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An example of work by Mary Close
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| An oil and pastel painter, Mary Close is known primarily for her figure
and portrait subjects as well as uncluttered still lifes of
recognizable objects. In recent years she has focused on human
relationships expressed through body language in tightly cropped
images.
Her subjects are often elderly couples and relationships within
families. Many of the still lifes have special symbolism and are
sometimes accompanied with explanatory words. She often places
her subjects front and center so that the objects dominate the entire
image.
Some of her subjects are mundane and/or whimsical such as Oreo cookies, frog figurines, and dolls she finds in novelty stores.
Close
has lived in Manhattan's upper East Side in a pristine studio apartment
with her artwork neatly arranged, mirroring the composition of her
still lifes. Later she moved to Lakeville, Connecticut.
She received her BFA degree from the College of New Rochelle in New
York and also studied at the Parson School of Design in New York
City. She has exhibited with the Pastel Society of America,
Allied Artists of America and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art
Club. She is a member of the Pastel Society of America.
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