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Mary Ahern has green thumb for botanicals, business

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on January 3, 2008 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

Excerpt of Article posted in The Times of Northport Artist cultivates her livelihood like a garden By Arlene Gross June 13, 2007 | 02:39 PM Northport resident Mary Ahern is a successful artist who practices a unique technique she describes as. “Digital Mixed Media Painting”. But Ahern, who… (was) among the exhibitors at Arts in the Park in Northport July 8, (2007) was not born an artist. “I didn’t come to paint until I was … Continue reading →

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Two Dimensional Design Project – Color

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on January 2, 2008 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

During my freshman year in the York College, Fine Arts Program in 1975 I took a class in Two Dimensional Design. First we studied the rudiments of rhythm, and then we abstracted the underlying design elements of images. The third project was an introduction to color. We used acrylic paint to make color charts of both warm and cool gray scales. 2-D Design project exploring color It took a great deal of trial and error … Continue reading →

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Two Dimensional Design Project – Abstracting

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on January 1, 2008 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

Having explored rhythm in the first classes in my two dimensional design class in my freshman year in college, we then moved on to visualizing abstraction. I had to find an advertising in a major magazine, select a portion of the image and analyze why the composition worked. Then I had to take a one-inch section of the ad and reproduce it in acrylic paint. 2-D Design painting in abstraction This first piece was from … Continue reading →

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Two Dimensional Design – Rhythm

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 31, 2007 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

Among the first Art classes I took when I began my college art education at York College, CUNY in Queens NY was the study of two-dimensional design. I began this class in the fall semester, in September 1975. At the time I believed that Art school would teach me how to paint and draw but here I was cutting half inch pieces of cardboard and gluing them onto unlined 3×5 index cards. Two Dimensional Design … Continue reading →

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First Botanical Drawings

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 27, 2007 by Mary AhernFebruary 28, 2018

Now that I make my living by creating Botanical Fine Art, image my surprise when I stumbled upon my first botanical drawings, dating from 1976. In an effort to document my classical art education I have gone to the attic to retrieve my early drawings and paintings along with the schoolwork I saved from the excellent Art Education curriculums I attended at York College and Queens College, (CUNY), City University of New York during the … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing With Clothed Figures

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 26, 2007 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

I actually enjoy drawing the folds in fabric more than drawing the nude figure. The anatomy of bone and muscle structure is so compelling in studying the nude but the intricacies of fabric on the figure adds another dimension of complexity. I love the pull of a belt on a waistline or the cinching of the fabric at the bend of an elbow or knee. Life drawing with clothed figure in pencil on newsprint paper … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 20, 2007 by Mary AhernSeptember 1, 2009  

Life drawing classes are the traditional method for teaching the drawing of the human figure. Live models are used so that students can study the muscles and anatomy of the figure in order to render the volume and dimensionality of the human body. Using photographs instead of models can often cause students to render the figure in too flat a manner. Life drawing in pencil Drawing classes that I attended at York College, CUNY, in … Continue reading →

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Paper Bags

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 19, 2007 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

Brown Kraft paper bags are a wonderful subject for learning to draw. They don’t move like people do. They don’t wiggle or whine. They don’t go rotten and deteriorate like fruits and vegetables. They’re cheap and easy to find. Not only can you pack lunch into the smaller bags you can bring home your food shopping in the larger ones and as an extra bonus, you can then use them to take out the garbage. … Continue reading →

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Drawing Boots & Shoes

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 18, 2007 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

The art of drawing boots and shoes is taught in all college curriculums since it is logical to select subjects readily available to even the most cash strapped students. In fact, the older and more beat up a shoe the more character it has and sometimes that goes for humans as well. These drawing studies were created in the second semester of my Freshman year of York College in Queens NY, 1976. My son Chris’ … Continue reading →

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Line Drawings and Hardware

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 17, 2007 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

Among the first drawing assignments I learned in the early days of my college education at York College in Queens NY in February and March of 1976, was to create volume using line weight. My first attempt at drawing the extension cord had an even pencil stroke on each of the turns of the coils. This is my second attempt and looking closely you can see that as the object comes forward to the picture … Continue reading →

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First Drawing Class

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 13, 2007 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

Classical art education classes began for me when I was accepted into the Fine Arts program at City University of New York, (CUNY) York College in Queens NY during the mid-70’s. My first drawing class brought me to the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadow Park to study and sketch the plaster casts of the Greek, Roman and Renaissance eras. As I studied Art History I found that this was a method of training Artists with … Continue reading →

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First Oil Painting Classes

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 12, 2007 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

After my introduction to creating art by Jon Gnagy, I decided to take painting classes. The local YMCA where I lived in Queens, NY offered classes on Wednesdays so I signed up, made my first foray into Jerry’s Artarama art supply store with my shopping list in hand. How dizzying to be exposed to so many wonderful and exciting things and widgets and colors and brushes and paper and canvas. Oh the possibilities! And that … Continue reading →

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Crayons & Colored Pencils

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on December 11, 2007 by Mary AhernApril 1, 2009  

Jon Gnagy Learn To Draw set Over 30 years ago I started my Art education and I’m still working on it. Since through High School my major was in music, (I was a trumpet player, saxophonist and conductor), I didn’t discover until my mid-20’s my talent for art. Having bought a Jon Gnagy Learn to Draw set as a birthday present for Stephen, the son of my friend Roberta, a few days before his party … Continue reading →

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Transforming the Streets of New York City

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on June 2, 2007 by Mary AhernAugust 4, 2018

The Washington Square Outdoor Art Festival Ever wonder what Art brings to a community? Look at University Place in NYC during the Washington Square Outdoor Art Fesitival and look at the same street without. All the Artist’s set up this mini city each morning starting at 10:30 and the show officially starts at noon. For the city that never sleeps, you can’t really dictate show hours however so frequently you are discussing your work while … Continue reading →

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Washington Square Outdoor Art Festival, New York City

My Art Starts In The Garden Posted on June 1, 2007 by Mary AhernJanuary 12, 2009  

Memorial Day Weekend, 2007 What beautiful weather we all enjoyed. Just cool enough to bring people out of their air-conditioning and warm enough to invite a stroll along the streets of New York City. This show is in it’s 76th year and I enjoy being a part of the history of this great city. What fun to be a member of the Art community of the Art Capital of the world. BTW, I didn’t start … Continue reading →

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