Mark St. Mary
C W O S ARTIST
Primary Medium: Photography
Tags : abstract, urban, pattern, texture
Home
Neighborhood : New Haven: Erector Square
Email: saintvisions (at) hotmail (dot) com
Website: http://www.saintvisions.net
Artist Statement
I find myself regularly drawn to the visual exploration of my surroundings; the repetition of patterns, the juxtaposition of colors, the interplay of line and form throughout. My current work centers not so much on traditional photographs, but rather, using the photographic process to create abstract art. Creating art with photography has an added element of time. There is an ephemeral quality to even the most solid of objects. Surfaces are in constant flux, whether it is from the effects of man or nature, or the elusive play of light. Nothing will ever be the same as it was the moment a photograph was taken. I see my photographs as an attempt to capture those moments when ordinary subjects have become extraordinary and apart from the subject itself. My images are purposefully titled so that I do not put myself between the piece and the viewer, allowing the audience to be part of the art through their own definition of the piece.
Tags : abstract, urban, pattern, texture
Home
Neighborhood : New Haven: Erector Square
Email: saintvisions (at) hotmail (dot) com
Website: http://www.saintvisions.net
Artist Statement
I find myself regularly drawn to the visual exploration of my surroundings; the repetition of patterns, the juxtaposition of colors, the interplay of line and form throughout. My current work centers not so much on traditional photographs, but rather, using the photographic process to create abstract art. Creating art with photography has an added element of time. There is an ephemeral quality to even the most solid of objects. Surfaces are in constant flux, whether it is from the effects of man or nature, or the elusive play of light. Nothing will ever be the same as it was the moment a photograph was taken. I see my photographs as an attempt to capture those moments when ordinary subjects have become extraordinary and apart from the subject itself. My images are purposefully titled so that I do not put myself between the piece and the viewer, allowing the audience to be part of the art through their own definition of the piece.
Selected Works
|  Color Study #2011a - 2010 - Photography - 16x20  Color Study #3108b - 2010 - Photography - 16x20  Pattern - Negative Space #2011 - 2010 - Photography - 16x20  Pattern Study # 2606 - 2010 - Photography - 16 x 20"  Pattern - Interupted # 421 - 2010 - Photography - 16 x 20"  Color Study # 606 - 2009 - Photography - 16 x 20"  Color Study # 2002-2 - 2007 - Photography - 16 x 20 "  Color Study # 2002-1 - 2007 - Photography - 16 X 20"  Color Study # 2102 - 2007 - Photography - 16 x 20 "  Color Study # 2804 - 2005 - Photography - 16 x 20 " |
Artist Bio
Mark St. Mary is an accomplished photographer who has formal training in horticultural design and holds a Masters in biology with an emphasis in restoration ecology. In addition, he is a professional landscaper and carpenter whose other means of artistic expression are restoring period houses and designing and building custom furniture. His passion for natural materials and for design began at an early age. He began serious gardening at age eight, and at age nine, he bought his first camera—a Kodak 126 Instamatic with “close up” mode—by selling greeting cards door-to-door. From this first camera, he quickly moved to an Argus C3 and then to Minolta 35mm SLR, primarily developing and printing his own black and white work. The majority of the images currently for sale were shot with a Canon A620 digital camera. None of his prints are digitally altered beyond standard darkroom techniques of cropping, brightness and minor contrast adjustment. As an amateur photographer for 36 years, he began to show his work for the first time in 2007. Since then he has been in several area group shows and juried exhibitions as well as a solo show in New Haven. He currently lives with his wife, Marcia and two dogs in their 1890's house at the edge of downtown New Haven, Connecticut.
Date Show Location Show Type
10, 2007 City Wide Open Studios New Haven, CT Group
10, 2008 City Wide Open Studios New Haven, CT Group
5/6, 2009 Pieces - Fuel Coffee Shop New Haven, CT Solo
10, 2009 City Wide Open Studios New Haven, CT Group
3, 2010 Images 2010 - Shoreline Arts
Alliance Guilford, CT Juried
10, 2010 City Wide Open Studios New Haven, CT Group
5/8, 2011 Spectra 2011 - Sumner McKnight
Crosby Gallery New Haven, CT Group
6/7, 2011 Abstractions - Firehouse Art Gallery Milford, CT Juried
7/8, 2011 From the Sea -Firehouse Art Gallery Milford, CT Juried
7/12, 2011 Lobby Gallery - 85 Church St. New Haven, CT Solo
9, 2011 Somewhat off the Wall - Arts Council of
Greater New Haven New Haven, CT Benefit
10, 2011 City Wide Open Studios New Haven, CT Group
1/2, 2012 Photography Exhibition 2012 - New Canaan
Society for the Arts New Canaan, CT Juried
2, 2012 Still Life - Firehouse Art Gallery Milford, CT Juried