the Florida Artists Group member Mary Alice Harley

Area IV Member

Mary Alice Harley— Painter

The Flowers are Our Sisters"
40 x 30

Kats and Kettledrums
45 x 45

Monkeys and Mandolins
40 x 40

All Things are Connected
30 x40

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Member of Flag since:
2010

Mary Alice's Bio

Mary Alice holds a BS Degree in Music Education from Georgia Southern University. She taught in the
public school system until she retired to pursue a career in art. She studied at Eckerd College with
Jim Crane and Margaret Rigg. Most recently she studied with Judi Dazzio. Mary Alice holds signatures
with: Florida Watercolor Society (President in 2010), Southern Watercolor Society, International
Society of Acrylic Painters and International Society of Experimental Artists. She is an Associate
Member of the National Watercolor Society and joined the Florida Artists Group in 2010.
Her work has been shown in museums and Galleries -local, state, and national and has won many
awards. Her environmental series, "ALL THINGS CONSIDERED", hung in the Division of Cultural
Affairs Gallery for Innovation and the Arts in Tallahassee, FL.
Mary Alice paints in watercolor, acrylic and mixed media. She does experimental work in collage, wood,
and found object assemblages. Humor and color are the defining elements in her painting. Nature and simplicity of line are the trademarks of her wood sculpture and her found object assemblages.

Exhibitions and Awards:

Art and History Museum, Maitland, FL, (Gail Jones Memorial Award) sculpture and Division of Cultural Affairs Gallery for Division of Cultural Affairs Gallery for Innovation and The Arts,
Tallahassee,FL, (solo show)
The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
St. Pete Beach Art Institute
Hilton Leach Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Leepa Rattner Museum, Tarpon Springs, FL
Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, Delray Beach, FL
Appleton Museum, Ocala, FL
Melvin Art Gallery, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Cedar Key Art Center, (solo show)
Florida Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition (11 years) (Cheap Joe Award,2003)
Southern Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition (6 years)
National Watercolor Society All Members Show (2 years)
International Society of Acrylic Painters (7 years) International Society of Experimental Artists (4 years)

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