Artist Name: Mary Ann Baty
Artist Bio:
Native of Billings, MT
Obtained BA in Art and in English
from MSU-Billings in 2011. I enjoy photography as well as
painting and drawing media. The pleasure of puzzling out
adaptations in media during the composition of concepts with
more than two dimensions makes me smile.
Title of
artwork: Between the Flames (Prelude in the key of “P”)
Description of Artwork: Mixed media painting with added
three-dimensional structures.
Two pieces, cello and
stand: Wounded, decommissioned cello morphing into a phoenix in
a metaphor of healing. Cello is seated on a painted wooden stand
with two attached molded/painted rock forms along with eggshell
forms that contain a burning egg. The shells, with the egg form
seated inside, rest on the front rock form.
Artist
Statement: The phoenix myth has been a favorite of mine for
years, but this particular inspiration goes back to the February
24 thought for the day on my calendar: ‘“It’s the space between
the bars that holds the tiger,” as they say in Zen, and it’s the
silence between the notes that makes the music.”’ My personal
contribution to this meditation is that everything has a phoenix
inside, and the space between the flames of change enables
transformation.
The prelude in the key of “P” reference
in the title is my bit of whimsy as I nod in respect to the
special language that we call music.
Approximate Retail
Value: $2,000
