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"What can I say about the human form
as subject? It is endlessly fascinating, beautiful, ugly, old, young,
funny, sad, sexy, grotesque, expressive, boring, poignant and profound
~ a never ending source of revelation for narcissistic beings like ourselves.
During the course of my career I have enjoyed exploring many of these
aspects of the human figure. It is rich as both a form and because it
is a subject loaded with associations for virtually everyone.
All of my work starts out with attention to composition and design. At
times I stay in that mode. Many of my cropped figure compositions are
basically abstract works where I indulge in the lushness of sensuous rolls
of flesh or the angles of elbows without regard to anything else. I am
consistently drawn to the sculptural qualities of the figure and its endless
variations."
EDUCATION:
1999 International Center of Photography, NYC
1979 Parson's School of Design, NYC
1976-1977 School of Visual Arts, NYC
1973 BFA-College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
EXHIBITIONS:
2004 2 PERSON SHOW New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT
2002 Hubert Gallery, NYC, New York
2001 Maplebrook School, Amenia, NY
Town Hall, Salisbury CT
Hubert Gallery, NYC, New York
2000 SOLO EXHIBITION Tremaine Gallery, Lakeville, CT
Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
*Pastel Journal Award
Hubert Gallery, New York
1999 2 PERSON SHOW Morehead State University, Morehead KY
Hubert Gallery, NYC, New York
1998 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Hubert Gallery, NYC, New York 1997 Perry House Galleries, Alexandria,
VA
Hubert Gallery, NYC, New York
1996 Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
1995 Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
*Beatrice Vare Award
Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
1994 Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1993 Atlantic Gallery, NYC
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Turnberry Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC
1992 Sherry French Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Sherry French Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC
1991 Galerie Tamenaga, NYC
Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
*Adriana Brina Award
College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Papermill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ
1990 National Academy of Design, NYC
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC
*Presidents Award
Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
*Steven Leitner Award
College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
1989 Museum of the National Arts Foundation, NYC
1987 Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
1986 Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
*Sauters Margulies Award
Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk, VA
1985 Riverside Studios, Pottersville, NJ
1984 SOLO EXHIBITION; Riverside Studios, Pottersville, NJ
Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC
*Award for Exceptional Merit
Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk, VA
1983 Elaine Benson Gallery, Inc., Bridgehampton, NY
Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2001 28th Annual “for Pastels Only” Exhibition, Joann Bishop,
Pastelagram
1998 The Best of Drawing and Sketching, Rockport Publishers, Inc.
1998 The Best of Pastel 2, Rockport Publishers, Inc.
1997 Frankel, Karen, “Mary Close’s Significant Still Lifes”,
American Artist Magazine, January
1996 Nicholas, Tom and John C. Terelak, The Best of Oil Painting Rockport
Publishers, Inc.
1993 Close, Mary, “Food for Thought”,
American Artist Magazine, August
1992 Lipton, E. C., “Artists’ organizations vary in character”,
ARTspeak, November
1990 H.G.L., Pastel Society’s Annual, Park East, September
1987 Otis, Lauren, “Art with a Social Agenda”,
ARTspeak, December
1983 Okun, Sheila, A Book of Cut Flowers,
William Morrow and Company, Inc.
MISCELLANEOUS:
2001 Television Interview – CTSB – TV11 Massachusetts
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