THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE: MARY SWEET STUDIO

Mary Sweet Paintings Japanese Woodblock Prints Artist Books PO Box 280 Tijeras, NM 87059 Phone: 505-281-3652 By Appointment
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Image: © Mary Sweet
"Snowy Houses, Gilman"
Acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"

Artist's Statement

The landscape has always been my primary inspiration. As a child I spent summers on my grandparents' farm and treasured those days. I went hiking and camping as a Girl Scout. I always loved the mountains, first Ohio's gentle hills and then the grandeur of the Rockies and the West. When still a teenager, I discovered the pull of the canyons and the deserts and learned to love the wild places where there is time to see and hear and think.

The land provides us with everything from sustenance to solace and yet we as a modern urban society have nearly lost our connections to it and nature. We treat neither with respect. My paintings are my way of saying, "This is what I saw and it is important and I want you to see it too." My media are acrylic, monotype, watercolor, handmade artist books and woodblock prints done in Japanese style with watercolor.

Image: © Mary Sweet "Stranded Aerial Tram, Gilman" Woodblock print 15.5" x 19.5"	Image: © Mary Sweet "North Rim, August" Woodblock print 6" x 8"
Image: © Mary Sweet "Thatched Gate, Kyoto" Woodblock print 9" x 12"	Image: © Mary Sweet "Alcove, Harris Wash" Acrylic on paper, 30" x 22

