Martha Jo Mahoney
     
Martha Horse Hugging
Martha's Laugh

About Artist

  • Artwork chosen for mural design of 32-story Dynetech building in downtown Orlando, along with two 6-story panels of artwork.
  • Solo Shows include Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL; Q Gallery, Orlando; Miller Gallery, Winter Park; New York Public Library, Jefferson Market, NYC.
  • Collections include Lincoln Properties, Orlando, FL and Hilton Inns, Maitland, FL.
  • Exhibitions include Deland Museum of Art, Rollins College, Orlando Opera Guild, Orange County Administration Building, United Arts of Central Florida, Meridian Gallery, Thomasville, GA; Avalon Gallery, Orlando.
  • Numerous outdoor shows in the northeast United States winning many “Best of Shows”.
    Publications include “Expressive Drawing, Steve Aimone, Lark Books 2009
  • Represented by: Deloney Newkirk Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    Hunt Home Couture, Huntsville, AL

Mahoney’s paintings have been in many private collections. Her work was recently used in the design for the Dynetech Building in downtown Orlando, Florida. Her studio is at the McRae Art Studios, 906 Railroad Avenue, Winter Park, Fl 32789, mmahoney@mcraeartstudios.com.  She is a member of Crealde Arts, Maitland Art Center, Orlando Museum of Arts and Artist Registry.com.

Artist Statement

"The endless potential of non-objective painting intrigues me. This form of expression has always provided me with an unparalleled means of conveying emotion and mood.

My work focuses on the evocative and poetic rather than the descriptive. Painted arrangements are metaphors for things in nature, both physical and spiritual. Elements and relationships come into being, evolve, and phase out or transform, just as things do in life. The process is fluid and organic. I work over and layer the paint, taking away, adding, and balancing accident and control to arrive at a feeling of resolution.

For the last several years, my paintings often began with a feeling about or recollection of a landscape. The most recent work begins with automatic drawing—a series of gestural, linear movements that come from my interior, from a place of 'no mind.' "

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