Artist Statement

My two loves in life are art and biology. I have drawn and painted all my life, and taken many art courses, workshops, life drawing, and studied with various artists. I have also studied nature, the forest, gardening and permaculture principles (creating ecosystems in your backyard!), starting with a biology degree, and culminating in creating and growing a food landscape on our property in Union Square. I continue to be inspired to paint the beauty around me, to study it, understand its significance, and share it with my young family, and with my community, through art and community work.

In my art I am striving for "loose economy" - a certain level of realism with a loose gestural quality, and details only where needed. Lately I am studying the principles of abstract art and trying to incorporate its compositional ideas into my work.

Biography

Mary Morey is an emerging artist with backgrounds in plant ecology and medical illustration. During her work as a botanist, Mary studied mosses and discovered a miniature landscape full of beauty. She enjoys portraying this tiny world on a larger scale, making the small and seemingly insignificant, significant to the viewer, as well as portraying other favorite forest floor residents such as small creatures, fungi, ferns and flowering plants. Her career as a medical illustrator further developed her drawing skills, and the ability to tell a story/educate through pictures. Her work can be viewed at Village Glass Works in New Germany, Lunenburg County.