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The Firefly Artists Show – Harborfields Library 2020-2021

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on December 30, 2020 by Mary AhernJanuary 14, 2021

The Members of The Firefly Artists Gallery of Northport have been invited to exhibit their artwork at the Harborfields Library Exhibition Space.

The Firefly Artists will be celebrating 9 years on Main Street in Northport Village this year. the group was established in 2011 to create a gallery setting for local artists. The goal was to provide a supportive space where artists could collaborate, learn, and develop. Artists can exhibit and sell their work in a professional gallery setting. The Firefly Artists seek to promote visual arts in our community by contributing to local educational efforts and supporting regional artists.

The Firefly Artists Exhibition

Now Through January 29, 2021

Harborfields Library
31 Broadway
Greenlawn NY 11740

Check the library website for their schedule of open hours.

Check The Firefly Artists website for additional information.

The Firefly Artists at the Harborfields Library

The Firefly Artists at the Harborfields Library

 

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AAEH – Artists Alliance of East Hampton Virtual Holiday Show 2020

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on December 23, 2020 by Mary AhernJanuary 8, 2021

Pleased to have my work accepted into

The Artists Alliance of East Hampton

Holiday Virtual Show

November 21 – January 1, 2021

Visit the website of AAEH to see about their current shows

AAEH Virtual Art Show

This Virtual Show has ended but you can visit the AAEH to see what is new.

 

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National Association of Women Artists – Fall 2020 Newsletter

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on December 3, 2020 by Mary AhernDecember 3, 2020

I am honored to have my painting “Pay Attention Here – Orange Hibiscus” on the cover of the Fall 2020 Newsletter of NAWA, The National Association of Artists. I was juried as a full member into this prestigious historic organization in November of 2018.

NAWA was founded on January 31, 1889 to offer women a greater opportunity as professional artists in a male-dominated art world.  From the onset, the annual exhibitions of the women’s Art Club were a great success, attracting the participation of women artists such as Mary Cassatt, Suzanne Valadon, Rosa Bonheur and Cecelia Beaux. As the organization grew, its membership included prominent artists like Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Anna Hyatt Huntington.

Many members have taken their rightful place among the recognized artists of their time. Louise Nevelson, Nell Blaine,  Alice Neel, Marisol, Judy Chicago, Miriam Schapiro, Janet Fish, Audrey Flack and Faith Ringgold. It is a great honor for me to be afforded such an inspiring brush with history and talent.

Here is a link to the National Association of Women Artists Fall 2020 Newsletter

Pay Attention Here - Orange Hibiscus 36x36" GW Oil on Canvas by the artist, Mary Ahern

Pay Attention Here – Orange Hibiscus 36×36″ GW Oil on Canvas. View this on other oil paintings on my website here.

This is the statement I wrote for the NAWA publication.

For years, I have created floral and garden paintings as the subject of my art. During the last number of years, I’ve focused ever more closely on the centers of flowers as they speak to me more deeply of the reason for their existence. And ours as well.

As a passionate gardener, I am inspired by the gardens I designed and tend surrounding my own studio in Northport. These flowers represent to me a microcosm of the universe. The outsize scale of these individual flower portraits demands attention. They ask questions beyond the canvas.

What is the purpose for such magnificence in nature? What is the reason for such color, such form, such diversity? What is their relationship to the communities in which they belong, their relationships with other plants and species that sustain them, invade them and nourish them? What of their lifecycle of birth, growth, senescence and rebirth? As humans, what can we learn from their seemingly simple existence?

Initially, we see with our eyes. We name the subject, identify it and classify it. But, we also have a duality of vision which allows us to contemplate with an inner vision. This art invites both the external and internal views.

The dual naming of each painting reflects the complex meaning of the work and is an enticement to think more deeply about the subject. This painting, Pay Attention Here – Orange Hibiscus, is at first a call for contemplation of purpose and secondarily, the common name of the flower which enables a more familiar entry into the conversation.


 

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Salon Des Refusees at The Firefly Gallery

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on October 31, 2020 by Mary AhernOctober 31, 2020

Proud to be in the great company of other accomplished professional artists.

Our inaugural exhibition in the New 2nd Floor Gallery is gorgeous.

Salon des Refusés

The Firefly Gallery

162 Main Street

Northport Village NY 11768

Now through November 28, 2020

Viewing dates: Saturdays 5-8pm or by Appointment

Covid restrictions are respected!

For Additional Info please contact me here!

"My World - Pink Anemone". Oil on Canvas 36x36" GW Larsen Juhl floating frame. $5,000. Mary Ahern Artist

“My World – Pink Anemone”. Oil on Canvas 36×36″ GW Larsen Juhl floating frame. $5,000.

"Pay Attention Here - Orange Hibiscus". Oil on Canvas. 36x36" GW. Larsen Juhl Frame. $5,000. Mary Ahern Artist.

“Pay Attention Here – Orange Hibiscus”. Oil on Canvas. 36×36″ GW. Larsen Juhl Frame. $5,000.

