American abstract artist Mary Lea Bradley focuses primarily on painting in her extremely prolific body of work. Bradley's art is immediately striking.
Characterized by a sense of mystery that invites the viewer in, the paintings transport you from reality to a vibrant, mystical world where you are the story teller, creating and interpreting your own stories.
She's the kind of artist anyone can talk with. Extremely approachable.
Excited about her newest work but unpretentious about her artistic flair and sophisticated eye. It is imagery filled with an intensity of atmosphere that
makes the viewer an insider.
Her pieces attract; you want to know more, where it started, where it's going. The viewers curiosity makes this artist and her work take flight.
Bradley's work can be found in public and private collections throughout the world.
Education:
Cal Poly, San Luis Obisbo, CA
Independent Study
Selected Exhibitions:
Canyon Shadow Play, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA 2010
All Day Art. Mixture, San Diego, CA 2010
1st Juried Art Exhibition at the Spa Velia Gallery, San Diego, CA 2010
Ghost Gallery, The Holiday Show, Seattle, WA 2009
Synergy Art Foundation, Fire and Rebirth, San Diego, CA 2008
All Day Art, Mixture, San Diego, CA 2007
Southwestern Artists Assoc, San Diego, CA 2007
Mary Bradley, Studio 3060, San Diego, CA 2006
Artistic Influences:
Life Experience, Helen Frankenthaler, Jackson Pollock,
Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, William DeKooning
Artistic Tags:
abstract,modern,contemporary,painting,encaustic,acrylic,
colorfield,psychological,expressionist,organic,sensual
Critique:
The Art Of Mary Bradley
"Superficially insignificant or accidental looking detail in
Art, may carry the most unconscious symbolism. "Anton
Ehrenzweig, The
Hidden Order of Art.
Mary Bradley's art is an authentic American aeshetic. Her
subliminal imagery are fleeting but suggestive. Rooted squarely
in
emotinal abstraction.
Her art is rewarded by repeated viewings and is
never static. The art engages an excites. Truth of meaning is
derived through hints of what is unexplainable and
unknowable.
Mary's art is mesmeriszing, mysterious and awe inspiring. Her
art is
spirited and vibrant, a simple direct distillation of unconscious
imagery.
Bradley's art is evocative and filled with lyrical exuberance
based on intuition and unmediated experience. Through the
intangible elements of light, movement and space, she creates
images
of uninhibited sensuality. Bradley peers beneath the looking-
glass
of consciousness where the depth of imagination has no
bounds. This
art is visionary, a psychic liberation.
A glowing transparent and saturated palette, shows Bradley a
master colorist. Her rich tonal balance is the perfect foil for
this intricate abstract art. This is abstraction through
emotion, sensation and feeling.
- Jack Smith
© Mary Lea Bradley, New Beginnings, acrylic on paper, 22 x 30 inches
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