|   | | Mary St. George: Painter and Printer |
| Colares, Portugal
I am a figurative painter although I enjoy taking some of my initial impressions into partly abstracted colour studies using mixed media. My printing requires more preparation and works as a counter balance to the spontaneity of my painting.
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| | Most of these paintings are done on site on the Lisbon coast using acrylic and mixed media. Some are done in the studio in mixed media. |
| | intaglio prints using copper and zinc plates and various etching techniques including dry point, hard and soft ground etching, aquatint, sugar-lift, collagraphy and chinecolé |
| | Most of this work are sketches and paintings done from life drawing although there are a few from my series on fishermen in Portugal |
| | Recently I have become disturbed by the probability of the Iberian wolf becoming extinct. I joined Grupo Lobo in Portugal and visited a sanctuary for protecting wolves. This does not put them back in the wild but simply protects them from harm. In the north... |
| | "love your work..."| -- Ann M. Gonzales, 7/24/08 |
I have been involved in the arts all my life starting with degrees in history of art (Connecticut College) and architecture (Parsons School of Design, NYC / Wesminster College, London) followed by teaching art and being a fine artist myself. I have lived and studied in the States where I grew up, the UK and Portugal where I now live. Originally an architect I moved into teaching art and design at a British school in Portugal. After retiring from full-time teaching I studied painting and etching which are the...
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