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Artist Statement:
Mary Catherine Watson, a
southern artist, brings a
refreshing perspective to art
that is not bound by medium,
style or popular expectation.
Her works are always original
in concept and in execution.
She thrives on challenges and
truly enjoys opportunities to
create "green" pieces. One of
the new developments in her
work is the sculpted canvas.
She uses materials such as
plaster, wood or plastic and
carves or melts them into the
work for a sculpted relief
texture. She loves to combine
these aspects along with good
old fashioned realism to fool
the eye. It is fun to
decipher which aspect is truly
carved or which is just an
illusion. “Sailing Away” and
“Utopia” are two examples of
works she has created that
include multiple media and
textures.
Moving beyond the sculpted
canvas, Mrs. Watson is known
for her development of a body
of soft-sculpted works using
paper pulp, fiber, plaster and
wire. These works are built
layer by layer (additive and
subtractive) to build out high
relief surfaces or
works-in-the-round. If you
have toured the new Montgomery
Renaissance Hotel & Spa, then
you may have noticed her
works. There are five large
niches behind the reception
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Artist Exhibitions:
Three sculpture pieces were
included in the exibition at
the Danforth Gallery--MAS
Exposure I show, August 2001.
Four other pieces were
included in their permanent
Virtual Gallery. To learn
more about the gallery visit:
www.maineartistspace.org.
One teaching piece,
"Monchromatic Masterpiece in
Orange", is on permanent
exhibition in ...
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Collections:
Agnano, Pouzzouli, Italy
Chicago Childrens Hospital,
Chicago, Illinoise, USA
St. Thomas the Apostle, Clear
Creek, Texas, USA
City of Dickenson, Dickenson,
Texas, USA
Mayde Creek High School
Library, Katy, Texas, USA
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel &
Spa, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
NALL, Fairhope, Alabama
(Note: Work sent to a
mystery patron in Spain ...
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Commissions:
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel &
Spa, Montgomery, AL, USA
Martin Realty, Monroeville,
AL, USA
Monroeville/Monroe County
Chamber of Commerce,
Monroeville, AL, USA
Monroe County Heritage
Museums, Monroeville, AL, USA
Mr. McMillan, Monroeville, AL,
USA
City of Dickenson, Texas, USA
and more...
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Reviews for Mary Catherine Watson:
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January 29, 2009--2 page feature article in the Monroe Journal.
February 2009--Featured in the MAG Newsletter under "No Sunday Painter".
June and July 2008--listed as part of the Monroe County Heritage Museums Third Thursday Speakers. Ten works of art were unveiled during the program I delivered in June.
April 2008--Arts Revive First Place Award for Mixed Media Category work entitled: "North Atlantic Adventures".
August and September 2007--Monroe Journal Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Opening of Sweet Home Alabama Arts.
November and December 2005--Teacher Feature as Texas Commission on the Arts and TEA juried selectee.
October 2005--Best of Show:
Sailing Away recently won "Best of Show" in the juried event: "Deep in the Art of Texas". The juror, Mr. Aaron Parazette, Associate Professor of Art from the University of Houston expressed that he liked the three dimensional aspect of this piece, that the hardware adds a three dimensional interest. The artist was very emotionally invested in this work. He was just very very impressed with the fact that she spent so many hours--especially on all of the hand cut wood; it is all quite intricate.
Sailing Away is a playful work of art in which the artist uses the canvas within the canvas to paint imagery in the style of Leonardo da Vinci. The tall sail boat has multiple pieces of in-laid wood, skillfully cut to create part of the illusion of perspective. The wooden portions of the boat are stained and varnished. The artists skillfully added the illusion of an ocean in its upward movement to give the boat a feeling of movement in an otherwise formal composition. An unsual use of the primary triad color schema adds to the balance and unity of the artwork. The artist and her husband are riding along an otherwise unmanned boat. The portraits of the couple are only realistic within the loving embrace as everything else fades away. The sails are slightly luffing with applied hardware such as sheeting and cleats to add to the dimensional effect. Sailing Away is primarily acrylic, in-laid wood and applied hardware on 30" X 96" Frederick Gallery Wrapped Canvas (constructed of two joined canvases); and, it is one of many of Mary Catherine Watson's works registered with the National Fine Arts Registry. Though the price is "big" as the newscaster from Fox 26 put it, the hours that went into this large scale work were long and arduous (topping 288 hours of work through the Texas hot summer).
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