Artist Information:
Mary Michael Shelley
Ithaca, NY
United States
Member Since: Jan 2009
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Artist Statement:
I am commonly referred to as
an American folk artist,
although I feel most
comfortable with the term
“self-taught”. My art work is
entirely carved in white pine
and then painted with
acrylics. Each piece is a
unique handmade original piece
of art. I am untaught and
untrained as a visual artist.
I learned a number of useful
skills by building my own
house, and during my work in
the trades as a signpainter
and carpenter.
I was born in Doylestown,
Pennsylvania in 1950. I have
lived in Ithaca, New York ever
since I graduated from Cornell
'72 with a major in creative
writing. While at Cornell, I
wanted to be a writer. One
year after graduating my
father gave me a painted wood
carving he had made of me at
the farm where I grew up. I
soon started to make carvings
as well. Eventually I stopped
writing and moved entirely to
making my carved visual
stories. My subject matter
usually is of places and
feelings that are important to
me, and I think of my artwork
as a “picture diary”.
My woodcarved and painted folk
art pictures are entirely
carved on rough cut white pine
boards that ...
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Welcome to Mary Michael Shelley's Portfolio.
I am commonly referred to as an American folk artist, although I feel most comfortable with the term “self-taught”. My art work is entirely carved in white pine and then painted with acrylics. Each piece is a unique handmade original piece of art. I am untaught and untrained as a visual artist. I learned a number of useful skills by building my own house, and during my work in the trades as a signpainter and carpenter.
I was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania in 1950. I have lived in Ithaca, New York ever since I graduated from Cornell '72 with a major in creative writing. While at Cornell, I wanted to be a writer. One year after graduating my father gave me a painted wood carving he had made of me at the farm where I grew up. I soon started to make carvings as well. Eventually I stopped writing and moved entirely to making my carved visual stories. My subject matter usually is of places and feelings that are important to me, and I think of my artwork as a “picture diary”.
My woodcarved and painted folk art pictures are entirely carved on rough cut white pine boards that ... |
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