Margaret F. Rawls (Mardy)

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Carla
14" x 21"

My Father
14x21"

Eggemoggin Sunset
21" x 14"

Hallett's Peak
21" x 14"

Cozy Harbor
10" x 14"

Portail Peint
21" x 14"

After graduation from Brown, I quickly married, raised four children, and, after moving to Lexington in 1960, became deeply involved in town politics, and, for some time, worked for the state government, leaving no time for painting.  In 1986, after defeat in a run for Selectman, I finally took up art again, starting with some classes at the DeCordova Museum School.  Watercolor was new to me, and a revelation.  I now  paint professionally, exclusively in watercolor.   Most of my commissioned work is in portraiture, and for that reason I have included four examples of that work in this website, but I paint an equal number of landscapes  and seascapes.   I am a realistic painter, and my aim has always been to achieve the transparency and luminosity that can be so effective in watercolor.  The momentary expression that brings a face to life and gives it a unique personality, and the ever changing light that gives atmosphere to a familiar scene can be captured in watercolor as in no other medium, and I find it exhilarating.

Art Education

Brown University, BA in Art, with courses at RISD, 1949
DeCordova Museum School
DudtyFletcher: Watercolor; Portrait and Life
Marjorie Glick: Watercolor
Joy Dai Buell: Portrait and Life
Lexington  Arts and Crafts Society
George Shedd: Watercolor
JosephColetta: Portrait

Memberships

New England Watercolor Society (NEWS): Signature Member since 1990
Concord  Art Association: Distinguished Artist member  since 1991
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society: Painters Guild since 1986
North Shore Arts Association: Juried Member since 2005

One Person Shows

Lincoln Public Library, in the then new Gund Addition: 1990
Loeb House at Harvard: 1990 and 1994
Lexington Public Library, Piper Gallery:1990 , Pierce Gallery 2006
Two Person Shows:
Lexington Public Library, Piper Gallery: 1996
Joint Portrait Exhibit with Stephen Coit, DeCordova Museum School Gallery : 1998

Group Shows

Numerous NEWS juried member shows and two National Open Shows
Several North Shore Arts Assn. Juried Member Shows
Many Concord Art Assn. juried shows and Distinguished Artists Shows
Regular Member shows at Lexington Arts and Crafts (not juried)
Global Warming Show at Depot Square Artists, Lexington 2007
Several charity sales and auctions
Paintings in Collections at Harvard University , Lexington Town Hall,  and in many private collections.

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