Mary Grigonis Studio: Avila study. In memory of Paula Owen Viola

Monday, April 22, 2013

Avila study. In memory of Paula Owen Viola

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HLRussellApril 22, 2013 at 11:09 AM
Great sense of space; very dramatic!
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Mary GrigonisBorn in Brazil and raised in Ghana, Mary S. Grigonis specializes in oil paintings done from life, on site almost anywhere. She has painted outside across DC, from Anacostia to the National Cathedral, and internationally from France to Siberia–construction sites, train stations, museums, subways, “the more chaotic, the better.” Grigonis is in the archives of the National Gallery as the painter who recorded the 1995 Vermeer exhibit. Her most recent site-specific work is her 2008 Golden Triangle Call Box Series. The subject of a cover story inArt Calendar, Grigonis was also featured in an article in American Artistmagazine. She has studied at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Santa Reparata Scuolein Florence, and the University of Virginia, and received funding from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Art in Public Places & Cultural Tourism Programs; Vermont Studio School/Colony; Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities; NNEDV; and the Allstate Foundation Education and Job Training Assistance Fund. She has exhibited at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington Studio School, Museum of Contemporary Art, Willow Street Gallery, the Children’s National Medical Cen ter, Galerie Vielle du Temple in Paris, the Puck Building in NY’s Soho, and the Bayly Museum in Charlottesville. She as worked as a visual consultant with Dr. Allen Salerian and long contributed to CentroNia’s Arts Galas. Reviewed widely, she has work in private collections throughout the U.S. and Europe. She has long been represented by Burton Marinkovich Fine Art in Washington, DC’s Dupont Circle.

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Avila study. In memory of Paula Owen Viola

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