Biography

Mary Harnett is a Fine Artist, a Painter.  Mary’s formal artistic training started as a teenager at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco; she holds a B.F.A. in Drawing & Painting from the California College of Arts & Crafts and a M.S.M. from Regis University.  Her career has included stints as a technical illustrator, an archaeologist, a land surveyor, a civil design engineer, and a land manager. Mary made a lifelong commitment to painting and for the past twenty years she’s had the privilege of being a full-time artist. 

She is a skilled watercolorist, oil painter, and graphic artist. Her work is represented in public and private collections across the U.S. She teaches watercolor painting to adults, has volunteered teaching art in the 8th Judicial District Juvenile Drug Court, and is the former Director of the Colorado Coalition of Artists. After a 2 ½ year Pandemic Pause in exhibiting, Mary is now pleased to be part of the 3 Square Art Studios in Ft. Collins.

Artist Statement

My name is Mary Harnett. I am a woman, a painter.

Created over a lifetime, my body of work includes small to large scale drawings and paintings in various mediums, with subject matter varying from classic representation, social commentary, contemporary abstractions and deconstructed realism.

Over time I’ve learned what an extraordinary gift, what a privilege it is is to be an artist

The search for beauty and meaning, purpose and truth, challenging my intellect, and the physical joy in the act of painting define my life. 

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