New Work Wednesday: Opening

4/4/2012

Opening by Mary C. Nasser

My new painting this week is entitled Opening. The title comes from the definition of volcano.

This painting layers Hawaiian maps, olivine, text, ephemera, acrylic media and paint on a small stretched canvas.

This afternoon I will be hanging my newest paintings for a show at St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre.
The Citrine Gallery will be featuring my art from April 7 to June 4, 2012!
If you are in or near the area, I would love to see you at the opening reception this Saturday from 1pm to 3pm!

One more exciting event…tomorrow is National Read a Road Map Day!! Hooray!
Just another great reason to celebrate paper maps that are impossible to refold! I love them!

I remember sitting in the way-back of the family station wagon that looked a lot like this...wood paneling and all:

Station wagon original road map by Arrolynn Weiderhold Marsh on Etsy

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
Hope you're having a wonderful week!
Mary^

46 Comments

Sigga Dís

4/3/2012 09:14:03 pm

Congratulation Mary, I like your new one a lot, how big is it?

Eleni Poulakou link

4/3/2012 11:02:40 pm

What a knack for colors!
You just got yourself an instant fan :)

Paige link

4/3/2012 11:04:32 pm

Your pieces are always so cool. Congrats on the gallery showing! That's so exciting.

Elettra link

4/3/2012 11:11:11 pm

I like it very much! And congratulation, I wish you a great success :D

Judy Shea

4/4/2012 01:20:16 am

Mary.. I love this. I'm always attracted to the teal colors..and the gold. Congrats on the showing.

All Unwound link

4/4/2012 01:38:36 am

GREAT mixture of items in your new painting!

I'm not good a map reader, guess I'll stay off the roads tomorrow!

Lisa Cousineau link

4/4/2012 01:51:03 am

Your new work is gorgeous!
Reading maps... we drove from Illinois to Maine last summer and only used paper maps of all the states (a little help from google maps directions). I love reading maps. We don't have GPS or a SmartPhone and I felt so... retro? LOL.

Maggie Flatley link

4/4/2012 02:37:47 am

As usual, beautiful Mary! Love your work!

Cheryl's Excellent Adventure link

4/4/2012 08:57:34 am

My parents had the same exact woody and I sat in the third seat too. I loved it cuz it faced out the back and I could see people behind us. What is olivine?

patsy link

4/4/2012 12:34:46 pm

You are so prolific! And so talented! Love all the layers and your creativity with materials! Patsy from <br /><a href="http://patsypat.blogspot.com"

rel="nofollow">HeARTworks</a>

gloria link

4/5/2012 02:13:14 pm

Love your pieces Mary. Really very nicely done. Congrats on the gallery show, have fun.:)

Helen Campbell link

4/5/2012 03:11:01 pm

Wow! I love your painting, Mary. Congrats on the show. Well deserved! If I was closer, I'd be at the opening to congratulation you in person. It was fun reading more about you as the PPF feature artist this week. You rock! :)

Annette G link

4/5/2012 03:54:45 pm

Hi Mary, I thoroughly enjoyed your interview for Paint Party Friday and learning more about you and your art. I love seeing your wonderful mixed media pieces. Happy PPF and have a blessed Easter, Annette x

Pointypix link

4/5/2012 04:41:20 pm

Another great piece Mary and massive congratulations on your upcoming exhibitions! I'd really enjoyed your interview on PPF - it sounds like you've had such an interested life so far. Can I ask do you work as a geologist or as an artist?

Tracey Fletcher King link

4/5/2012 04:45:48 pm

I hope the opening went well and I enjoyed reading a bit more about you as the featured artist at PPF... it helped me admire you more if that is possible... hope you have a happy and safe Easter...xx

Palma link

4/5/2012 05:07:07 pm

Very nice textural piece and I love the colour combinations.

Kat link

4/5/2012 05:30:32 pm

Hello Mary, great to see you as the featured artist of the week, your work is so interesting, I love the colours and textures.

Kokopelli link

4/5/2012 07:38:22 pm

National Read A Road Map Day??? And I thought we had some weird days over here. *lol* Mary, great feature on PPF! Love that sculpture. And you family waggon makes me smile. I see myself in the back seat as a kid, on the way to Southern Spain, followed by a caravan. That were fun holidays!

Carolyn Dube link

4/5/2012 09:52:58 pm

Congratulations on the gallery feature! Loving the grids you've been doing! So nice to hear about an opening day I am interested in compared to the opening day for baseball (which is a huge deal in the Cincinnati area).

Natasha May link

4/5/2012 10:12:04 pm

Wonderful painting! And I love that thinking cloud above the car. :) Happy Easter! :)

Faye link

4/5/2012 10:55:58 pm

Mary, this is another of your beautiful map-related pieces of mixed media art. I just love, love, love the gorgeous colors. Congratulations on all the honors and art shows. You are truly a very talented woman.

JKW link

4/5/2012 11:33:01 pm

OMGosh does that wagon flood my memories. My late hubby and I had one just like it when raising our 2 daughters. whew! Many moons ago. .. . congrats on your opening. I love your ART and want desperately to be there to support you. Blessings, Janet PPF

Christine link

4/5/2012 11:53:52 pm

beautiful texture and colour in your painting!

