MARY HART
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  • Featured Works
    • HOURS
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    • SPECTRUM
    • SHIFT
    • LEXICON
    • MORTAL FOLLY
    • SMALL WORKS
    • INCURSIONS
    • FIELDNOTES
    • EPHEMERAL
    • PRINTS
  • Bio
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EPHEMERAL

Influenced by printmaking, the work in this series borrows images from many sources; my early sketchbooks of life room drawings, photographs of insects I've collected, and natural objects from my garden.  I layer and recycle these images in an informal vocabulary that weaves through the work.  Painting in thin oils on small wood panels, sometimes on top of printed images, I have found a greater clarity and control that allows me to investigate specific natural forms.  The compositions in my paintings are very simple, only a few objects are assembled.  I am interested in how they float in and out of perception, in the relationship between the layers.  I think of them as short poems connecting childhood memory with adult concerns. This body of work is called Ephemeral because so much of it describes things that are fleeting: dragonflies, blooms, ripe raspberries, fertility.  The seeds carry the potential for regeneration, but there are many obstacles.
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disquiet

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figeater

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leafall

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obstruction

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softly

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swallowtail

 
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dragonfly

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fruiting

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lunaria

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pendular

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specimens

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wizened

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