MARIAN MAXEY SMITH
With no formal art training since high school in the mid 80’s, I have followed—since childhood—the path of passionate fascination with various artistic mediums, ranging from charcoals to pencil sketches to acrylic paintings to mosaic tile creations and mixed media presentations. My works are reflections of both my love of the natural world and my ruminations about the spiritual world; I especially am interested in how these two worlds converge for good.
Born in 1969, I am a Georgia native, presently residing in Watkinsville, Georgia. I earned an Associate of Arts from Oxford College of Emory University, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Emory University, and a Master of Arts in English Education from the University of Georgia. I am a formally certified English teacher who, after instructing in the public schools for several years, stayed home to raise my two children. My artistic bent has developed on an upward trajectory through these child rearing years as I've sought to teach my own children to appreciate the beauty in the natural world and to nurture their spiritual well beings, all with the goal of impressing upon them the wisdom of a favorite Catholic theologian, Thomas Merton, who stated in his No Man Is an Island that “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." I believe Merton had it right. It’s all about that convergence.
I am fortunate and humbled to be associated with artistic friends/mentors at The Farmington Depot Gallery. I also am both thankful and proud to be offering my work to the public through the group efforts at the Farmington Depot Gallery, and I look forward to meeting you through this venue or otherwise.
marianmaxeysmith.art@gmail.com
www.marianmaxeysmithart.com
(706) 296-8417
With no formal art training since high school in the mid 80’s, I have followed—since childhood—the path of passionate fascination with various artistic mediums, ranging from charcoals to pencil sketches to acrylic paintings to mosaic tile creations and mixed media presentations. My works are reflections of both my love of the natural world and my ruminations about the spiritual world; I especially am interested in how these two worlds converge for good.
Born in 1969, I am a Georgia native, presently residing in Watkinsville, Georgia. I earned an Associate of Arts from Oxford College of Emory University, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Emory University, and a Master of Arts in English Education from the University of Georgia. I am a formally certified English teacher who, after instructing in the public schools for several years, stayed home to raise my two children. My artistic bent has developed on an upward trajectory through these child rearing years as I've sought to teach my own children to appreciate the beauty in the natural world and to nurture their spiritual well beings, all with the goal of impressing upon them the wisdom of a favorite Catholic theologian, Thomas Merton, who stated in his No Man Is an Island that “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." I believe Merton had it right. It’s all about that convergence.
I am fortunate and humbled to be associated with artistic friends/mentors at The Farmington Depot Gallery. I also am both thankful and proud to be offering my work to the public through the group efforts at the Farmington Depot Gallery, and I look forward to meeting you through this venue or otherwise.
marianmaxeysmith.art@gmail.com
www.marianmaxeysmithart.com
(706) 296-8417