Art PrintThe Blooming of Bliss
by Mary Ketch
Unframed
In a Room
I love flowers and the abundance of nature. I also tend to like things that are a bit moody and dark. I was trying to capture both qualities in this painting, by doing a modern and fresh, impressionistic painting of the flower arrangements often depicted by traditional Dutch flower painters.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
by Mary Ketch
Mary James Ketch is a contemporary American artist living in the woods near Norman, Oklahoma. Her narrative paintings are a visual distillation of scenes of everyday life, in which the figures seem to inhabit a lyrical dream-like world. She draws on memories from childhood, family life, and the surrounding landscape. Ketch attended the University of Oklahoma before receiving her M.F.A. from the University of Southern California, School of Cinema-Television. less
