"Arrivals & Departures" by Mary Shea at the DANIEL SMITH Art Gallery
“I began this airport series two years ago because I wanted to include the figure in my work again. I had a sketchbooks from a recent year in which I flew across the country at least five times and did a lot of waiting and drawing other people waiting in airports. I used the sketchbook drawings as the starting point for these paintings and prints.”Â
“I like how airports look. Even the windows and chairs, the long corridors and the vast spaces hold familiar emotions that I recognize when I start to draw.”
-Mary Shea 2010Â
Prior to writing, this I walked the gallery now hung with Mary’s lush and gorgeous paintings. While enjoying the paintings, I was struck by how Mary has transformed what most would consider a mundane subject, the tiresome limbo of waiting at an airport, into one of expressive beauty.Â
The opening is this Saturday, and the show will be up through June 6th.Â
Next time you come to the Seattle Store, be sure to visit the Gallery! The paintings can be viewed during regular store hours, except when the Gallery is being used for one of our scheduled workshops or demos.Â
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
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~Deborah Burns
