Name: Mary St. Germain

Phone: 904-616-5588

Email: St.GermainStudios@comcast.net

Web site: marystgermain.com

Mary St. Germain is a Northeast Florida oil painter who resides and works in Jacksonville, Fl. She is a member of Oil Painters of America, Landscape Artists International, and The National League of American Pen Women. Marys work is in both private and corporate collections such as: Louisiana State Medical Center, Baptist Hospital Medical Center, and the U.S. Embassy,Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In both her studio and plein air work Mary incorporates energetic brushstrokes and the use of vivid color. Her subject matter is varied and includes the marshes, seascapes, and vegetation that connect her to her environment. In addition St. Germains still lifes incorporate personal objects collected through the years. Marys work is her personal response to her everyday environment.

My work reflects a spiritual and physical response to the environment. The imagery used is derived from a communion with the natural world, stimulating my creativity and a sense of wellbeing. While painting, a personal dialogue develops between my inner self and the canvas. Using line, space, color and other tools I work to draw the viewer into my painting to establish a dialogue of their own ~ not a verbal communication but one of thought, emotion, and memories.

My goal is to reflect the beauty and peace which I experience in nature and during the painting process. I strive to provide the viewer with a sense of tranquility and the opportunity to feel a stillness and quiet in the soul ~ a refuge from the frenetic pace of todays world.

Imagination is: self expression.