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Mary Ahern Artist

This Is What I’ve Been Talking About on Instagram Lately

On Instagram, I write about my life as an artist. Behind the scenes in the studio, preparing for art exhibitions, marketing opportunities, my garden inspirations, artist friends and my artistic journey.

You can follow all my posts here or follow me on Instagram. I also post to Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Threads and YouTube.

 
Mary Ahern Artist

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My Art Starts in the Garden

Life goes so fast that sometimes you don`t realize all the many things you have going on in your life. I just realized that I have work in three different shows right now. Two in-person shows and one online. ⁠
Disco Belle Hibiscus is at The Art Guild in Port Washington NY.⁠
Centered - Pink Peony is in the Art Angels online show at theNAWA.org⁠
Petersen`s Garden is at the Park Avenue Branch of the Flushing Bank in NYC.⁠
Guess that means I`m really busy.

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Life goes so fast that sometimes you don't realize all the many things you have going on in your life. I just realized that I have work in three different shows right now. Two in-person shows and one online. ⁠ Disco Belle Hibiscus is at The Art Guild in Port Washington NY.⁠ Centered - Pink Peony is in the Art Angels online show at theNAWA.org⁠ Petersen's Garden is at the Park Avenue Branch of the Flushing Bank in NYC.⁠ Guess that means I'm really busy.

Life goes so fast that sometimes you don`t realize all the many things you have going on in your life. I just realized that I have work in three different shows right now. Two in-person shows and one online. ⁠
Disco Belle Hibiscus is at The Art Guild in Port Washington NY.⁠
Centered - Pink Peony is in the Art Angels online show at theNAWA.org⁠
Petersen`s Garden is at the Park Avenue Branch of the Flushing Bank in NYC.⁠
Guess that means I`m really busy. ...

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Fifty years ago I started my Art Journey with the Jon Gnagy Learn to Draw set. It was a life changing experience for me as the charcoal in my hand felt like a physical extension of my arm and my body. Read about it in my latest Art Blog Post. The link is in my profile bio.⁠

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Fifty years ago I started my Art Journey with the Jon Gnagy Learn to Draw set. It was a life changing experience for me as the charcoal in my hand felt like a physical extension of my arm and my body. Read about it in my latest Art Blog Post. The link is in my profile bio.⁠

Fifty years ago I started my Art Journey with the Jon Gnagy Learn to Draw set. It was a life changing experience for me as the charcoal in my hand felt like a physical extension of my arm and my body. Read about it in my latest Art Blog Post. The link is in my profile bio.⁠ ...

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Here`s my grandson CJ working the cameras at Citifield. He also works at Madison Square Garden shooting the Rangers and the Knicks. He`s a third-generation Ahern working in television. I sold computer graphics equipment into the TV industry. My son Chris has sold cameras and many other products into the industry concentrating on sports & stadiums. And now CJ is also in the business. We all believe that you should find something you love to do and then find someone to pay you to do it.

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Here's my grandson CJ working the cameras at Citifield. He also works at Madison Square Garden shooting the Rangers and the Knicks. He's a third-generation Ahern working in television. I sold computer graphics equipment into the TV industry. My son Chris has sold cameras and many other products into the industry concentrating on sports & stadiums. And now CJ is also in the business. We all believe that you should find something you love to do and then find someone to pay you to do it.

Here`s my grandson CJ working the cameras at Citifield. He also works at Madison Square Garden shooting the Rangers and the Knicks. He`s a third-generation Ahern working in television. I sold computer graphics equipment into the TV industry. My son Chris has sold cameras and many other products into the industry concentrating on sports & stadiums. And now CJ is also in the business. We all believe that you should find something you love to do and then find someone to pay you to do it. ...

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I`m trying to decide which painting to enter into my next juried exhibition. I love all my Iris paintings so I need your help. Which one do you suggest I enter?

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I'm trying to decide which painting to enter into my next juried exhibition. I love all my Iris paintings so I need your help. Which one do you suggest I enter?

I`m trying to decide which painting to enter into my next juried exhibition. I love all my Iris paintings so I need your help. Which one do you suggest I enter? ...

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Exciting news! I am thrilled to announce that I`ve teamed up with the brilliant minds at Sanctuary Magazine! Check out their latest issue & read about my journey. We`re joining forces to make magic happen. Don`t forget to hit the subscribe button for more inspiring content! Let`s embark on this incredible adventure together! You will be introduced to a world of support, accomplishment, and ideas that will make you feel great and optimistic about our universe. ⁠
Read my first article here: https://www.sanctuary-magazine.com/marys-art-starts-in-the-garden.html⁠
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#WheresYourSanctuary ?

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Exciting news! I am thrilled to announce that I've teamed up with the brilliant minds at Sanctuary Magazine! Check out their latest issue & read about my journey. We're joining forces to make magic happen. Don't forget to hit the subscribe button for more inspiring content! Let's embark on this incredible adventure together! You will be introduced to a world of support, accomplishment, and ideas that will make you feel great and optimistic about our universe. ⁠ Read my first article here: https://www.sanctuary-magazine.com/marys-art-starts-in-the-garden.html⁠ ⁠ #WheresYourSanctuary ?

