mary smoot-souter
                                                                   fine artist

My art reflects my love of life; people,nature, simple everyday things that inspire me to move!
Compositional elements are found everywhere in the world; patterns in nature, unique proportions in the anatomy of the portrait, the figure, gestural movement of branches and trees, the breadth of atmospheric perspective and layers of air in space.
Countless reasons creativity helps facilitate growth; architecture, musical composition and poetry.
​To move, dance, paint,and play. This is what inspires me to be an artist.

​mary smoot souter
oil painter/ fine artist

Education:
masters of fine art
new york academy of art, new york city
classical and contemporary fine art training with the model
study of anatomy, sculpture, art history, perspective,
pictorial and design composition, color theory, etc.
studied with the late millet andrejevic and xavier de callatay 

bachelor of fine art
manhattanville college, purchase, ny
studied with master printmaker john ross, studio assistant in private studio, englewood, new jersey
teaching certification in new york
psch-hi honor society of psychology
cum laude
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​private studies
frank reilly art studio, white plains, ny  
​studied under cesare borgia (student of the late frank reilly from the art students league)
private tutorial with michael aviano in new york city
ecole a. defois, le se qua sa passavant, southern france   studied with ted seth jacobs and anthony ryder
new school for social research, new york city  milton glaser (paperback illustration)
richard schneider (landscape artist) barett house, poughkeepsie
andrew lattimore (fine artist) landscape workshop
john mcdonald (fine artist) landscape workshop

Founders Exhibition, Front Street Gallery                 Group Exhibition                              2018
Kent Library, Carmel NY                                         Solo Exhibition of Spring Florals         2017
Carmel on the Lake, Carmel NY                               Friends from Kent Library 
Howland Cultural Center, Beacon NY                        100 Group of 100 Selected
                                                                           Women Artists
The Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Ave., NY NY                                                                     2016
38th Annual Juried Painting Exhibition for Non Members                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Kent Art Association *Award of Excellence                 Spring Juried Exhibition                    
Indian Mountain School Lakeville, Connecticut            Juried Exhibition "Farms"                 
Front Street Gallery, Patterson, NY                            Juried Exhibition "Shadow"               
ArtEast Studio Tour, Patterson, NY                             White Barn Studio Tour                     2015
Eastern Hay Gallery, Pawling, NY                               Art Studio Kick Off Exhibit                 
Mark Twain Library, Redding, Connecticut                   Juried Show                                    
RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, NY                                 Featured Artist "Selected Breed"        
Kent Art Association *Award of Excellence                  Juried Exhibition                               
Katonah Library, Katonah, NY                                    Member Show                                  
School House Theater, Croton Falls, NY                      Juried Exhibition                               
ArtEast Studio Tour, Patterson, NY                             Art Studio Tour                                 
Mapplebrook School, Amenia, NY                              Selected Artist                                  2014
Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY                 Unabashedly Juried Exhibit                
Katonah Member Exhibition                                       Katonah Library                               2013
Cable Video Art Interview w/Lonna Kelly                     Hudson Valley Speaks  (utube)          
Eastside Art Gallery                                                  Pawling, NY                                     2012
Sotheby's Gallery "Take Home a Nude"                       New York, NY                                  
Charles Michael Gallery                                             North Salem, NY                              2000
Gallery on the Green "Dog Show"                              Pawling, NY                                     
Oblong Trail Festival, Cogi Farm                                Quaker Hill, Pawling, NY                    1999
McKinney & Doyle Restaurant                                   Pawling, NY                                     1998
Hudson Valley Art Association                                   White Plains, NY                               1997
Ridgefield Women's Art Association                           White Plains, NY                               1996
The Union League Club Gallery                                 East 37th St., New York, NY               
Museum Of Virginia                                                 University of Charlottesville                1990
Academy of New York Mural Atelier                           Permanent Collection, NY, NY             
Browson Art Gallery, Manhattanville College               Purchase, NY                                    1986