Mary Ann Manning

Salem, New Hampshire

Artist's Statement

My interest in art began at a very early age. In grade school, I looked forward to Friday afternoon, as that was the designated time for “art”. Not having had the opportunity to pursue a formal education in art, I studied with Merrimack Valley area artist Guy Pennisi and later attended a year of evening semesters at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA.

Off and on during the following years while raising a family, I enjoyed various forms of art. Decorative painting was a fascinating area and I taught a beginners class for two years. Through Adult Education programs, I pursued drawing and perspective with Salem, NH area artist, Lynn Karam; watercolor with Salem, NH area artist, Marcia Harris and at the Essex Art Center, watercolor with Bruce Weiner; watercolor seminar with Jeremiah Patterson at the Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH.

As the desire to pursue painting became more intense, I left full-time employment to learn, expand and enjoy fine art and different mediums. I studied drawing, oil and acrylic painting, with NH area artist Susan Kneeland; still life and portraiture with Copley Master, Mark Hayden; as well as group workshops in drawing and painting. A summer workshop in oil portraiture with Daniel Greene, in North Salem, NY. was a joyful experience. Studied design and watercolor with Beth Patterson, MWS, NWS, WW. Workshops and seminars are ongoing.

I teach painting and drawing at the Methuen Senior Center and through adult education classes in both Salem and Derry, NH.

I hold memberships in New Hampshire Artists Association, Nashua Artists Assoc., Sharon Arts Center; Sharon, NH; Greater Salem Artists Assoc. Salem, NH; Greater Haverhill Arts Association; Newburyport Art Association and the Arts Institute Group, Methuen, MA. Recently, I was juried and accepted as an Associate Member of Women Artists of the West.

My works have been exhibited in these groups and have received various awards.

The mediums I work in are: acrylic, watercolor, charcoal. My goals are simple, to produce work that is expressive of myself, enjoyable to others in subject matter, color and form and bespeak something of the person I am.

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"Wool Day at Canterbury
Shaker Village"

Watercolor

The inspiration came from a visit to Canterbury Shaker Village in Canterbury, NH where there are vendors who show and sell their works made from home spun yarns and I took pictures of some of the works and displays.

Dimensions: 21"H x 27"W

$900 framed

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