Exciting news! I am thrilled to announce that I`ve teamed up with the brilliant minds at Sanctuary Magazine! Check out their latest issue & read about my journey. We`re joining forces to make magic happen. Don`t forget to hit the subscribe button for more inspiring content! Let`s embark on this incredible adventure together! You will be introduced to a world of support, accomplishment, and ideas that will make you feel great and optimistic about our universe. ⁠
Read my first article here: https://www.sanctuary-magazine.com/marys-art-starts-in-the-garden.html⁠
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#WheresYourSanctuary ? ...

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Delivered my oil painting "Disco Belle Hibiscus" on cradled wood to the juried show The Art of the Bloom hosted by The Art Guild of Port Washington. The show will be on view from September 10 through the 30th. Opening Reception is Sunday, Sept 10 from 3-5pm. ⁠
Location:⁠
The Art Guild⁠
Elderfields Preserve⁠
200 Port Washington Blvd.⁠
Manhasset, NY 11030⁠
P. 516.304.5797⁠
@artguildpw

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Delivered my oil painting "Disco Belle Hibiscus" on cradled wood to the juried show The Art of the Bloom hosted by The Art Guild of Port Washington. The show will be on view from September 10 through the 30th. Opening Reception is Sunday, Sept 10 from 3-5pm. ⁠ Location:⁠ The Art Guild⁠ Elderfields Preserve⁠ 200 Port Washington Blvd.⁠ Manhasset, NY 11030⁠ P. 516.304.5797⁠ @artguildpw

Delivered my oil painting "Disco Belle Hibiscus" on cradled wood to the juried show The Art of the Bloom hosted by The Art Guild of Port Washington. The show will be on view from September 10 through the 30th. Opening Reception is Sunday, Sept 10 from 3-5pm. ⁠
Location:⁠
The Art Guild⁠
Elderfields Preserve⁠
200 Port Washington Blvd.⁠
Manhasset, NY 11030⁠
P. 516.304.5797⁠
@artguildpw ...

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Day 7. Columbia River Bike Cruise. End of ride. From Nisqually John Landing Rec Area along the Snake River to Lewiston ID & Clarkston WA. They have a crane at the top of the ship to bring down all the bike cases so the bikes can be dismantled & shipped back home.

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Day 7. Columbia River Bike Cruise. End of ride. From Nisqually John Landing Rec Area along the Snake River to Lewiston ID & Clarkston WA. They have a crane at the top of the ship to bring down all the bike cases so the bikes can be dismantled & shipped back home.

Day 7. Columbia River Bike Cruise. End of ride. From Nisqually John Landing Rec Area along the Snake River to Lewiston ID & Clarkston WA. They have a crane at the top of the ship to bring down all the bike cases so the bikes can be dismantled & shipped back home. ...

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Day 7. End of ride of the Columbia River Bike Cruise. Started at the Nisqually John Landing Rec Area along the Snake River to Lewston ID & Clarkston WA. I rode about 30 miles a day for an entire week. No falls. No injuries. Just fun!

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Day 7. End of ride of the Columbia River Bike Cruise. Started at the Nisqually John Landing Rec Area along the Snake River to Lewston ID & Clarkston WA. I rode about 30 miles a day for an entire week. No falls. No injuries. Just fun!

Day 7. End of ride of the Columbia River Bike Cruise. Started at the Nisqually John Landing Rec Area along the Snake River to Lewston ID & Clarkston WA. I rode about 30 miles a day for an entire week. No falls. No injuries. Just fun! ...

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The Start Of My Artistic Journey 50 Years Ago

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My first step towards discovering that my life’s work would be an artistic journey was buying a Jon Gnagy, Learn to Draw set and experiencing a sensation that the charcoal was an extension of my hand, my arm and my body. It was thrilling!

The Original Jon Gnagy, Learn to Draw set

After completing his entire set of drawing lessons, I decided to take painting classes at the local YMCA where I lived at the time in Queens, NY. So, I arranged for a babysitter, signed up for the oil painting class and made my first foray into Jerry’s Artarama art supply store with my supply shopping list in hand. How electrifying to be exposed to so many wonderful and exciting new products, widgets, thingies, colors, brushes, papers and canvas. Oh, the possibilities!

READ MORE on The Art Blog

 

Art of the Bloom. Exhibition at The Art Guild in Port Washington

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Art of the Bloom

Juried  Exhibition at

The Art Guild
Elderfields Preserve
200 Port Washington Blvd.
Manhasset, NY 11030

On View: September 10-30, 2023

Email: info@theartguild.org

P. 516.304.5797

Flowers have historically been a source of inspiration for artists and designers around the world, from Claude Monet to Andy Warhol. Floral imagery can evoke a wide range of emotions and moods, from the boldness of a daisy to the quietness of a water lily. See how these artists interpret and represent The Art of the Bloom in their work.

