Mary Sullivan Studio
Mary Sullivan’s studio is nameless unless you can call a garage a name. It transforms magically from a place she keeps her car into a tour location for her pottery and the guests she has from year to year. This year she is hosting Dorothy Cullen (mosaics) again as well as a new member of the tour, Lianne Miller (Jewellery).
Mary has been associated with the tour for almost 20 years, first as a webmaster, then social media and brochure designer and for the last eight years as an artist as well. She has passed the baton of her design pursuits to concentrate on her art this year.
When Mary started out on her journey in clay, she really wanted to sculpt. However, pottery is a seductive medium and she’s made mugs, bowls, platters and added her distinct quirky drawings to make them her own. However, she’s managed to still keep up with her love of sculpture in her fun garden art. In fact, this year she is one of six artists that have been chosen for the Fenelon Falls Downtown Sculpture Exhibition. Shown is one of her garden sculptures that will be available during the tour.
Mary Sullivan
I love art of all kinds. My current passion is for ceramics and I create functional pieces with whimsical drawings as well as sculptural pieces for the home and garden. I used to paint, but decided to blend my painting skills with pottery and now my pieces have humorous animals and other characters that I hope make you smile as you use them.
I was introduced to linocut printing a few years ago while taking a class. I fell in love with the immediacy of it (pottery takes quite some time and has many steps) and I now turn the prints into greeting cards. These also are whimsical designs which have blank insides so you can add your own message. I may have to live until I’m 100 in order to use up all the art supplies I have yet to use!
(705) 328-0317
marys477@hotmail.com
