Materials and Processes
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Materials and Processes
Materials and Processes
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Mary Ainsworth is a Fine Artist and Lecturer, specialising in painting and textiles. Her oil paintings and tapestries reflect a combination of links to emotional events, and nature, combining not just aesthetically beautiful work, but also a deeper concept reflective of her own experiences.
Originally from Greater Manchester, Mary holds a 1st Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from te School of the Creative Arts (Wales), a PGCE with QTS in Secondary Education for Art and Design from the University of Chester and a Master’s Degree in Art Practice, from Glyndwr University.
Her work has been exhibited in Oriel Sycarth (2016), Un Deg Un as part of the Tomorrow exhibition (2016) and the M/Asters show in August 2019, as well as the School of the Creative Arts studios (2016 and 2019). Mary has also worked as an assistant designer at Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Assistant to the Director, MDC Events, and now works as a Lecturer in Textiles and Fine Art in Greater Manchester.
Mary is open to exhibitions of her work, artist talks, as well as commissions and artist in residence opportunities. If you require her services get in touch via ainsworthart@outlook.com.
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Meet the Artist
“Life brings both beautiful and destructive events and emotions. Looking at the Romantic period, Artist’s paintings of the tumultuous, emotive seascapes reflected the society of the time and political unrest that existed. Art is a representation of life. For me, it is a way of dealing with experiences which I don’t quite understand. Thoroughly examining them through making, learning and developing my knowledge of that subject by reading and understanding.
Being an Artist has allowed me to explore difficult experiences through the exploration of materials and processes and an array of both historical and contemporary artists. It’s a kind of therapy, I get to explore difficult events in my life through Art; the art of making acts as a barrier, a kind of ‘fourth wall’ between me and my experiences.“
– M. A. Ainsworth
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The Process
The process of making starts of with a feeling… this can be any feeling or emotion, good or bad. The intuition is what develops the painting; there is not specific formula to creating these paintings, only that you choose the colours you feel express that particular emotion.‘Frustration’ is a painting which does this exactly. It reflects a moment of shame and anger, and yet you see within this work, the central focus of light… What is special about this work is that you can take what you wish from it. Does it make you feel good? Does the harshness of the palette knife put you on edge when combined with the red? Can you see hope amid anger and fear?
This work is not just designed to be pretty, but to help people contemplate an underlying theme of darkness that permeates the work. Not everything is as it seems.
