Mary Uhm Mayhew grew up in Milwaukee, surrounded by friends and neighbors and all the trappings of life in the city. After graduating from college and buying a home in rural Ozaukee County, she became fascinated by the oceans of corn and cows dominating the countryside. Mary knew these two periods of her life have inspired and influenced her artistic sensibilities.
As an artist, Mary has traveled to many locations to capture the nuances of light, color and shape on her canvases. But it is at her restored barn/studio in rural Newburg, Wisconsin where she continually finds inspiration. A white farmhouse cast in gold in the setting sun, the neighbor’s Holsteins gathering in the shade on a hot July day, clothes hanging on the line to dry, Mary finds that painting is an adventure for her. Each work is a single sentence in an ongoing story that will take a lifetime to tell.
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