About Mary Griscom

Education

BA Major in Art, Brown University
And Rhode Island School of Design
Philadelphia Museum School of Art
Paier Art School, Hamden, CT
Washington Studio School, Wash. DC

Current Gallery Representation

Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Gallery 113, Santa Barbara, CA
SCAPE: Botanic Garden, La Arcada & Maritime Museum Zacca Creek Gallery,Buelton,CA.
Assn. of Visual Artists, Lebanon, NH

Collections

Southern New England Telephone Co, CT
William Raveis Real Estate, New Haven, CT
Lenders Bagels Corporate Headquarters, CT
New Haven Downtown Council, CT
Sussman & Duffy Law Firm, New Have, CT
Equator Bank, New Haven, CT
The Banking Center, various branches, CT
Yale New Haven Hospital, CT
Edgehill, Newport, RI
Lubins Business Interiors, CT
Avco Lycoming, Norwalk, CT
Colonial Bank, CT, various branches
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH
The Haven, Wilder, VT
Numerous private collectors, Europe & U.S.

Juried Arts Membership

Santa Barbara Art Association, CA
Santa Barbara Studio Artists
Art Walk, Natural Hist. Museum 03, 04 & 05
Art and Jazz, Santa Barbara 03, 04 & 05
Connecticut Women Artists
New Haven Paint and Clay Club, CT
Guilford Art League, Guilford, CT
Chaffee Center for the Arts, Rutland, VT
Pacific Regional Show 2003 & 2004

Professional Experience

Dir., Munson Gallery, New Haven, NH
Owner/Director, Artists Signature Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1980-88
President Windsor Gallery of Art, 1994-96

Past Exhibits

Arts Fund 2008
SB Studio Artists Open Studio Tour 2007,2008,2009
Jade Restaurant and Gallery 2006,2007,2008
La Cumbre Country Club 2005,2009
San Ysidro Ranch, Montecito, CA
The Rehabilitation Center, S. Barbara, CA
H. Pollock Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Salon Patine, Santa Barbara, CA
San Louis Obispo Art Center
Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara
UCSB Faculty Club
Merry Wives of Windsor, Windsor, VT
Art III, Manchester, NH, Newport Library Arts Center, NH
Greene Gallery, Guilford, CT
Guilford Art Association, Guilford, CT
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, VT
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach , CA
San Diego Watercolor Society
Water Color Gallery, Laguna Beach, C
River Valley Club, Lebanon, NH
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH

Artists Statement

My work is both

  • Representational and abstract focusing on images from nature. An exploration of patterns, forms,and layering, I heighten colors, narrow the focus and strengthen the dynamics to achieve a sense of immediacy.
  • The no frame presentation gives a more contemporary feel to these paintings.