"Pay Attention Here - Orange Hibiscus". Oil on Canvas. 36x36" GW. Larsen Juhl Frame. $5,000. Mary Ahern Artist.

“Pay Attention Here – Orange Hibiscus”. Oil on Canvas. 36×36″ GW. Larsen Juhl Frame. $5,000.


 

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The Flower Show – Art Exhibition at the OMNI Gallery in Uniondale NY

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on April 13, 2020 by Mary AhernApril 13, 2020

Show Extended Until May 31, 2020

January 6 – April 26, 2020

OMNI Gallery
333 Earle Ovington Blvd.
Uniondale, NY 11553

Across from the Nassau Coliseum
Open 9 am – 6:30 pm, Mon – Fri

Reception: Sunday March 8, 3-5pm

Artists: Mary Ahern, Ross Barbera, Deborah Katz Bruce Lieberman

OMNI Gallery-The Flower Show

OMNI Gallery Uniondale NY

The Flower Show – Art Exhibition at the OMNI Gallery. Floral Paintings by Mary Ahern

 


 

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Mary Ahern Artist’s Talk at The Firefly Artists Gallery

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on December 11, 2019 by Mary AhernDecember 11, 2019

“Not Just Another Pretty Flower”

Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 6pm 

The Firefly Artists Gallery

162 Main Street

Northport Village NY 11768

Mary Ahern Featured Artist at the Firefly Artist's Gallery

“Not Just Another Pretty Flower” Artist Talk with Firefly Mary Ahern: Winter may be coming, but flowers are blooming at the Firefly! Come, meet Mary Ahern and her bold, vibrant garden landscapes and flower portraits.

It’s a wonderful opportunity to hear this award-winning artist speak about how, over decades, her gardens inspired in her a deeper consideration of existence and purpose, and how her thoughts evolved and expanded as she moved closer and closer to the floral centers.

As a classically trained artist, Mary has created her vision through traditional as well as diverse digital mediums. Her work has been shown extensively from New York City to the Hamptons. Now, you can see her at The Firefly Artists Gallery in the beautiful Village of Northport.

Says Ahern, “My Art Starts in the Garden, which inspires me to create Art that asks questions beyond the canvas. Flowers represent a microcosm of the universe in their quest for life. Whether creating with digital or traditional mediums, flowers and gardens lead me to express not just with my eyes but also with my soul.”

This talk is featured in the Patch online publication here!

 

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Lord & Andra Gallery New Rochelle NY

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on October 27, 2019 by Mary AhernOctober 27, 2019

“Big Action in Small Spaces” Juried Show

Sponsored by the National Association of Women Artists

Lord & Andra Gallery

10 Division Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801

Now through November 30, 2019

Royal-Heritage-Hellebore fine art prints by the artist, Mary Ahern

Royal Heritage Hellebore. Designer Prints are available in various sizes on canvas, fine art paper, acrylic and aluminum in my online shop.

 

This gorgeous hellebore is one of the many flowers I welcome to my early spring garden each year.
For a video on how I trim the hellebores in my garden you can visit my garden blog here:

Trimming Hellebores. My First Gardening Task of the Spring

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NAWA Beamesderfer Exhibition 2019

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on August 28, 2019 by Mary AhernAugust 28, 2019

I’m pleased to announce that the National Association of Women Artists has juried two of my paintings into their upcoming show.

NAWA at Beamesderfer 4: Real/Unreal

 September 5 – October 31, 2019

The B. Beamesderfer Gallery

6 North Second Avenue
Highland Park NJ 08904
Telephone: 732-249-6971
Gallery hours: M-F 9:30am-6:00pm; Sat 10:00am-5:00pm

A Northern Red Oak Leaf - Quercus rubra

“A Northern Red Oak Leaf – Quercus rubra” Watercolor and Colored Pencil. 11×14″ Matted & Framed. $600. If interested please contact the Artist directly.

 

NAWA ARTISTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED
AT HIGHLAND PARK’S BEAMESDERFER GALLERY

From September 5 through October 31, 2019, the B. Beamesderfer Gallery in Highland Park, New Jersey, will present NAWA at Beamesderfer 4: Real/Unreal, its fourth in an ongoing series of exhibitions of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) members. Founded in 1889, NAWA’s mission is to encourage, exhibit, and foster public awareness of visual art created by women in the United States.  

Real/Unreal presents works by 21 NAWA member artists, This exhibition will present two opposite sides of the artistic spectrum: precise representational imagery and totally nonobjective compositions. With this visual dichotomy, viewers of the exhibition will not only see the great range of imagery possible in art, but can also appreciate the fundamental qualities that all artistic creation: color, composition, technical proficiency and personal expression. A wide variety of art media is shown, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel and printmaking.

The B. Beamesderfer Gallery is located about 10 minutes away from the Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers University, the home of the historical art collection and archives of NAWA. Evan Brownstein, the owner of the B. Beamesderfer Gallery, is a highly respected preparator and framer of art with clients in New York and New Jersey. His gallery has shown high quality work by local and regional artists for many years, and this collaboration should benefit both the Gallery and NAWA in widening their outreach.

