"Debut Show Featuring 300+ Artists"
2009-02-18 until 2009-03-21
Art:Raw Gallery
New York, NY, USA United States of America

Art Raw Gallery in New York is pleased to present for its inaugural exhibit the international works of over 300 emerging artists. The show will run from February 19 to March 21, 2009 with an opening reception Thursday, February 19, 6-9pm. Included in the exhibition is Mary Mansey who has been a Premiere Portfolio Member since 2007. Mansey comments, "The Mediterranean Sea—with its streams of color, its light, its reflections—has fascinated me since I was a child. Water continues to be the main source of inspiration. Water is constantly changing and I seek to capture its many forms, before they disappear, in my photography. "

She continues, "While nature is the starting point, abstraction is the goal. I capture the natural world only to enhance it through careful manipulation with digital imaging software. My multi-layered images begin with a single photo, which is transformed and sometimes combined with other photographs. The goal is to achieve the expressiveness of painting through the artistic treatment of the images. Even though I never use human figures, my photographs are ultimately more about people than about nature. The ripples and reflections represent ephemeral, passing moments that can be briefly perceived by the camera or human eye."

The grand opening 4-week group exhibition for the West Chelsea gallery will feature small works of all media and genres. Artists were invited to send artwork created within the past 2 years using any media with a strict stipulation that the canvas be no larger than 12 inches on any side. The gallery received nearly 25,000 entries and works from approximately 300 artists were selected for the exhibit.

View more of Mary Mansey's work in her portfolio at absolutearts.com http://www.absolutearts.com/marymansey.

IMAGE
Artist: Mary Mansey
Title: Salobrena
Year Created: 2008
Medium: Photography Color
Width: 13 inches
Height: 19 inches
Edition Size: 5

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