“I think of my paintings; which are situated between abstraction and recognizable form, as explorations in beauty and the spiritual presence found in nature.”

"I live along the banks of the Housatonic River, an ever-changing yet gentle force of nature. From my windows, I can see how the swift-moving water catches the colors of the sunrise, the afterglow of early evening, and the silver-gold shimmer of the moonlight. Each day on the river is different from the last, and like the unexpected turns of life itself, the coursing waters always bring fascinating and sometimes breathtaking experiences into view: The migration of birds traveling over this liquid highway; the arcing fish that break up the ice in early spring, when thousands of shards flow down the river in lily-like clusters. This life force, a gift from nature, deserves to be restored and protected for all time and shared with the generations to come.

The paintings I made for this exhibition celebrate the magical play of light on the waters of the Housatonic, this river that I love.”

Berkshire-based artist, Mary Sipp Green has been living as a painter for most of her adult life.  She began drawing and painting as a child at her father’s studio in Manhattan. She went on to earn a degree at FIT where she studied apparel design before moving to the Berkshires with her family in the 1970's. Here, inspired by the local landscape, she returned to her love of painting. Sipp Green’s work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in both galleries and museums throughout the United States. She is represented by the Findlay Galleries in New York City, NY  and Palm Beach FL. ,The Granary Gallery in Martha's Vineyard and ,locally, at the Greylock Gallery in Williamstown, MA. Her paintings are in the permanent collections of various museums in America. A monograph titled 'Every Hour of The Light , The Paintings of Mary Sipp Green was published by The Artist Book Foundation and is available for purchase online.

**All images and work herein © Mary Sipp-Green. No reproduction or use in any form without express written permission from the artist. All rights reserved.

Selected Public Exhibitions:

2014: “Recent Acquisitions: Butler Pastel Collection” , Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

2005: “Re-Presenting Representation” , Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY

“Mary Sipp-Green, Selected Works (1990-2004)” , Solo Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Fine Art, Springfield, MA

“The Power of Place: The Berkshires” , Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

2004: “Housatonic River Reflections” , Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA

1994: 169th Annual Museum Juried Exhibition, National Academy Museum, New York City, NY

1992: 167th Annual Museum Juried Exhibition, Received the Adolph and Clara Obrig Prize, National Academy Museum, New York City, NY

1990: 165th Annual Museum Juried Exhibition, National Academy Museum, New York City, NY