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Mary Newsome (Reynolds, 1953) - From Still Life to Digital Artbooks
Monday, 8 August 2022
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From Still Life to Digital Artbooks: A Retrospective of Mary Newsome’s works 1953 to 2009 is an exhibition of the artworks of our alumna, Mary Newsome (Reynolds, 1953). This exhibition showcases Mary's Matric (Year 12) school art and a selection of her mature pieces as an exhibiting artist. This subject had been introduced to Lauriston’s curriculum in 1951 and taught by Mrs McCartney. Mary’s still life sketches, using traditional English method of pen and ink and watercolour, represent the focus of the Matric Art at the time when students drew objects on display in the art room (still life), classical motifs, or scenes from their immediate environment. Mary’s Matric paintings reveal the domestic interiors and her interest in representing the joys of everyday life, that were continued to depict throughout her professional career. In Mary’s school artwork the viewer can see her bold colour palette and the distinctive use of lines to define structure that are prominent in her mature works. The selection of Mary's exhibited works, both solo and group exhibitions, show her skill and versatility as an artist with using a variety of mediums to produce her art, including digital technologies for her series of “artbooks”. Mary’s artworks are represented in several public and private collections in Australia and abroad, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Library and Art Gallery of Queensland, the State Library of Victoria, the Brown Collection and Monash University Rare Books Collection.
We encourage all our alumnae to visit the exhibition at School, during School hours. On arrival, please go to Reception and you will be directed to the exhibition which is upstairs, outside the Conference Room. |
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