creative [noun] with Artist Mary Moores

Join us for the creative [noun] discussion series event: an in-person, intimate, limited-seating gathering with artist Mary Moores.
About this Event

Join us for the creative [noun] discussion series event: an in-person, intimate, limited-seating gathering where presence is the point. With you present, we’ll meet with visual artist Mary Moores to discuss her work, process, and creativity. A bit from Mary:
“I am usually the artist with pastel dust on my face.  I carry my sketchbook everywhere to practice the foundational skills of seeing and drawing.  This habit has turned strangers into friends as people seem fascinated to watch lines and marks transform into real objects. I became more serious about drawing regularly while living for months at Hershey Hospital, caring for my youngest daughter in 2021.  My sketchbook was my tool for staying connected to my art pursuit and a way to be grounded in the present.  Now it serves as a place to plan painting compositions and a journal recording activities, people, and places I visit. 
Although I have a degree in teaching and functional wheel-thrown pottery from West Virginia University, painting with pastels is my primary form of expression.  I love the distinctive directness of soft pastels and how they allow me to use my hands to control their application.  My endless curiosity drives me to find all subject matter interesting, including buildings, people, landscapes, florals, animals, shadow shapes, how light impacts an object, and anything with the tarnish of age.  I sometimes pursue adventurous endeavors.  Recently, these projects have included recreating a vintage glass lampshade, painting a seventy-pound fiberglass bell to commemorate America's 250th anniversary, and making a mural for a 12' x  20" wall at a new sports bar in Iowa.  Each time I attempt something outside of my comfort zone, I learn.  I am grateful for the time and space to create art, to help others see the beauty I see, and to gift clients with paintings of what they cherish as family memories."