Disco Belle Hibiscus. Oil Painting by the artist, Mary Ahern

Disco Belle Hibiscus. 16×16 Oil on Cradled Wood.

 

New Garden Blog Post – The Woodland Garden Reveals

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My idea of the garden I wanted to create around my new home when I bought it in 1989, was a place to immerse myself, not a garden to be admired while sitting on the deck. I had no particular plan that I imagined. Instead, I let the woodland speak to me.

This woodland was filled with poison ivy, invasive vines, thorns and many broken branches and limbs when it called to me. Together for over three decades, it and I have worked to create a woodland garden for meditation. This is the journey.

 

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Art Blog Post – This Artist’s Dilemma. Storage.

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So I’m standing in my studio basking in the golden warmth of just having completed my one month Solo Exhibition which filled three rooms in an historic mansion at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. I’d worked for years creating new work for this prestigious opportunity. And now the show was over, the work still owned by me was taken down from the walls, packaged protectively and transported to my home studio. I looked around me surrounded by all this new artwork. I remembered the journey of discovery as so many new ideas had begun to seep into my new work over time.

As I stood there looking around me with contentment at these 40 new artworks, a cold wave of concern trickled into my mind. Where would I put all my art? I’m a minimalist by nature. I can’t stand clutter and now every surface in my two room studio is covered with piles of work. Canvases are stacked, leaning against the walls. All the walls in my studio and home are already full. A sense of claustrophobia was rapidly taking hold. The warm glow I’d been feeling turned a cold blue.

I needed to immediately take action.

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Let It Grow. Art Exhibition at The Flushing Bank

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The National Association of Women Artists
in Collaboration With The Flushing Bank

Are bringing a Seasonal Focus to the concept for this in-person exhibition.

Enjoy the buoyant color and interpretation of the season by a variety of Fine Artists.

“Let It Grow!”
Now through October 5, 2023
Visit the Flushing Bank at the Park Avenue South Branch
225 Park Ave South
New York, NY 10003

There is a sense of joy, excitement, and awe when nature or human relations are nurtured through caring and kindness to allow everything to flourish and grow. This theme reflects the focus of both of these historic organizations. The National Association of Women Artists, as the first women’s fine arts organization established in the US, has been helping women artists grow by empowering them to expand their vision. This theme of growth also serves as the guiding force behind the efforts of the Flushing Bank in support of the needs of its customers. There is a synergy in these efforts.

Petersen's Garden by the artist, Mary Ahern

Petersen’s Garden. 24×36″ Embellished Giclée on Canvas

Garden Blog Post – Overwintering My Summer Tropical Garden

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Overwintering My Summer Tropical Garden is now posted on my garden blog.

I wrote about how I converted my darkroom into a plant room with sinks, counters and LED lighting.. I show a four month sequence of photos from my plant room to the deck where the plants spend their summer vacation.

Read more here..

June 6, 2023 Deck Plantings

Read about how I overwinter my tropical garden on my Garden Blog Here.

The Big Picture 2023 at the Art League of Long Island

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At this year’s Big Picture Exhibition, six Signature Members of the National Association of Women Artists were juried into the show. This is an incredible achievement since 94 artists submitted 214 images, out of which 36 works were selected to be exhibited by Juror, Simon Levenson. This is yet one more indication of the quality of the NAWA Signature members. 

ALLI
107 East Deer Park Rd
Dix Hills NY 11746

Check for Gallery Hours: p. 631-462-5400 Email: info@artleagueli.org

 

Signature Members of the National Association of Women Artists.

NAWA Signature Members at the ALLI Big Picture Show l-r:   Karen Kirshner, Eileen Shaloum, Mary Ahern, Susan Rostan, Pam Waldroup and Constance Sloggatt Wolf.

 

Huntington Arts Council Members Showcase Exhibition June 2023

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The annual HAC Members Showcase Exhibition is an opportunity to see the diversity and depth of creative work by the individual member artists in the enormously creative community of Huntington NY. 

213 Main Street
Huntington NY 11743

June 9th – July 14th 2023

Reception: June 9th, 2023 4:00- 7:00 pm

Click here for the HAC Website

Bio: Mary Ahern is a classically trained artist who works in both digital and traditional mediums. Her work, which is inspired by her garden, invokes spiritual and philosophical questions beyond the canvas.

Statement: As a passionate gardener, my art is as intricately entwined as the gardens surrounding my studio. The lessons learned from the garden permeate my work.
With boldness in color & scale my art summons, with seeming simplicity, the complex questions of existence and purpose. These flowers represent a microcosm of the universe in their families and community as well as their quest for survival, eventual senescence and rebirth.

With a duality of macro and micro vision, my flowers invite the viewer to see, larger than life, the intricacy and purpose of their existence. And in their boldness, I suggest a contemplation of their relevance and ours in the social order of our universe.

Phantasm - Coral Sunset Peony

Phantasm – Coral Sunset Peony. Oil on Canvas GW. 36×36″. $5,000.