Mary Ellis

Growing up in a rural town in the Hudson Valley of New York State, I was influenced by the energy and excitement of Manhattan while surrounded by the beauty, tranquility and dramatic season changes of the country. I now live close to where I grew up. My mother was an artist and art materials were my toys. Becoming an artist was never a choice, it was an integral part of my life. I loved the feel of the materials and was drawn to brilliant colors and textures. Not surprisingly I have become an abstract expressionist painter.
I received my formal training from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York where I earned my BFA degree. I was fortunate to study under Alex Katz, Richard Linder, Robert Mallory and Mercedes Matter. Brilliant color found in the miracle of nature and music, especially Reggae are my inspirations. My soul was touched when I first learned about “Les Fauves” Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, Kandinsky and when I saw paintings by Arshile Gorkey, Hans Hoffman, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell. Every new canvas begins as an adventure. I work intuitively with no conscious intention, drawing from my years of development as an artist, the gift that I was blessed with and my absolute love of brilliant color and the texture o...

Graduate of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn New York

2018- Convergences-juried show, Jeanette J. Phillips Health Center, Peekskill, NY

2018- Katonah Museum Artists Association, juried show,The Fine Arts Gallery of Westchester Community College,Valhalla, NY
2018- Artists of Northern Westchester, juried show, Croton-on-Hudson,NY
2018- Bethany Arts Community, juried show, Ossining NY
2018- Anderson Chase Gallery, Winter juried  show, Goldens Bridge, NY
2018- Katonah Museum Artists Association, juried show, Ridgefield Guild Art Assoc. Ridgefield Conn.
2017- Ossining Arts Council  Group show-, Ossining Library, Ossining, NY
2017- Solo Show -“Mind Chatter” First Village Coffee, Ossining, NY
2016- The College of New Rochelle-juried exhibit ,“Color-ful”
2016 - Art Expo - New York
2016 - Upstream Gallery - juried exhibit-,“Small Works” - Hastings, NY
2016 - Blue Door - juried exhibit, “Big Ideas in Small Packages” - Yonkers, NY
2016 - Blink Art Resource - Artist Exhibition, Cincinnati,Ohio
2016 - Ossining Arts Association - Group Show ,Ossining, NY
2015 -Spectrum ,Art Basel Miami2016- The College of New Rochelle-juried exhibit ,“Color-ful”