Mary Ann Wakeley
Philadelphia area, PA, United States
About Mary Ann Wakeley
My work begins simply with a color or line. It proceeds in a dialogue with me as each mark and form evoke a feeling which allows the work to progress. It is a process of arranging disparate elements and uniting them--a way of bringing unlikely combinations of color, shape, size and texture together harmoniously.
Color and line have moved me since childhood. Having studied classical piano for several years, the rhythm of music finds its way into all that I create. I take inspiration from colors and patterns in nature, design, interiors, and the dream world, and am profoundly moved by many forms of music which stir feelings that are channelled into my art."
Education:
A handful of studio life drawing and sculpture classes at Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences, and PAFA from 1989-1994.
Events:
World of Interiors magazine [November 2016 "Off the Wall"]
www.consenses.org
a multi-artist/multi-media collaborative of telephone tag initiated by singer/songwriter Sally Taylor. This event began in the summer of 2014 and is just now wrapping up August 2016.
Artwork used in the 2014 film "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby"
Exhibitions:
Consenses Collaborative Project and Exhibit, Martha's Vineyard, MA 2014-2016
Gallery 25N "Pure Abstraction" Online Exhibit
Pulse, Solo Exhibit, Luxe 218 Indianapolis, IN 2012
LightSpaceTime exhibit 2012, "L'envers" -- first place all categories
Guy Lyman Fine Art, Premier Show, New Orleans, LA 2010
Beacon Art Shortwave Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
Group Exhibit, Three Ravens Gallery, Ardmore, PA 2010
World of Imagination, Vol. 2, APW Gallery, Queens, NY 2009
Group Exhibit, Papercuts & Gluesticks, Rocky River, OH 2008
Three Femmes, Group Show Tyme Gallery Havertown, PA, 2004
