The challenge of any person declaring themselves as 'a painter' is to humbly try to recreate the wheel.  We, as a society, are bombarded with imagery, and I have been around long enough to see the advance of the digital age upon the art world, where images can be created on a computer, thus taking away the magic of rudimentary creation for those of us that aspire to that idiom.  What I love about painting is not necessarily creating something recognizable, but rather making something that inspires an emotion, a memory or a sense of place. 

Personally, I know what I can create in regard to something that looks recognizable; I am not challenged to draw a face or paint a familiar image. I am challenged by using only recycled 'tools', such as strips of cardboard or unused business cards and bits of paper, and most recently, fire, to make something visually appealing and interesting.

Mary Bonney lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. More of Mary’s work can be found on the website of her gallery in New Orleans, Gallery Arlo: https://galleryarlo.com, or visit her Instagram page for her latest news https://www.instagram.com/galleryarlo/.

Please contact D2 gallery for any additional inquiries, and to arrange to see some of Mary’s work in person.