Mary Ahern Artist

Work in progress for my show at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum

Floral Contemplations: The Duality of Vision

New Work by Mary Ahern

Artist Talk Saturday June 9, 2018 1pm. Open to the Public

May 17 – June 17, 2018

Galleries Open to the Public Thursdays – Sundays 11 am until 4 pm

Bayard Cutting Arboretum

Historic Manor House 

440 Montauk Highway

Great River NY 11739

For directions please visit the Bayard Cutting Arboretum website

Mary Ahern brings her award-winning style of floral and garden inspired art to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum from May 17 through June 17, 2018. Three galleries of her floral portraits will be on display at the historic Manor House at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River NY. The galleries are open on Thursdays through Sundays from 11 am until 4 pm.

Mary Ahern, known for her brilliant floral and garden paintings will be showing her latest large-scale flower portraits. As a passionate gardener who is inspired by the gardens she designed and tends surrounding her own studio, these flowers represent to her a microcosm of the universe. The large scale of these individual portraits asks 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 it, 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.

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Artist lecture on Sunday, September 10, 2017 – 2PM

American Rhododendron Society – NY Chapter

Planting Fields Arboretum

1395 Planting Fields Road

Oyster Bay NY 11771

Newletter Announcement:

Mary Ahern, a former board member of the NY ARS will present “From the Garden to the Wall”, a program which describes the process of creating Art, whether in a painting on canvas or as a garden and planting design.

As an Artist with a degree in Fine Art with a focus on Painting, one in Ornamental Horticulture with a specialty in Landscape Design and a Certificate in Botanical Illustration from the New York Botanical Gardens, Mary brings decades of experience to her field.

Mary’s paintings reflect her passion for gardens. The colors, the textures, the lighting and the pathways tell stories of personal creative visions. She is inspired by her own extensive woodland garden in Northport as well as the many public and private gardens around Long Island.

Please visit her website to see her work at: www.MaryAhernArtist.com

More importantly, come to the meeting!

The focus of my talk will be on the design concepts and details that go into planning a garden or creating a painting. There are so many creative similarities used in the creative process and in the design of a pleasing experience to the mind and to the eyes in these disparate mediums.

Please join me in exploring the creative mind at work!

© Mary Ahern. February at Planting Fields. Art prints available in various sizes on canvas, fine art paper, metal and acrylic.

” Beverly’s Welcome ” 30×24″ Mixed Media Canvas

Presents
“Gardens Revisited”
A Fine Art Exhibition by
Mary Ahern
May 28 – July 17, 2016

Opening Reception Sunday, June 12 from 1 – 4 PM
Refreshments will be served.

An exhibit of photos, paintings and illustrations featuring LI landmarks both popular and personal. Exploring what the word “landmark” means to each of the chosen Artists. The show features work from all over Long island.

This show has been curated by the former Chief Curator at the Nassau County Museum of Art, Franklin Hill Perrell and his business partner, Debbie Wells. Together they are Co-Founders of The Artful Circle where they are deeply immersed in the current Art Scene, running gallery tours in NYC & the Hamptons while supporting a myriad of needs of the Arts community from marketing, lectures, curating and more.

“#MYLongIslandLandmarks”
An Art Show inspired by the Instagram hashtag #MyLongIslandLandmarks. Included are stand-out submissions to their hashtag invitation as well as selected works by local artists who use Long Island as their subject.

SPLIA Gallery
161 Main Street
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

Phone: 631-692-4664

Open Thursdays through Sundays 12-4PM
June 9th to November 20th, 2016

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 5, 2016
5-7PM

$5 suggested admission
Wheelchair Accessible

“Northport Harbor” 24×36″ Gallery Wrapped. Mixed Media Canvas.

This is my statement of what this Landmark means to me which will be presented along with my Mixed Media Painting at the Long Island Landmarks show.

“Northport was a destination for me for the many years I was a single parent, raising my sons, hoping for that idyllic life the town visually offers. I worked hard and saved for that dream, finally buying my own home in my favorite town. And then a surprise happened. I met Dave, he loved what I loved. Twenty years ago we married with great joy, with a summer sunset across the water, surrounded by boats, friends and family and as we like to say, we took the plunge at the end of the dock in Northport Harbor.”