Meet Mary Brummett

MARY ANDRÉ BRUMMETT, a resident of Saluda, NC, is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she majored in Interior Design. She paints in oils and acrylics, and  her work is in private collections in the U.S. and internationally.

“It was the extraordinary experience of painting in Monet’s garden that forever changed the way I perceive light, color and form.  In my paintings, I try to create a joyful, evocative mood I can share with the viewer, and I am most interested in capturing a sense of light and atmosphere.  My paintings are often not a literal rendering of a scene, but instead I try to capture my emotional, immediate reactions to what is before me.  The scene frequently becomes a place to which I have traveled in my mind.”

INSTRUCTORS  

L. Diane Johnson
Bob Osborne (Ringling School of Art)
Sarah Sneeden
William Jameson
Rich Nelson
Gale Bennett (at Giverny, France, 1997 and 1998; and in FL)

SOLO EXHIBITION 

Artist of the Month, “Art in Public Places Program,” Charlotte
      County, FL, November, 2000
“As I See It,” Mystic, CT - 2001
Artist of the Month, WICKWIRE fine art/folk art, Hendersonville, NC
      September, 2004
Artist of the Month, WICKWIRE fine art/folk art, Hendersonville, NC
      August, 2009

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

   Mystic, CT Art Association, Juried Exhibition - 1999, 2000
   Lyme, CT Art Association, Juried Art Shows - 1999-2001
   Pfizer Art Exhibit, Groton, CT - 2000
   Essex, CT Art Association, Spring Juried Show - 2000
   WICKWIRE fine art/folk art, “City of Four Seasons in Two Dimensions,”
         2001-2008
   Hospital for Special Care, New Britain, CT, “Pizzazz,” 2002
   8th Biennial WNC Juried Art Exhibitions, Tryon, NC - 2002
   Tryon Fine Arts Center 3-Person Art Show, Tryon, NC - 2005
   10th Biennial Western North Carolina/WNC Juried Art Exhibition,
         Tryon, NC – 2006

AWARDS   

People’s Choice Award, “Painting the French Countryside Exhibition,” Punta Gorda, FL 
   - 1999
Honorable Mention, “City of Four Seasons in Two Dimensions,” WICKWIRE fine art/folk   art – 2002
   2nd Prize for Landscape, Art league of Henderson County Juried All-Member Art Show 
   - 2005
1st Prize for Still Life, Art League of Henderson County Juried All-Member Art Show
   - 2006

COLLECTIONS  Pardee Hospital Foundation, Hendersonville, NC – Permanent Collection, 2008

MEMBERSHIPS 

   Oil Painters of America
   Arts Council of Henderson County
   Art League of Henderson County
   Tryon Painters and Sculptors Group

Mary Brummett is proudly represented by WICKWIRE fine art/folk art in Hendersonville, North Carolina.