Mary Ann Wakeley

I am a mixed media creative working in a variety of ways and mediums, creating what inspires--connections influenced by colors, shapes, music, interiors, patterns and rhythms, relationships expressed on canvas, paper, wood, etc. I work without a palette, placing colors directly on the substrate. My work brings forward that which I am feeling versus a "concept". It is a natural and intuitive process. I enjoy moving visual elements around in a space. The result can be raw or refined. I am open to a sense of wonder and "what if" as I work/play. Each painting takes me on an adventure where the ups and downs eventually lead to an interesting form of harmony and order.

Having played piano and violin, music has always had a tremendous influence on me which to this day impacts my creative output.

I have been a full time painter since 2003.

Prior to 2003, I was employed adminstratively in corporate environments in various fields too numerous to list but run the gamut from the insurance industry to a well-known beer importing company to an architect firm to a long term care retirement community to name a few. Along the way, my interest in art and painting was expressed through volunteer work at the Philadelphia Art Museum and evening c...

1989--1994

Life drawing and design concepts...Philadelphia College of Textiles & Sciences

Life drawing and sculpture...
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Early 1990s Volunteer, The Philadelphia Museum of Art

Exhibitions/Events

Group Exhibit/Collaboration, Consenses, Martha's Vineyard, MA 2014-2016
Gallery 25N "Pure Abstraction" Online Exhibit
Solo Exhibit, Pulse, Luxe 218 Indianapolis, IN 2012
LightSpaceTime exhibit 2012, "L'envers" -- first place all categories
Premier Exhibit, Guy Lyman Fine Art, New Orleans, LA 2010
Beacon Art Shortwave Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
Group Exhibit, Three Ravens Gallery, Ardmore, PA 2010
Group Exhibit, World of Imagination, Vol. 2, APW Gallery, Queens, NY 2009
Group Exhibit, Papercuts & Gluesticks, Rocky River, OH 2008
Group Exhibit, Three Femmes, Tyme Gallery Havertown, PA, 2004

EVENTS
2024. Featured in Saatchi Art's New This Week 11-11-2024 Collection Curated by Rebecca Wilson

2023. Featured in Saatchi Art's New This Week 01-16-2023 Collection curated by Rebecca Wilson

2022. (August) Commissioned painting for the new public Fitness Center in Dallas Country Club, Dallas TX

2022. Featured in Saatchi Art's New This Week 06-27-22 Collection curated by Rebecca Wilson

2021. Featured in Saatchi Art's New This Week 09-06-21 Collection curated by Rebecca Wilson

2020. Featured in Saatchi Art's New This Week 10-12-20 Collection curated by Rebecca Wilson

2020. Untitled III Dreamscape selected as a pr...