The exhibition is curated by Jeffrey Wechsler, a member of the NAWA advisory board who was actively involved with the creation and presentation of NAWA collection during his long tenure as Senior Curator of the Zimmerli Art Museum.

The artists in the exhibition are: Mary Ahern, Francesca M. Azzara, Mary JoCarew, Judi Gilden, Rita Herzfeld, Carolyn Latanision, Heather Lynn, GayleMadeira, Mary Marley, Nicole Maye Luga, Carol A. O’Neill, Meredith Rosier, Nadine Saitlin, Debbie Shirley, MaryLou Siefker, Mara Szalajda, LeslieTejada, Meredeth Turshen, Barbara Kitty Williams, Pat Zalisko and Abby R.

White Iceland Poppy - Original Fine Art and Prints. Mary Ahern Artist

“White Iceland Poppy” Mixed Media. Ink, Colored Pencil, Acrylic. 20×20″ Gallery Wrapped & Framed. $1,100. Prints are available in my online shop.

 


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The Islip Arts Council Presents: The Art of Collaboration

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on July 18, 2019 by Mary AhernAugust 5, 2019

Islip Art Museum

50 Irish Lane, East Islip NY 11730

July 2 – August 24, 2019

Reception: August 3, 2019  1-4PM

Closing Reception and Symposium Saturday August 24th 1-4pm

A journey of discovery with no foreknown destination was set into motion and this exhibition is the momentary culmination. This exhibit includes artists who have collaborated beyond their medium of expression, artists both experienced and new at collaborating, parents with their adult offspring, varied processes that combine music, video, garden, humanity. This will excite you and get your creative juices bubbling…but you won’t over-heat. The Islip Art Museum is air-conditioned.

Mary Ahern & Mary Schlotter - Islip Museum Collaboration Art Show

Collaboration Statement:

Mary Ahern is a painter and Mary Schlotter is a floral designer.

We are both Marys and we are also both passionate gardeners. We have joined forces in a number of art shows using our own respective mediums. In these collaborations we select a theme which, for both of us, always includes plant material. We discuss issues of color, size, proportion and duration before the work begins. Usually the two dimensional artwork comes first since it takes longer to create. Then the magic of interpreting those works into three dimensions including the issues of time and sustenance are explored. In our collaborations we offer each other tremendous freedom yet within creative boundaries. Our temperaments and our awe of the natural world surrounding us is the fulcrum of all of our work whether we are collaborating together or working alone.

Mary Ahern Statement:

As a passionate gardener, my art is as intricately entwined as the gardens surrounding my studio. Cultivating and tending these gardens is the first stage of creating the art that grows in my studio.

Flowers represent to me a microcosm of the universe in their cycles of living and loving, families and relationships as well as their quest for survival and eventual senescence and rebirth.

With a duality of external and internal vision, I invite the viewer to see, larger than life, the beauty and intricacy of flowers and in their boldness I suggest a contemplation of their relevance and ours in the social order of our universe.

 “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change” – Buddha

Mary Schlotter Statement:

My grandmother Maria was from Bari, Italy. As a child she would walk with me through the gardens at our home while pointing out various flowers and fruits. Our house was built on an old fruit orchard. One day she took her thumb and pushed it into the soil. In her apron pocket she pulled out a peach pit. She said it had been so delicious. She had me plant it and covered it with a clean mayonnaise jar, and so it grew.

These walks inspire me in my designs. Every time I step into my garden or see a beautiful flower, a plant or a perfect peach I think of her. I create my arrangements as if they had just been gathered in our arms from the garden.

They are composed in a manner that will not hurt the earth by using toxic design mechanics such as floral foam. Clean water and compostable armatures are my base. When ever possible I grow our flowers and use locally sourced material. I want the recipient or the viewer of my design to feel as if they are catching a glimpse of a garden and give them a sense of peace.

“Adopt the sense of nature, her secret is patience” – Ralph Waldo Emerson


 

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Art in the Garden at Main Street Nursery in Huntington

Mary Ahern Artist Posted on June 4, 2019 by Mary AhernOctober 27, 2020

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

5:30PM – 8:30PM

475 West Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743

I’m pleased to have been invited to show my Floral Paintings and Aluminum Prints at this event. I hope you stop by for a chat. You know I’ll be full of joy being surrounded by so many gorgeous plants.

Join us for a pre-dinner art stroll through our lush and vibrant summer gardens. Our evening will feature the work of local artists displaying and selling their work, live music, wine, and passed Hors d’Oeuvres.

Sponsoring and Supplying this event is by: The Culinary Studio, Cold Spring Harbor Wine Shoppe, Sand City Brewing Co and Music by Mellish

This event is free of charge and open to the public.

For more information about Main Stree Nursery visit their website at: https://mainstreetnursery.com/

Mary Ahern Artwork at the Main Street Nursery in Huntington NY

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