Mary Larsen

I was born on April 14, 1958 in Chicago. I moved to NYC when I was 9. I studied art at a young age and began painting in ernest at 18. I've lived in NYC, San Francisco, Puerto Rico and am currently living in Miami with my 2 teenage children. I've traveled extensively throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America. The year I spent traveling and painting in India had a tremendous impact on my life and my work.

I paint to nourish my soul. Creating art is as vital to me as food is to my body. My work is profound and distinctly original. The paintings are neither purely abstract nor figurative, yet fall somewhere in between the two realms. They defy categorization and cannot be ismd.

The shifting images are a narrative of dreams not quite recalled, yet felt and described through layers of washes, wax, and impasto. The intensity of color and light works to create a psychological tension where chance, memories, and desire coalesce.

The strength of my work lies in its ability to provoke the viewer to penetrate and interact within and beyond the limits of the painting and emerge with their own personal revelation. The convergence of the participant mind and soul of each viewer continuously energizes with insight and mean...

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2006 Galeria del Sol, Miami Beach,FL
2000 Meza Fine Art, Miami, FL
1995 Amer-Rich Galleries, Miami, FL
1989 Galera MSA, San Juan, PR
1988 Galera Penelope, San Juan, PR
1986 Sarah Rentschler Gallery, Soho, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 Fachearts Gallery, Miami, FL
2001 ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1998 Goodman-Conde Gallery, Miami, FL
1997 "Pathways to Inclusion", invitational for IAOHRA 49th Annual Conference, Miami, FL
1995 Invitational Auction, Blue Cross, San Juan, PR
1994-1995 Palomas Gallery, San Juan, PR
1992-1994 Galera Luiggi Marrozzini, San Juan, PR
1991 "Pequeo Formato", Galera Luiggi Marrozzini, San Juan
"Arte Joven", juried show, Chase Manhattan Bank,Hato Rey, PR
1989-1990 Palomas Gallery
1989 Citibank Center, Cupey, PR
Museo de Ponce, juried show, Ponce, PR
"In Search of the American Experience" juried show,
Jacob K. Javits Federal Bldg., New York, NY
1988 Galera Latinoamericana, San Juan, PR
Galera MSA, San Juan, PR
1986 Fashion Moda Gallery, Bronx, NY

COLLECTIONS

Johnson & Johnson Corp., San Juan, PR
OMNI Magazine, New York, NY
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