Perry Nicole Fine Art:Artist: Mary Long-Postal

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Artists

Mary Long-Postal

Artist Statement

Eight years ago, following the suggestion of a Memphis artist/gallery owner, I discovered the technique of encaustic wax collage. The painting becomes an intuitive process, beginning with an idea of color or feeling, then builds a resolution out of the layers of chaos and confusion. Using a mostly pre-planned color scheme, I include in these paintings personal symbols, graphic elements, marks made with oil stick and sometimes decorative paper. The work produced during the past year feature an increase in 'mark making', childlike outlines and map-like elements. Homes have been represented in my work recently, drawing from a heightened desire for security, as well as landscapes from an aeriel view or cityscapes. These home and fence elements come to reside in deceptively happy landscapes and colors, providing a sense of self and stability amid signs of decay and turmoil. The encaustic technique involves creating a wax medium from melted beeswax and dammar resin. Layers are fused together with a heat gun, occasionally these will be scraped back to smooth the surface or reveal previous layers. This technique brings to the work elements that are both solid and transparent, those that are easily and immediately understood positioned next to those that are evasive and subdued. The wax medium allows me to further explore the painting in a tactile way by selectively scraping, incising and scarring; the mediums and materials are broken down only to be rebuilt and reshaped, making the work an extremely personal psychological reflection and reaction to the subject matter presented.

Galleries
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN
Art Access Gallery, Bexley, Ohio
Sagefarm Art & Craft, Taos, NM

Solo Shows
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis TN, February 2008
Sagefarm Fine Art & Craft, Taos, NM, July 2008

Group Shows
Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN, 2009
Cooper-Young Invitational, Memphis, TN, 2009
Askew, Nixon & Ferguson Architects Husband & Wife Show, 2009
Art Access Gallery, Bexley, Ohio April 2008. February 2009
Red Dot Art Festival, NYC, March 2007
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis TN, group and gallery shows
every year from 2003 - present.
Artfarm, Memphis TN 2001
COYO, Memphis TN 2000, 2001
Cooper Young Gallery, Memphis TN 2000

Juried Shows
Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere...A Power House Director's Choice Group Exhibition, June, Memphis, TN, 2009
River Arts Festival, Memphis, Tennessee 2007
(Jurors Discretionary Award)
L'Exposition Regionale Pyrenees-Cote Basque, Puyoo, France 1999
(Second place winner, Acrylics)

Corporate Collections
Eli Manning, New York, NY
Pinnacle Bank, Nashville, TN
Jane Shelton Designs
Lincoln International LLC NY, NY
Commercial Bank, Memphis, TN and Southaven, MS
NSA, Memphis, TN
Service Assurance, Memphis, TN
Numerous private collections in Memphis, NYC, Dallas and Atlanta

Education
Greenville Technical College - Associate of Arts in Painting and Graphic Design
Additional Painting, Art History and 3D courses and workshops -
Greenville Museum School of Art, Greenville SC
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN