About the artist
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"Mary Mansey's beautifully abstract photographs examine the interplay of light and color as they reflect against the rippling surface of water. These reflections poetically mirror the artist’s own emotions experienced at the time at which each photograph was captured.
Mansey's photographs portray the tenuous stillness of water, a delicate peace easily disturbed and altered, underscoring the fragility of nature as a whole. Mansey’s images of a natural landscape element possess an otherworldly quality, echoing the artist’s desire to portray the "double mirror"aspect of the water. Her photographs encourage the imagination to flow, envisioning for a quiet moment another world just beneath the surface.
Mary Mansey's fascination with color, light, and water began as a child, when she was profoundly struck by the beauty of the Mediterranean Sea. Today, the award-winning photographer lives and works in France and has exhibited her work in Italy, Germany, New York, and Los Angeles."
Press Release, Agora Gallery, September 2008
"Mansey's representations of water act as strange symphonies of fluctuating forms and ripples. Sailboats, trees and houses become streams of color that oscillate with the water and serenity, stillness, and movement coexist.
Mansey who is intimately familiar with the Mediterranean, has thoughtfully observed light’s play on water in infinitely diverse contexts. She finds the contemplative, sublime character of reflections fascinating because of their emotive potential. Even though she never uses human figures, Mansey’s photographs are ultimately more about people than about nature. The ripples and reflections represent ephemeral, passing moments that can be briefly perceived by the camera or human eye. Our relationship with nature, Mansey suggests, is fragile and temporal. We prolong the momentary emotional resonance of natural phenomena through memories and images. Mansey’s work invites us to contemplate our own interactions with the world around us and to feel, even if only momentarily, a transcendent inner serenity.
Mansey has exhibited her photography in Europe, Los Angeles and New York. She lives and works in Aix les Bains in the French Alps."
ArtIsSpectrum Magazine, October 2008
Statement
The Mediterranean Sea—with its streams of color, its light, its reflections—has fascinated me since I was a child. Water continues to be the main source of inspiration. Water is constantly changing and I seek to capture its many forms, before they disappear, in my photography.
While nature is the starting point, abstraction is the goal. I capture the natural world only to enhance it through careful manipulation with digital imaging software. My multi-layered images begin with a single photo, which is transformed and sometimes combined with other photographs. The goal is to achieve the expressiveness of painting through the artistic treatment of the images. Even though I never use human figures, my photographs are ultimately more about people than about nature. The ripples and reflections represent ephemeral, passing moments that can be briefly perceived by the camera or human eye.
Exhibition History
* Artists’ Haven Gallery
2757 East Oakland Park Blvd
Ft lauderdale, Florida 33306 USA
Tel : 954-817-8870
Exhibition Dates: July 1-August 31 2009
www.artistshavengallery.com
* 2009 Spring /Summer Show, American Juried Art Salon, Plano, TX USA
http://www.artjury.com Click on “AJAS Online Galleries.”
Exhibition Dates: Spring/Summer Show 2009
Past Exhibitions :
* Camaver Kunsthaus International
Camaver Kunsthaus International
Baveno , IT Italy
Tel 0341-288-379
Exhibition Dates: August 18 – August 26, 2009
http://www.camaver.com
* Artists’ Haven Gallery
2757 East Oakland Park Blvd
Ft lauderdale, Florida 33306 USA
Tel : 954-817-8870
Exhibition Dates: April 1-26 2009
www.artistshavengallery.com
* Altered States of Reality:
The Fine Art Photography Exhibition
* AGORA GALLERY
530 West 25th Street
Chelsea New York NY 10001
Tel 212-226-4151 / Fax 212-966-4380
Exhibition Dates: 14 April 2009– 5 May 2009
www.agora-gallery.com
* MARZIART INTERNATIONAL GALLERY
Eppendorfer Weg 110-112
20259 HAMBURG
GERMANY
Tel:0049-40-23518894
Exhibition Dates: March 1-31 2009
www.marziart.com
* ART RAW GALLERY
305 West Broadway #265
New York, NY 10013
Tel: 212.300.5496
Exhibition Dates: February 19 –March 21 2009
www.artrawgallery.com
* INFUSION GALLERY
719 South Spring Street
LOS ANGELES, California 90014
Exhibition Dates : October 1-25 2008
www.infusiongallery.com
* "ANCIENT PALACES - THE GREEN LION : THE CREATIVE SPIRIT ITSELF"
Exhibition Dates: May 23 – June 24, 2008
Cesi Palace, Camaver Kunsthaus International
Acquasparta, IT Italy
Tel 0341-288-379
http://www.camaver.com
* “Tripping the Light Fantastic:The Fine Art Photography Exhibition “
Exhibition Dates: November 20 – December 11, 2007
Agora Gallery
530 West 25th Street
Chelsea, New York 10001
Tel. 212-226-4151 / Fax 212-966-4380
http://www.agora-gallery.com
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