Mary Burke

Resume

Education

Mary Burke graduated with honors from Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork, Ireland, with a degree in Fine Art, majoring in printmaking and course work in the M. S. degree program in art education at Rhode Island College. She has also taken classes at Rhode Island School of Design, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Warehouse Studios, Yocum Institute, and Goggleworks Center for the Arts in Reading, PA.

As an artist, she has continued developing her work by taking workshops led by award-winning artists such as Linda Benton McCloskey, Bruce Becker, Dan Lee, and online classes taught by Nicholas Wilton and Louise Fletcher.

Style

Mary works primarily in watercolors in a fluid and experimental style, using non-traditional tools and combining different mediums with watercolor. This way of working has been very liberating and exciting, where the process of painting itself is becoming as important as the idea. It is a combination of spontaneity and control.

Her art has become a lot more abstract, often combining elements of abstraction with realism. At times Mary will work in cold wax oil, using it as a secondary medium. Her process is as fluid as the materials she is using. She often focuses on an image or mood she wishes to project, and from there, selects the medium and color palette that reflects her inspiration. 

Family

Mary lives in Berks County, Pennsylvania, with her husband Matthew, they have three children. Mary is a member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Oil Painters of America, Art Plus Gallery, Lancaster County Art Association, and Studio B. She also taught middle and high school art and developed an art program for youth in Cobh, Ireland. In the U.S., she has worked in several volunteer art programs through organizations like the Salvation Army. 

Galleries

Art Plus Gallery Reading, PA                                      

Studio B Gallery Boyertown, PA                              

Exhibitions

2021

The Art Room

Lancaster County Art Alliance

Studio B

National Audubon Society

Lebanon Arts Council Solo Show

2019

Light Space Time, 9th Seascape Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention

Say Cheese West Reading PA Featured Artist

Chef Alan's Restaurant West Reading PA Featured Artist

Reading Hospital Featured Artist

2018

Warehouse Studio Group Show             

Tri-County Art Show Group Show 

Weichert Realtors Featured Artist 

Alt-Easel Art Plus Gallery Group Show

Jazz Show Art Plus Gallery Group Show

2017

Tri-County Art Show Group Show 

Weichert Realtors Group Show

Berks Art Alliance Group Show

2016

Tri-County Art Show  

Featured Artist

YR Club Reading PA Featured Artist

Berks Art Alliance Juried Show

Warehouse Studio Group Show

2015

Warehouse Studio Group Show 

Tri-County Art Show Group show 

Say Cheese West Reading PA Featured Artist 

The Art of Jazz Juried Show 

YR Club Reading Pa Group Show

1st place the Hamburg Area Art Alliance Juried Show 

2014

Goggleworks Reading PA Group show 

The Art of Jazz Juried show         

Goggleworks Reading PA Group show 2013.  

Goggleworks Reading PA Group show 2012.

Goggleworks Reading PA Group Show 2011.

Articles:  

Avenues Magazine 2022

Avenues Magazine Summer 2015

Tri-County Record April 2016  

Private Collectors

Nate Stoltzfus, Melrose, MA (3 Pieces)

Sue Reuker, Providence RI

Crystal Hung, California.  

Kami Fecho, Wyomissing Pennsylvania (6 Pieces)  

Diane Schenk, Morgantown Pa  

Marg Wolf, Auburn, PA.  

Nancy O Leary, Shillington, PA  

Ann Bohara, Birdsboro, PA (2 Pieces)  

Lynne Burkholder, Elverson, PA (2 Pieces)  

Saylor House, LLC, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 

Dr. and Mrs. C. McCarthy, Pottstown, PA

Jill Moyer, Morgantown PA

Ann Law, Elverson PA (2 Pieces) 

Waynebrook Inn, Honeybrook, PA

Jill Waters, Morgantown, PA

Paul Smith, Lansdown PA

Sharon Sacks Lancaster PA 

Member of the Rotary Club Morgantown, PA

Nicole Carr, Wyomissing, PA  

Tracy Salas, Royersford, PA 19468 (2 Pieces)

Victoria Troutman, Womelsdorf, PA

Colby Beiler, Reading, PA ( 2 Pieces)

Dr. Scott Wallace, Elverson, PA

Misty Bastian, Reading PA

Barbara McGuirk, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland

Mr. Brendan Burke, Cork, Ireland

Mrs. B. Ryan, Limerick, Ireland

Private Collection, Rotary Club, Morgantown, PA  

Private Collection, Ohio, PA

Private Collection, Wyomissing PA

Private Collection, Hamburg, PA

Private Collection, Reading PA (2 Pieces)

Private Collection, Reading, PA

Private Collection, Dublin, Ireland