Mary Sumner Artist CV
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Mary Sumner was born in Northamptonshire in 1957 and died in 2016. She studied at Northampton School of Art and West Surrey School of Art where she gained a BA Hons Fine Art Painting degree. She then Read more
attended at Bristol University where she obtained a PGCE in Art .
Mary Sumner is an artist whose work captures the English countryside with fresh fluidity and intensely beautiful colours. Re-occurring themes in Mary's paintings are: gardens, birds, farming, landscape and wildlife. Much of the inspiration for Sumner's art works come from daily walks. She takes photographs, sketches and collects interesting objects. Back in her art studio these elements are brought together to form appealing compositions. Mary will often re-visit a subject to fully capture the essence of a place, seeking to convey her feelings to the viewer.
Speaking about her work Mary says:'I illustrate encounters of my daily life, things I have seen during the day; for example, a particular building, a group of animals, the colours in a garden, anything that interests and amuses me'
Mary Sumner paints with acrylics on canvas and board. She is also a printmaker. Over time her style has evolved to capture glimpsed moments and moods of the ever-changing English countryside, coastal towns, rolling hills and animals going about their business. The results can be seen in her detailed and intensely coloured paintings.
In addition to Red Rag Gallery Mary Sumner art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Mary Sumner artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.