Recent Solo Exhibitions
2006 Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque NM 2005 Mary Sweet–Paintings, Woodblock Prints, Artist Books, The Johnsons of Madrid 2005 Gilman: A Modern Ghost, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM 2005 First Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, NM 2003 Woodblock Prints, East Mountain Library, Tijeras NM 2003 The Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid NM 2003 Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque NM 2002 Watershed Artist Books by Mary Sweet, Center for the Book, Albuquerque & East Mtn Library, Tijeras Madrid, NM 2001 Mary Sweet Paintings & Woodblock Prints, The Johnsons of Madrid Madrid, NM 1999 Mary Sweet & Charlie Frelund, Two-person Show, NM State Fairgrounds, Albq, NM 1998 Inn at Paradise, Albuquerque, NM 1997 Fisher Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1995 American Home Furnishings Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1991 Dam Site, Elephant Butte State Park, NM 1987 Hummingbird Originals Gallery, Fort Worth, TX 1983-1984 Gekas-Nicholas Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Recent Group Exhibitions
2006 Landscapes of New Mexico - Manitou Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 2006 NM Printmakers Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2006 Rivers/Rio, Libros, Main Library, Albuqueruque NM 2006 Wildlands Art! NM Wilderness Alliance Exhibit, Albuquerque, NM 2005 NM Watercolor Society Fall Show (Best of Show) 2005 Imprints, NM Printmakers and Arts Alliance, Albuquerque, NM 2005 NM Watercolor Society Signature Members Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum 2005 Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, TX 2005-2006 NM Printmakers Society Exhibit, Los Alamos, NM 2005 WFWS 30, Surprise, AZ 2005 Visual Journals: The Art of Expression, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM 2005 Libros, Main Library, Albuqueruque, NM 2004 Small Paintings, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM 2004 The Stanford Alumni Exhibit, Stanford Alumni Center, Stanford, CA 2004 The Big Picture, The Johnsons of Madrid 2004 Seasons of a Ghost Town, Gilman, CO A wall of acrylic paintings, The Johnsons of Madrid 2004 Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, 29th Exhibition, Irving TX 2004 Ranting and Raving: Artists Taking a Stand, Off Center Gallery, Albuquerque NM 2004 Art: Spirit Taking Form Art exhibition for the American Holistic Medical Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM 2004 Libros 3rd Annual Member Exhibit, Main & South Valley Libraries, Albuquerque, NM 2003-2006 La Petite XI, Alder Gallery, Coburg OR 2003-2005 New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair 2003-2006 Masterworks, Albuquerque NM 2003-2006 "A Touch of Color", South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque NM 2003 "Field of Color", Invitational, Framing Concepts Gallery, Albuquerque NM 2003 "The Book as Container", ABQ Main Public Library, Albuquerque NM 2003 "NM One World Celebration", NM State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque NM 2003 "A Touch of Color", South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque NM 2003 Johnson's of Madrid, MAdrid NM 2003 "A Touch of Color", South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque NM 2003 "Handpulled Prints XI", Stone Metal Press, San Antonio TX 2003 "Landscapes", Exhibit, Overland Park Art Center, KS 2002 New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair 2001 New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair 2001 Monothon 15, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM 2000 Language, Art, Thought and Culture, Weyrich Gallery Albuquerque, NM 2000 Joy, The Johnsons of Madrid Madrid, NM 2000 Harmony & Disharmony, The Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid, NM 2000 National Juried Landscape Invitational Exhibition, Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 2000 In the Flow, Inpost Artspace and Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, NM 2000 Visual Journals III, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM 2000 The New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, State Fair Grounds, Albuquerque, NM 2000 Oh-Foto, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM 2000 Northern Colorado Artist Association 9th Annual Art Exhibit, Fort Collins, CO 2000 National Exhibit 2000, City of Farmington, Farmington, NM 2000 Big, The Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid, NM 2000 The Fine Art of Handmade Prints, The Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid, NM 2000 Masterworks, Albuquerque, NM 2000 WFS 25th Anniversary Signature Exhibition, Houston, TX 2000 Color, The Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid, NM 1999 Visual Journals, The Art of Expression, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM 1999 Our Favorites of 99, The Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid, NM 1999 New Mexico State Fair, 2nd Prize - Printmaking, Albuquerque, NM 1999 Corrales Bosque Gallery, 5th Anniversary Exhibit, Corrales, NM 1999 New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM 1999 Kyoto International Woodprint Assoc. 3rd Exhibit, Kyoto, Japan 1998 Texas and Neighbors, Art Competition, Irving, TX 1998 Light, Line, Color, Space, AUA, Raw Space Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1995-98 Fisher Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1997 Southwest Arts Festival, Albuquerque, NM 1997 Contemporary '97, AUA, Fine Arts Gallery, New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, NM 1997 New Mexico State Fair, 1st Prize - Prints, Albuquerque, NM 1987-1997 Hummingbird Originals Gallery, Fort Worth, TX 1997 WFS (Western Fed. of Watercolor Societies), 22nd Annual, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 1997 MokuHanga Traveling Exhibition, Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts, North America including Walla Walla College, WA; Northwest Print Council Galleries, Portland, OR; Columbia Arts Center, Vancouver, WA; Dan Cook Asian Cultural Center, Ashland, OR, Japanese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA 1997 Biennial Fine Arts 1997, Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM 1997 Exhibition 1997, Robert A. Peck Arts Center, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY 1997 Hand Pulled Prints V, Stonemetal Press, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX 1997,1996 St. John's Cathedral, Summer Exhibit; Autumn Exhibit, Albuquerque, NM 1997,1996 For The Birds, Mirage Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Honors, Awards and Commissions
