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CURRENTLY SHOWING

2009-2010 "From These Hills" Contemporary Art in the Southern Highlands, William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon VA, Oct. 23 2009 - Feb.14, 2010

Christians in the Visual Arts, “Visions” exhibition juried by art historian James Romaine of NYC: link to this online exhibit at: www.civa.org/gallery.php

REVIEWS

"I confess it took me a long time to understand that I was looking at portraits of people in transformation and all that torments our souls as I glanced at the fractured landscapes and electricity-filled voids that are the subjects of Mary Barton Nees' recent prints."

"Despite the serious message, there's a calmness to the imagery that required study and eventually made me understand, but didn't make me uncomfortable. She's an intellectual artist, not one who tries to shock. The layers of meaning and layers of imagery reveal themselves slowly, which symbolizes becoming and seeing what we haven't before."

Allison Alfonso, 4/29/07, writer for the Johnson City Press, Johnson City, TN

 

"(Mary's) work highlights both personal and universal symbolism, dealing with the difficult concept of spirituality. Many of her pieces enjoy the freedom of combining techniques, utilizing color nuances and structural symbolism. I hold her in the highest regard in terms of her artistic and teaching ability, dependability, communication skills, listening skills, enthusiasm and motivation."

Ralph Slatton, Professor/Printmaking, and former department chair, Art and Design; East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

 

"She brings an important degree of life experience to her work. She is constantly seeking out new methods, new aesthetic input, and new experience...a quality of Mary's that one might term "mature calm excitement."

Dr. Deborah Bryan, PhD, MFA, Assistant Professor of Art, Tusculum College, Greenville, TN

 

"Mary is a very talented person in the physical arts possessed of enormous creativity and developed talent. She is a true artist of conceptions who can capture reality in unique and penetrating ways."

Dr. John Hannah, Distinguished Professor of Historical Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX