Mary Woodcock Johnson

“Great art picks up where nature ends.”
Marc Chagall

I am a Maine native who has painted and taught art in the Adirondacks since1984. My oil paintings, watercolors and drawings are exhibited at NWFA and regional juried shows. Adirondack towns and trails are often the subjects of my work.

Figures as they interact and relate to each other have always interested me. Gesture creates that sense of place that allows the viewer access to the painting. The tilt of a head, the closeness of two figures as they walk by a third, Winter Carnival crowds or a solitary figure walking down a lonely street are often my subjects.

Daily walks in the woods during the past year influenced my painting so that landscapes, flowers, trees, animals and birds are frequently my subjects. These subjects both seen or imagined are often the focus of my work as I walk explore local trails.

My still life paintings explore form, color, pattern and design. I enjoy the challenge of creating a painting from objects with special meaning and weaving them into an interesting composition.

Gallery Affiliations:

NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery

85 Main Street,

Saranac Lake, NY 12983

www.northwindfinearts.com

Gallery 46

2525 Min St

Lake Placid, NY 12946

www.lakeplacidarts.org

Downtown Artist Cellar

410 E Main St

Malone, NY 12953