special powers. I like to show that element and
interpret it in a contemporary way such as with "Senora del Pilar".
The idea for this piece comes from a church in Spain that was built
in Sargasso because of a vision from the holy Virgin Mary; I
depicted a modern Mary in a print dress coming out of the type of
pineapple ornament seen on the church in Saragossa, Spain."
Mairyann Wrentmore
Solo Exhibitions:
2004 - with Mark Miller, Sculpture, City Hall Gallery,
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2003 - "True Stories", Nomads Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2002 - "Exotic Peruvian Hats", ACT Gallery, Ft. Myers, Florida, USA
2002 - "Stories of Mythic Gods" , Leon County Public Library,
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Group Exhibitions:
2003 - "To Kill A Mocking Bird", Tallahassee Little Theater,
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2003 - "Creative Tallahassee", City Hall Gallery, Tallahassee,
Florida, USA
2002 - "Talleon group show", Claude Pepper Gallery, Tallahassee,
Florida, USA
2002 - "Talleon Fall Show", Leon County Public Library, Tallahassee,
Florida, USA
2001 - "Arts for Act Auction", Edison Community College Gallery, Ft.
Myers, Florida, USA (also 2000)
1999 - "Good things come in Small Packages", Frizzell Cultural Center,
Ft. Myers, Florida, USA
1998 - "Approaching the Millennium", Women’s Caucus for Art at Art
League of Manatee County, Bradenton, Florida, USA. Juried by Barbara
Anderson Hill, Director of City of Tampa Art in Public Places
1998 - "The Artist’s Eye", Kellogg & Searle Galleries, Bradenton,
Florida, USA. Juried by Jennifer Hardin, Curator of Museum of Fine
Arts, ST. Petersburg, Florida, USA
1997 - "International Fine Arts All Media Exhibition", Art League of
Manatee County, Bradenton, Florida, USA. Juried by Micheal Milkovich,
Director of Fine Arts Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA |
