Mara Light ~ American Artist , was born in new york in 1970, and raised in Southern CA from the age of 3. She comes from a family of visual artists. “Painting appeared terribly natural to ME since my early years growing up,” says Mara. She considers herself extraordinarily lucky to possess been given the chance to be around oldsters WHOscrutinize the planet in an inventive, visual way. She was inspired, and sometimespushed, to form her terribly personal creative expression a part of her life. She remembers a degree when graduating highschool once her mother inspired her to travel ahead with school at the native conservatoire, and that they would create it work. numerous student loans later, she received her BFA from the Art Center school of style in city,very on the brink of home.
Mara's focus at the Art Center was abstract art within the art department. She explored installations victimization nature as her medium of alternative. Painting was within the background, as at intervals the abstract art boundaries, learning the important and aesthetic understanding of painting and drawing for a definitecreative vision, wasn't a part of the info. She did but slot in some drawing and somepainting categories, as, she began within the Illustration Department.
In the years when school, she had numerous art connected jobs whereas painting in her spare time whenever potential. throughout her formidable painting years, she worked full time during a photo-realistic vogue as a part of employment for 6 years. This was a giant amendment from her communicatory brush strokes that came naturally. “I was terribly free in painting and it came to ME straightforward from the beginning.” she remembers. “There was a fantastic high that was specific to painting”. To unblock from the just about six years of realism, continues to be a piece ongoing, twelve years later. “I have had to unlearn everything I schooledmyself” says Mara. Once she realised that painted in such a practical means wasn'tthought of true painting, it absolutely was a giant dissatisfactory reality, as she knew the road ahead would take years of patience and perseverance. whereasregularly learning regarding painting each day, she doesn't limit herself to onetechnique or material. She has found that completely different materials generate ideas, concepts, and metaphors she needs to explore.
Light has had continuous illustration and exhibition with several galleries together with Park Gallery and Classic Gallery in Carmel CA, and Brennen Galleries with locations in Palm desert, California, Scottsdale, Arizona, and capital of New Mexico, New Mexico, among others. Her paintings are commissioned by dozens of personaland public collectors and featured in charity events and Cultural Centers. She is slowly gaining worldwide recognition from Saatchi Art on-line and has been featured by the curators there many times. Mara’s greatest hope is to still turn outart that connects with individuals and stimulates ideas.
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