2006 Masterworks - 2nd Prize, miniature prints 2005 NM Watercolor Society - Best of Show 2005 WFWS 30 - Merchandies Award 2004 Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 29th Exhibition, Irving TX, Honorable Mention 2004 Masterworks - 2nd Prize 2003 Masterworks - 3rd Prize 2003 Calligraphy, Books Category, 2nd Prize, NM State Fair 2003 Bookbinding, Travel Journal, 2nd Prize, NM State Fair 2002 Janet Turner National Print Competition, Exhibition Award 2002 Masterworks, 3rd prize, Albuquerque, NM 2001 Rio Grande Art Assoc. Exhibit, 3rd prize, Albuquerque, NM 1999 Art in the Embassies Program, Artwork selected to go to Lusaka, Zambia 1999 New Mexico State Fair, 2nd Prize - Printmaking, Albuquerque, NM 1999 Yosemite Renaissance XIV, Cash Award 1998 New Mexico State Fair, First Prize, Prints, Albuquerque, NM 1997 Que Pasa, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Third Prize, Los Alamos, NM 1996 WFS 21st Annual, San Antonio, TX, Best of Show & Traveling Exhibit 1995 Autumn Watercolors '96, HM 1993-1994 Painting used by Phantom Ranch, Grand National Park, for annual T-shirt design 1991-1995, 1997 Bus Panel for Albuquerque Convention and Visitor's Bureau, Albuquerque, NM
Selected Bibliography
2006 100 Artists of the Southwest, Douglas Bullis, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. pp184-185, 220 2006 Landscapes of New Mexico, Suzan Campbell & Suzanne Deats, Fresco Fine Art Publication, UNM Press, pp 254-257 2005 The Ultimate Guide to Paintings from Photographs, North Light Books, Demonstration, pp36-39, 204 2003 Santa Fean, Oct 2003, pp70-71, Nov 2003, p.66 2003 Independent, Oct 2003, "Canyon Vision," pp1,3, East Mountain Newspaper 2003 Wesley Pulkka, "Artists Observe the Human Condition," Albuquerque Journal, Sunday, July 13 2003 Pamela Michaelis, Gallery News, KHFM Radio Station, Albuquerque, NM, September 3 2003 Weekly Alibi, Art News by Steven Robert Allen, Albuquerque, NM May 29-June 4 2003 Donna Thompson, Curriculum Under Construction, How Can Art Become the Vehicle for Interdisciplinary Culturally Conscious Curriculum Building, Graduate Student Project, University of New Mexico 2002 Mary Sweet "Juried Shows", article for Escribiente December Newsletter 2001 Greene, Gary. Artists' Photo Reference Landscapes. "Painting Demonstration," North Light Books, pp. 92-95, 143 1999 Wesley Pulkka, "Nontraditional works hang on fairground walls," Albuquerque Journal, January 10, 1999 1999 Ollie Reed, "Art exhibit opens doors to fair venue," Albuquerque Tribune, January 8, 1999 1999 Pamela Michaelis, Galllery News, KHFM Radio, January 8, 1999 1999 Wesley Pulkka, "Art Bits," Albuquerque Journal, January 3, 1999 1997 Wolf, Rachel. The Acrylic Painters Book of Styles and Techniques. "Chapter Two: Brilliant Design with Flat Opaque Colors. Mary Sweet Paints Colorful Outdoor Scenes," North Light Books, pp. 30-44, 124. 1997 to present Who's Who, American Women, 20th to present editions 1996 to present Who's Who in the West, 25th Edition, Silver Anniversary and also editions to present 1987 to present Who's Who in American Art, 17th to present editions 1996 Watercolor Magic, "Regional Winners," by Gloria McLaughlin, Winter Issue, p. 18 1996 Watercolor, "Watercolor Month," by Ginny Baier, Fall, An American Artist Publication, San Antonio, TX, pp. 58-68, 127 1996 "Art in New Mexico," Albuquerque Journal North, March 12, 1996 1993 Phil Metzger, Enliven Your Paintings With Light, "Mary Sweet-Painting Light Patterns in the West," North Light Books 1992 Mary Carroll Nelson, Ancient & Avant Garde: Watercolor Artists Go With the Flow," Albuquerque Journal, April 3
Education
2003 "Woodblock Printing, The Artists Proof", Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass CO 2000 Japanese Woodblock Techniques Workshop, Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO 1999 "Seeing, Thinking, Making on Your Feet," Meridel Rubenstein & Rebecca Solnit, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO 1996 Japanese Woodblock Techniques Workshop, Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO 1995 Watercolor Workshop, Susan Shatter, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO 1994 Monotype Workshop, Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO 1993 Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop, Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Arts Center, Snowmass, CO 1992 Abstraction in Drawing and Watercolor Workshop, Janis Provisor, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO 1991 Artist Book Workshop, Susan Kae Grant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center 1960 M.A. in Art, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 1959 A.B. in Art with Honors in Humanities, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Gallery Representation
DSG Fine Art 510 14th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM \| 505-266-7751 The Johnsons of Madrid 2843 Hwy. 14 in Madrid, NM \| 505-471-1054 Weyrich Gallery 2935-D Louisiana NE, Albuquerque, NM \| 505-883-7410

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