About Mary Bennett

Visual Artist | Mary Bennett

ABOUT THE ARTIST

As a native New Yorker with family roots in Malta, Mary lived on a Caribbean island before moving to Las Vegas. Mary Bennett's interest in multi-cultural portraiture is no surprise.
Although largely self-taught through study of the Masters, Mary has also taken art instruction at SUNY Purchase in New York and engaged in private tuition. She makes a particular point of experimenting with different forms of mediums but most closely chooses to work with pastel.
Mary has exhibited her work in New York City, Greenwich (CT), Westchester County (NY), the Bahamas Art Gallery, and the Central Bank of the Bahamas in Nassau. She was a volunteer art teacher in the primary schools on the islands for eight years. Her works in private collections worldwide.
In the future, Mary hopes to get involved in art therapy to aid troubled children to express their emotions through art in an unstructured environment. She views art as something that can be used to sensitize the minds of children and adults in this age of machines and desensitization.

Excerpts from the ARTIST'S STATEMENT

"I'm expressing myself through the people I've met throughout my life and my travels, through their faces and through the loving bonds that people have with each other."
"From childhood we use our hands and fingers to shape objects, and so the medium I prefer, Pastel, is the one where I can be more intimate with my creations."
"Don't expect strict realism or "portraits" because I believe my forte lies in interpreting my own unique vision rather than reproducing an exact likeness."
"The painter is the eyes of the world, the face is the jewel in the Crown of the Heart"