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Email the Artist Mary Ahern at mary@MaryAhernArtist.com

 

All sales and marketing is managed by Mary Ahern the Artist who creates Botanical Art, Plant Portraits, Still Life and Shell Paintings for Home, Corporate, Medical and Hospital Environments.

Mary Ahern Artist specializes in customizing and creating solutions for specific design, site placement and select decor needs. She uses her extensive background in business, sales, marketing and graphic design to bring a powerful professional element to her work in order to understand and satisfy the needs of her customers.

If you would like to discuss her Custom Editions work directly, please contact her by email at: mary@MaryAhernArtist.com

Click here to see Mary Ahern's Personal Appearance schedule

• Northport Tasting Room and Wine Cellar
November 16 - December 30, 2008
Main Street, Northport NY
Bellemeade Gallery, Smithtown Picture Frame. Smithtown NY. May-June 2007.
Harborfields Library, Greenlawn NY. February 2007.
"Welcome To My Garden. Digital & Traditional Botanical Fine Art"
LaMantia Gallery, Northport, NY. 1995.
• Urban Legends and Country Tales. Oct-Nov. 2008
Bonita Museum & Cultural Center, Bonita California
Water Mill Museum, Water Mill NY. Summer 2006
Juried Exhibition Sponsored by the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Weir Farm, Wilton CT. Summer 2003.
"Connecticut Invasives." Sponsored by the Norwalk River Association.
b.j.Spoke Gallery, Huntington NY. 1992-1995. Member.
Heckscher Museum, Huntington NY. 1994
Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason, co-jurors. 39th Annual Long Island Artist's Exhibition.
Sponsored by the Huntington Township Arts League
Hutchins Gallery. C.W. Post, LIU. Brookville NY. 1993
"Celebrating Women Artists"Sponsored by: The Long Island Women's Institute.
The National Art League, Douglaston NY. 1993
Juried competition. 63rd Annual Open Art Exhibition
Nassau County Museum of Art. 1993
Juried competition. "North by South Show"
Floral Park Art League, NY. 1977-1979
Assorted First, Second & Third Place Awards for Oils & Acrylics

• Art League of Long Island. January-February, 2009
"Double Take". Huntington NY.
MOCA: Museum of Computer Art. September, 2008
International Digital Art Show

Brooklyn New York 11215
Art-trium Gallery, Melville NY. June 2007
Sponsored by: Huntington Arts Council.
Martha Clara Vineyards, Riverhead NY. Summer 2006.
"The Days of Wine and Roses."
Sponsored by the East End Arts Council.
Art-trium Gallery, Melville NY. Summer 2006
Sponsored by: Huntington Arts Council.
East End Arts Council, Riverhead NY. Winter 2006
Recent Works.
Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, NY. 2003
The Council of Botanical & Horticultural Libraries Annual Conference.
Huntington Township Art League, Huntington NY. 1994
Members Exhibition. "Mindscapes"

 

Present Full-time Digital & Traditional Fine Artist specializing in creating Botanical Art and Still Life Paintings for Home, Corporate, Medical and Hospital Environments.
1994-2003 Founder and Creative Director of Online Design. A digital graphics company.
1990-94 National Sales & Marketing Manager.
Digital Paint & Graphics Devices. Dynatech Video Group
1984-90 Northeast Regional Sales Manager.
Digital Paint & Graphics Devices. Chyron Corp.

 

Nov. 2008

Invited Speaker: The Art of Doing Business in the Arts.
Breaking In Is Hard To Do. Talent Alone Guarantees Nothing

Southampton Cultural Center on Long Island, NY

Feb. 2007 Invited Speaker. “Creativity and the Business of Art”.
In conjunction with a One Person Show at the Harborfields Library in Greenlawn, NY. More Info.
Nov. 2006

Invited Speaker. "Creating, A Life" A presentation showing & discussing the evolution of an Artistic vision and the application of that vision as it applies to Fine Art, Business Development and Life in general.
Farmingdale State University. Dept. of Ornamental Horticulture.

Feb. 1999 Guest lecturer. "Use of the Internet in a comprehensive marketing program designed for businesses in the field of horticulture"
Farmingdale State University. Dept. of Ornamental Horticulture.
Feb. 1996 Invited Presenter. "Use of color measurement and management devices in the development of multi-media design projects for use on the internet and in print.
Seybold, San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by Lightsource.
Feb. 1994 Invited Speaker. Presentation of my fine arts catalog raisonné with a focus on the evolution of personal style and artistic influences.
The Heckscher Museum, Huntington NY.
Feb. 1988 Invited Panel Speaker. "Opportunities for Women in the Field of Television". Sponsored by the LI Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.
Jan. 1987 Invited Speaker. "Electronic Paint Systems and Character Generators. Defining their use in creating graphics, illustration and design for television stations and production houses."
Sponsored by the Maine Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

• The Village Connection. Huntington Edition
Cover Image and Related Article. "Mary Ahern, Our Featured Artist" by Tanya Lee. April 2010

Huntington Arts Council. Spotlight Artist of the Month
"Another Type of Canvas" by Diane Brown & Dianne Matus, October 2009

The North Shoreian. The Creatives: North Shore Artists in Profile
"Capturing a Moment in Art" by Shaughnessy Anne McKenna Dusling. April 2009.

• Dream Chasers. At midlife, taking lower pay to begin more satisfying careers
January 4, 2008. Featured article in the Newsday Business section By Arlene Gross. © Newsday
• "Artist Cultivates Her Livelihood Like A Garden – Mary Ahern has a green thumb for botanicals & business"
Featured article in the Movers and Shakers column by Arlene Gross. © The Times of Northport. 2007.
• "Welcome To Mary’s Garden"
Featured article by Ellen Thompson © The Long Islander News. 2007.
"Mary Ahern Loves To Draw"
Featured article by Doris Rowe © The Northport Observer. 2005.
"Success Stories in Electronic Publishing"
Featured article by Aisha Madison © Publish Magazine. 1997.
This article focused on how I used technology to create consistent color across multiple media whether the end result was print, video or the Web.
"The Future Through Both Ends of the Looking Glass"
Featured Article by Rodney Stock & Suzan Prince. © 9'87 Computer Pictures Magazine.Panel in Print: "Broadcast Computer Graphics. Where Has It Been and Where Is It Going?" I was invited to this panel of 12 manufacturers and designers assembled from all areas of the television & production industries.

Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration.
New York Botanical Garden.
A.A.S. Ornamental Horticulture. Farmingdale State University.
Robert J. Rodler Scholarship. Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
B.A. Queens College. Major in Fine Arts
Graduated with Fine Arts Award of Distinction, Cum Laude
Post-graduate work in Computer Science. Columbia University.
My Garden inspires and imbues my Art. Whatever the medium, whether traditional, or digital, I savor the details. Why not slow down a moment, restore yourself and wander through my Garden of Art?