Mary Mccoy

I view painting as my attempt to externalize physical sensations that I experience in different environments. When I look at the world around me, I notice the interplay between organic and manmade objects and study their color and composition. These images serve as forms of data that I can inject into my paintings.
In the last two years, I have mainly focused on creating abstract oil paintings. I am inspired by the variety of textures that the medium offers and frequently manipulate my work as it dries to document temporality in a visual way.
Inspired by the works of female abstract expressionist painters, including Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Elaine de Koonig, and Grace Hartigan, I actively try to resist the common conventions tied to technical painting. I do not use a strict calculus or formula to mix colors and my palette is quite raw and ever-evolving. In the time I would spend creating a pure or precise color, I would lose the physical flow or connection that I have to a particular thought or image. Although my paintings are obviously fixed objects, they attempt to preserve kinetic motion through line and gesture.
Painting allows me to intimately connect with my body; my artistic practice is guided by physical intuition,...

2020
University of Kansas, BFA Visual Art, Lawrence, KS
2019
Florence University of the Arts Spring Study Abroad, Florence, Italy

2022
Private Collection Gallery Diderot, Château Orquevaux Artist Residency, France
2021
Solo Exhibition, Pink Saloon, Wichita, KS
Solo Popup, The Little Shop, Wichita, KS
Collaboration Show, Bella Bonita Designs, Wichita KS
2020
Autumn and Art Festival, Wichita Festivals, Wichita, KS
Solo Exhibition, Love of Character, Bradley Fair, Wichita, KS
2019
First Fridays KC, PARIC design, Kansas City, MO
Ganzo Exhibition, Florence University of the Arts, Florence, Italy
2018
Scholarship Show, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS