Mary Powers-Holt
Rolling Clouds November, 2018
Acrylic on Ampersand Gessoboard - Cradled
12 x 24"

About the work

My paintings are influenced by nature and inspired by the abstract patterns found in the landscape against atmospheric color and scattered light in the sky. My work describes the solitary discovery of a place in time and the unconscious forms and meaning generated from the experience. An emotional undercurrent is vital to my imagery, and my use of paint is expressionistic within this framework. My Painting "Rolling Clouds November" was a study of clouds against the Autumn landscape. The clouds formed interesting shapes and patterns on this day as they moved and changed very quickly.

Bio

Mary Powers Holt was born in Philadelphia, PA and has lived in the Greater Philadelphia area most of her life. Her home and studio are on a historic farm in Chester County, where the landscape and farm buildings inform her work. She studied visual arts at the PA Academy of the Fine Arts and Art History at the University of Pennsylvania through the Academy and Penn's coordinated B.F.A./Certificate program. She was awarded the J. Henry Schiedt Traveling Scholarship in her fourth year at the PA Academy.
Mary Powers-Holt is a member of the Cerulean Arts Collective Gallery in Philadelphia, PA and has exhibited her work in five solo shows with the gallery.

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