ARTISTS | FEATURES
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED ARTIST IS MARY F HARRISON
Mary Harrison is a multi-medium experimentally expressive artist currently working in drawing and watercolour, using her artwork to interpret life and connect with those around her.
She creates intricate, thought-provoking pieces with an emphasis on storytelling and brings together layers of ideas and responses to people, situations and cultures she encounters. She uses her practice to explore her own thoughts and imagination, instilling thoughtful narrative in her work and fostering conversation and connection with herself and the viewer.
Close to the heart of her practice is a relationship to the natural world and an emphasis on sustainability. This is felt viscerally through her pieces which are all comprised exclusively of local handmade organic watercolours, plant-based inks and handmade paper. Her fresh, contemporary approach to expressing her creativity sees her using watercolour in quite unconventional ways, creating works that are both hugely stylised and deeply unique; her painted drawings living delightfully in a space between mediums or categories. Her bright colour palette is muted with dark inks and an allowance of the paper to occupy space, rendering sensitive interesting compositions.
Mary's lightness of touch and playful response to her mediums balance with heavy ideas to render a sincerely hopeful quality to her deeply personal explorations.
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