Join us as we celebrate the opening of our first quarterly show of 2025 at Motor Supply! We are honored to feature the work of Mary Ann Haven, which will be up through the end of March.

M Haven's Bio

We can begin again if we have a mind to.
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I started painting abstracts later in life when the desire to create more spontaneously could no longer be contained. When the planning and constrictions of realistic subjects were put aside, space was created for being in the inspirational flow. It took courage, trust and a willingness to witness what surfaced, knowing that it might not be easy to understand or explain.
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Being authentic requires the peeling back of layers built up from a lifetime of conformity. To paint in this manner is truly an ongoing adventure.
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Graduate of the University of North Texas with a BFA in Design
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My first positions in the professional world were as a space planner for an architectural firm and a commercial furniture specifier.
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From 1986 - 2015 I was self employed as a Working Artist.
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My specialties included:
Commissioned Art, Murals & Tromp l'eoil,
Custom Layered Plasters and Faux Finishes
Metal Leaf Gilding and Hand Painted Signage
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Up until the Spring of 2021, I had been represented by three different galleries in South Carolina. After the transformative year of 2020, I decided to pull work back into the studio. Given half a chance, the year of forced introspection might birth something new.

*featured piece is "Storm Front", 3'x 3' acrylic & mixed media over silver leaf on gallery wrapped canvas.
**photograph of artist courtesy of Jeff Amberg, photographer.