Mary Sewell

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Mary Sewell is a visual artist who paints, uses photography and writes from her studio in Sheffield. It is here that she explores materials, techniques, ideas and feelings. Whether her work takes a representational, abstract or illustrative form she is interested in relationships: between a circle and line; the expression of a child or adult; herself within the world and the world within. She is concerned with issues of identity and the masks we wear, between what is artificial and natural. Often she is working through "not knowing" exploring the grounds of what she can or can't express through images and words.

"I don't think I know who I am" (this doesn't sound too promising).

"I don't think, I know who I am" (with the comma, this sounds better).

The work she creates in her studio feeds the work she does as a community artist. It allows her to share, through experience the creative process with different groups, the difficulties and joys.

This site lets you view a selection of Mary's painting and photographs and find out more about the work she does as a community artist.