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LET'S BE BOLD ART SHOW
Mary Back

Mary has been painting since the 8th grade and has created pottery since her early years in Harford Community College and Towson University in Maryland. She took all the art classes she could while obtaining her degree from the University of Maryland. After retirement as Director of the U.S.Treasury Department, she worked for Sabeware Pottery Studio making special orders. She took lots of workshops of all the arts including: watercolor from well known artists Steve Rogers, Dorothy Brum, and Tom Jones etc., and oil painting from Caroline Jaspers , Erlinda Fitzpatrick, etc. and pottery from Van Guilder and Ramon from Hawaii to name a few. Mary has won numerous awards in shows in art shows of the Eastern Shore. Most recently, she won the best still life in a show in Bethany Beach area of Delaware and the Worcester County Art League in Berlin, Maryland. Her work has been recently purchased by the Boston Museum of Fine Art and is hung in their museum. She teaches pottery and painting to both adults and children at her studios in Eastern Shore Virginia and Daytona Beach, Florida. She also teaches Art Camp for the Worcester Art Council in Berlin, Maryland.  www.clayguildeasternshore.com/mary-back.html



BIG BOLD FLOWERS
Mary Back


$375  SOLD
Medium
Size: 36" H, 36" W
Unframed

I wanted something different, something big for a tiny room in my home in Florida. I'd seen this arrangement in a Florist nearby and took pictures and decided this is it, the perfect setting for my new home.

Questions?  Email maryback@msn.com
Delivery: Local pickup at CCA on 8/1 from 2pm to 4pm

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CHINCOTEAGUE PONY
Mary Back

$295
Pottery
Size: 12" H, 10" W

I took pictures of ponies living on the Chincoteague Island and decided to do a sculpture and have it fired in raku. I took a lot of pictures and sculpted out the head. I cut the piece in half and scraped out the insides so that there would be no major cracks when fired. I glazed all the parts I wanted to keep off white. I left the mane free of glaze and the eyes and lips. I glazed the rest with crackle cone 04 glaze and had it fired at a raku firing at the Eastern Shore Potters Guild. The glaze cracked and the smoke left beautiful lines in the face of the horse. It is a one of a kind piece.

Questions?  Email maryback@msn.com
Delivery: Local pickup at CCA on 8/1 from 2pm to 4pm

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OCTOPUS BOWL
Mary Back

$99
Pottery
Size: 12" H, 10" W

I was at an art show and received a request from a couple to create an octopus bowl for their daughter who is an oceanographer. I made the piece and have been making them ever since. They are very difficult to create because the bowl must be dry enough to clean the bottom yet wet enough to put the octopus on it and adhere to the walls of the piece.

Questions?  Email maryback@msn.com
Delivery: Local pickup at CCA on 8/1 from 2pm to 4pm

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  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Our History
    • Board of Directors
    • Our Supporters
  • Calendar
  • Events & Programs
    • Art >
      • CCA Kitchen Gallery
      • Plein Air Art Show
    • Classes >
      • Adult & Youth Classes
      • Register for a Class
      • Apply to Teach a Class
      • Kids Art Classes
    • Markets >
      • Markets Home
    • Performance >
      • Modern Band Concert
      • Chincoteague Island Theatre Company >
        • Upcoming Productions
        • Past Productions
        • The Bivalve Trail >
          • Episodes 1-5: The Life of Thomas Downing
      • Storytelling
      • Island Coffeehouse
      • Music at the Dock
    • Senior Bingo
    • Summer Cinema Series
    • Volunteer Party
  • Get Involved
  • Donate