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Mary
Adore Coloney is a classically trained professional artist.
Her formal training began at age ten and she studied under a
 Florida
State University professor through high school. She went on
to the Universita di Firenze in Florence, Italy, then to the
Newcomb School of Art at Tulane University, New Orleans, where
she received her degree in fine art in 1973. Upon graduation
she spent a year of training in draftsmanship, then established
her own company in fine art. In 1976 she founded an art gallery
and nationally-selling studio which evolved into Vineyard Graphics,
the studio she heads today. Her career encompasses virtually
every facet of art. Her work is regularly shown in galleries
of fine art and she's the veteran of dozens of solo, joint,
and juried shows. She's been a featured speaker and demonstrator
in many venues including the Bicentennial Artrain. She has served
as an exhibition juror, resident Artist in the Schools, art
instructor, Arts Commission member, and advisor to arts groups;
she's assisted in the founding of a museum of art. Based in
the capital of Florida, she's a volunteer Artist Advisor to
FACE/Florida Arts and Cultural Enrichment, which sponsors public
murals painted by inner city teens. Her work has been widely
published and is included in permanent collections in America,
Europe, and Pacifica. She's a juried member of a number of prestigious
national societies, and she's included in the archives of the
National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her most recent honor
is the "Most Innovative Painting" Award in Exhibit
2000, a national juried exhibit mounted by the National
Oil and Acrylic Painters Society. |
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In
galleries Mary Adore Coloney primarily exhibits paintings
on canvas. Her trademark is the style she calls Prismatic Realism. Combining human
subjects with flora and fauna, decorative borders, and
personal icons, she paints scenes as if they had been
diffracted through a prism into their separate parts.
Photographic realism mingles with pattern. Symbols and
reality meet a touch of fantasy. Transparencies, underglazes,
and jewel-like colors take the breath away. Her mastery
of light gives a luminous glow from inside the painting.
All of these elements come together into dreamscapes that
are powerfully evocative and enormously appealing. Her
aim as an artist is to give each person a strong sensory
uplift that will stay long after parting from the painting.
Once you've seen her work you'll never quite forget it. |
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can see paintings by Mary Adore Coloney in these exhibits:
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| 2005 |
Solo
exhibit
Indian River Courthouse
Gallery: “People of the Sea”
Vero Beach, Florida, October 15, 2004-January 14, 2005 |
| 2003 |
Jeanette
Hare Gallery: Northwood University
- "Speaking of Art"
West Palm Beach, Florida, March 3-31, 2003 |
Fifth
Avenue Gallery: “National
Association of Women Artists 114th Annual Exhibition”
New York, New York, September 8-25, 2003 |
The
Broome Street Gallery: “American
Society of Contemporary Artists 85th Annual Exhibition”
New York, New York, November 4-16, 2003 |
| 2002 |
Florida
State University Museum of Fine Art: “Visions
of the North Florida Environment”
Tallahassee, Florida, May 3 - June 7,
2002 |
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with this exhibit, Ms. Coloney
will conduct a 5-day murals workshop with the Leon County
School system, and her paintings have been integrated
into the 2001-2002 Leon County school curriculum as a
teaching tool. |
| Artzania
Gallery: "Beach
Stuff": two-artist show, Tallahassee,
Florida August 2 - September 30, 2002 |
| Cornell
Museum: "By
Her Hand", Delray Beach, Florida,
September 19 - November 10, 2002 |
Broome
Street Gallery: “American
Society of Contemporary Artists 84th Annual Exhibition”
New York, New York, November 5 - 17, 2002 |
| 2001 |
Three-artist
show
Hollywood City Hall Art Gallery,
Hollywood, Florida: 6 November 2000 - 2 February 2001 |
"Multiple
Visions/Many Styles"
Sarah Lawrence
College, Bronxville, New York •
16 February - 16 March, 2001 |
Solo
exhibit:
"Leute des Landes, Leute des Meeres / People of the
Land, People of the Sea"
International School Wiesbaden
• Wiesbaden, Germany • 15 May - 15 June, 2001 |
In
conjunction Ms. Coloney will be conducting a 2-day
mural workshop at the International
School Wiesbaden, 15 - 16 May, 2001 |
Dunnegan
Gallery of Art, Bolivar, Missouri; Columbia College, Osage
Beach, Missouri:
“National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
Exhibit 2001”: Traveling Juried Exhibit,
September 30 - October 26, 2001 |
Broome
Street Gallery: “American
Society of Contemporary Artists 83rd Annual Exhibition”
New York, New York, November 2001 |
Ms.
Coloney was inducted into
the National Association of Women Artists
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in November
2000 |
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Click on an image to see enlargement
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Sogni degli Innocenti
13.5" X 17" |
Auburndale
25.5" X 31.5" |
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Sogni
della Lavanda
17" X 13.5" |
Manatee
13.5" X 17" |
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Boiling Cane Syrup
44" x 44"
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Shrimping Off Apalachicola
30" x 24" |
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Cutting
Cane
37" x 74" |
The Sycamore
32" x 27" |
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The Orchard
44" x 44" |
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Mullet Boat
14" X 14" |
By the Horse Crossing
14" X 14" |
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Sogni dei Buonarroti
13.5" X 17"
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Cortez Fisherman
14" X 20"
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painting is acrylic on canvas, gallery wrap.
Contact
Mary Adore Coloney by Email
or phone (850) 222-1908
for prices and detailed photos.
All images are protected
by international registered copyright. Please feel free
to download these files, but any unauthorized use or
publication of this work is a violation of, and prohibited
by copyright law. The artist specifically reserves all
copyrights and reproduction rights in the images and
in all art work created by her, unless those rights
are specifically assigned or granted in writing to a
second party or individual. |
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| MEMBER:
American Society of Portrait Artists
National Society of Mural Painters
American Artists Professional League
American Society of Contemporary Artists
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
New York Artists Equity Association
National Association of Women Artists
Included in the Archives
of the National
Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. |
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