Debbie link

4/6/2012 12:00:20 am

This is beautiful. I'm really inspired by each variation of your theme in this series of Hawaii paintings. Each one is unique and beautiful on its own, but they all go together so beautifully. Someday, I hope to do a real series instead of jumping around all over the place. And yes, I have many happy memories of family vacations in our wood-paneled station wagon!!

Carol link

4/6/2012 12:09:10 am

Another awesome map creation ~ love your style ~ Grand that you are having a show! ~ thanks, namaste, ^_^

KVO link

4/6/2012 12:20:18 am

I have to say Mary, I have never seen art like this...very different and interesting to me. I love the texture, colors, and patterns of it...so expressive. I saw your link on PPF...now, I am going to go back and read your interview :)

carlarey link

4/6/2012 01:23:19 am

Great painting! Good luck with the exhibition, and congrats on being the featured artist!

Rhonda

4/6/2012 03:21:09 am

Congratulations Mary. You are such an awesome artist! I really enjoyed your interview at PPF. This piece is spectacular as well! I would love to be able to come see your work in person. Happy Easter and PPF.

Pauline Leger link

4/6/2012 06:40:04 am

Mary the Map girl... your work always blows me away. I would so love to see it up close. Those textures are just too much. i love it.

HEY! We had the same station wagon!! My parents would load us up in there for cross country trips with a cooler full of TANG (the crap sugar drink that had us wired for weeks!) and egg sandwiches. Oh yeah. I have stories. :-) Happy PPF Mary! xoxo

marji link

4/6/2012 08:15:19 am

Your layering is really brilliant, Mary. Love your work. Happy PPF

Andrea link

4/6/2012 09:31:28 am

This looks wonderful but i bet it's one of those that is even better in "real life " when you can see all the texture and detail!

Heather Foust link

4/6/2012 12:16:37 pm

What a great interview. And how awesome that one of you pieces has brought so much money for a wonderful cause. That is what its all about. Look wha art can do!

peggy aplSEEDS link

4/6/2012 01:21:58 pm

congratulations on your exhibit. it must be so exciting! you make these map paintings so well, bringing in all the different textures and colors into whole. happy Easter!

Anna link

4/6/2012 01:47:15 pm

read a map day! I remember riding in a station wagon just like that as a child. My parents would lie the 3rd seat down and make a place to lie while we drove. I remember watching the stars through that window. Thank you for bringing back the happy memories. Happy PPF!

Lesley link

4/7/2012 12:52:35 am

Hi Mary,
I loved reading your interview this week with PPF. That butterfly sculpture is awesome and congratulations on your exhibition I hope all goes well. Love your Volcano picture - it's full of interest and texture.

Victoria link

4/7/2012 02:08:02 am

Totally gorgeous ..stunning work! Congrats on everything and also wonderful PPF interveiw! Shin on mary..you are Fabulous!
Victoria

EVA link

4/7/2012 02:40:51 am

Thanks so much for being our featured artist this week on PPF, Mary! Great interview. AWESOME butterfly!!

This is another lovely painting. I really love the blobs of lava below the surface near the bottom.

Paula - Buenos Aires link

4/7/2012 06:03:48 am

Congratulations on the show. It´s been great to read your story at PPF today. It adds a lot to your art. You´ve had such cool experiences!

jean Zoss link

4/7/2012 09:30:51 pm

so cool...i love the reddish fissures....congrats on your show! hope you have a great week!

Phylecia link

4/8/2012 12:42:58 pm

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! I really appreciate it. Your themes of mix media and maps is very intriguing. It's really cool how you made something fuctional so beautiful.

Pam link

4/9/2012 12:50:25 am

Love this new work! Great color and I love your layering. I really enjoyed reading your interview this week for Paint Party Friday. Fascinating and so inspiring!

Molly link

4/9/2012 12:54:45 am

Hi Mary, What a pleasure to read your interview on PPF this week. Your glass butterfly is just stunning. As I think I've mentioned before, I love how you use geography as such a key theme in your art-- especially when Hawaii is the source. The colors in the pieces above are lovely-- i love the turquoises, oranges and golds together. Thanks for sharing!

Lindsay link

4/9/2012 04:28:51 am

The textures in your mixed media work are amazing!
Congrats also. :)

Nordljus link

4/10/2012 08:11:56 pm

Great composition and textures. I really love the car! A very long time ago, when travelling through some parts of the States with two friends, I owned a third of a car like this. The only car I ever owned. I loved it! So interesting to read more about you and your art on the PPF blog!

Carola Bartz link

4/11/2012 06:09:51 am

I love the texture and colors in your new painting - and there is quite a bit to look and see. Love that.

froebelsternchen link

4/11/2012 08:21:26 pm

an brilliant collage...

hihi I was sitting in an 1966 beatle VW as we had our holidays in my childhood! On top of the car there was our complete tent and all things 3 people need for three weeks camping!
horrible to us today..but normal an wonderful in the 70ties!