Art Exhibitions for Mary Anne Kinane
Northstar Watercolor Society- Spring Group Show 2010
Art on a line (show, sales, & demonstrations)
Minnesota Watercolor Society-Silverwood Gallery- Spring Show 2010
Saint Anthony, Minnesota
Northstar Watercolor Society- Fall Group Show 2009
Century College, White Bear Lake
Wildlife Art Show-Irving Art Center- Juried Group Show, October 2009
Irving, Texas (paintings & drawings)
AZ Gallery- “Savoring Summer” Juried Group Exhibition – September 2009
(Lowertown) Saint Paul, MN (painting)
Essential Art 2009, Visual Arts Minnesota, St. Cloud, MN
Juried Group Exhibition (painting)
FAFA-Public mural (painting) for Muffulata’s Daughter (play) – 2009
(Commission) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Legacy Art Gallery, Saint Paul, MN- 2009
Ongoing Exhibit (watercolors, pen & ink, calligraphy, poems)
Artcrawl- Rossmor Bldg- 2008, Group Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN
(watercolors, pen & ink, calligraphy, poems)
St. Cloud- Paramount Art Center-2008,
Juried Group Exhibit-Everything Great about Minnesota
(painting)
Art Educators of Minnesota- Minneapolis College of Art & Design-2007
Juried Group Exhibition, Minneapolis
(relief painting)
Minnesota State Fair- 1984-2001 Exhibited artwork
(watercolors, pen & ink, calligraphy, poems)
Mediums
Watercolor, drawing, calligraphy, ash clay, paper mache, recycled materials, and plaster sculptures are the types of art materials used. Book art, puppetry, masks & theater, and theater prop are ways in which I use art. However, I also paint murals and acrylic paintings for a variety of reasons.
Job Experience Art Industry and Gallery
Outside of teaching art, I have also been an entrepreneur/ freelance artist. Over the years since 1975 to present I have been in many art shows (trade shows, art fairs, art competitions) including the Minnesota State Fair for 16+ years, the New England show for 9 years and the Renaissance Fairs in Minnesota, Texas, and Colorado. In 1988, I changed the way of doing business; I opened an art studio. At Bandana Square, I opened a retail space for art classes and gallery. From 1988 to 1999, I ran the store/studio/classroom where I acquired numerous commissions to draw, paint or render in calligraphy or watercolors, ink, or acrylics.
Presently I have a studio in St. Paul, Minnesota open only by appointments. I continue to work on some commissions in pen & ink, watercolor, and acrylic paintings, and calligraphy in a variety styles. I also am experimenting in painting with mixed media, ash clay, and oils.
I love nature, architecture, Renaissance artists, and Celtic inspired illuminated scrolling; therefore, much of my artwork has to do with gardens, parks, and a variety of architecture types. Fr. Catish of St. Ambrose College, Donald Jackson and the Celtic illuminators, inspires the calligraphy style. Mary Cassatt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Claude Monet and other Impressionists are my favorite artists; they inspire my painting and drawing styles.