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URL:https://palmerlakeartgroup.org/events/member-art-program-3/
SUMMARY:Member Art Program - Painting "Small" with Mary Sexton
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nHow often have we heard that good things come in small 
 packages? The next question is “How small is small?” The viewer gets d
 rawn into the detail that takes this condensation of a grand landscape and
  translates it into such a small space.\n\nMary grew up traveling. Her fat
 her was in the Army\, so the family experienced France\, Hawaii\, and Japa
 n before settling in Maryland. She has vivid memories of the vineyards of 
 France\, the hills of Oahu\, and the colorful kimonos of Japan. With a mot
 her who was an artist\, it was quite natural for Mary to experience the mu
 seums in Baltimore and in Washington\, D.C.\, especially loving the Philli
 ps Collection. As a young woman\, she graduated from art school and moved 
 to New York where she continued her studies at the Art Students League\, a
 nd School of Visual Arts\, Pratt\, and the American Museum of Natural Hist
 ory. Her career was in the field of graphic design\, and she has been a gr
 aphic designer/art director since 1978. In 2005 she took up oil painting a
 gain and added pastels to that repertoire in 2010. Pastels are now her med
 uim of choice! Mary paints landscape\, still life\, the human figure\, and
  animal portraits. Landscape holds a special place in her heart\, especial
 ly since moving to Colorado in 2016.\n\nIn 2024\, Mary was awarded Third P
 lace in the first annual Palmer Lakes\, CO\, plein air event\; an Honorabl
 e Mention at the Westcliffe\, CO\, Alla Prima event\; and Best Body of Wor
 k and a Patron Award at the Florence\, CO\, Paint the Town event. She pres
 ented a discussion on pastel at Victor Celebrates the Arts plein air event
  in Victor\, CO. In 2025 her painting “Road to No Where” was accepted 
 into the Pastel Society of Colorado’s Mile High Show. She was awarded an
  Honorable Mention at the Victor Plein Air Event.\n\nHer favorite sizes ar
 e small\, very rarely larger than 11x14 or 16x8.  See https://www.maryse
 xtonpaintings.com/ for examples of her work.\n\nMary comes to us from the
  Pikes Peak Pastel Society - https://pikespeakpastel.org/.  Mary will be
  showing us underpainting techniques with pastels.  Please bring an apron
  and an old towel to put under your chair.\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Paint Outs,Programs
LOCATION:Tri-Lakes Chamber House\, 300 Highway 105\, Monument\, Colorado\, 
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