Watercolor artist at MLT library
Published 6:26 pm Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Discovering an art workshop in Portland, Ore., in 1996 led to another important discovery for artist Mike Mallory. He found he had a natural affinity and talent for watercolor painting. The Mountlake Terrace Art Commission presents an exhibit of Mallory’s at the Mountlake Terrace Library, now through April 30.
“When my painting is working for me, it is really a form of timeless meditation filled with color, shape and texture. My connection with the world seems to freshen and come alive in the painting process I hope that some of my experience shows through in my work,” stated Mallory.
The workshop that led to Mallory’s self-discovery was one led by Portland watercolor artist, Sue Jensen. Mallory has since studied watercolor with Dode Eastman and Eunice Smith and attended workshops in figure drawing, portraiture and Chinese watercolor.
Mallory is a founding member of the Port Gardner Bay Watercolor Society, which meets to paint, critique and discuss technique. It presents several group shows a year in Snohomish County. Along with showing their own paintings, the society has conducted plein air exhibitions at Starbucks in Everett, Fresh Paint at the Everett Marina, the Bookworks in Marysville and the Lavender Farm in Arlington. His paintings have been accepted and displayed in several juried art shows, including the Edmonds Art Festival, Stanwood-Camano Island, Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival and Arts of the Terrace.
Mallory has taken his paper and paints to Canada, England, Norway, Belgium, Italy and many parts of the United States, but his most common subjects are found in Snohomish County where he has lived for the past 27 years.
