{"product_id":"dance-of-the-monstera-by-mary-spears","title":"Dance of the Monstera by Mary Spears","description":"\u003cp\u003ePainted Paper Collage on Panel \u003cbr\u003e36\" h x 72\" w \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe process of collage takes Mary’s work into a new dimension. The use of Mary’s hand painted papers and additional hand made papers from around the globe create interesting texture and exaggerated movement in these collages. The effect is a visual cross between painting, mosaic and block printing. Light and color and shape taking flowers and water and landscapes to the edge of abstraction and back again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eColorful, playful, and bold, \u003cb\u003eMary Spears’s \u003c\/b\u003efine art collages take you to the essence of tropical Hawaii. A successful painter and printmaker for many years, Mary became inspired by the mosaics of Pompeii and began this exciting new direction in her work. Each piece awakens the feeling of joyful whimsy as you view the lovely overall painting and then the little pieces of torn, hand-painted paper that make it up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eAn active art instructor, Mary teaches at the Four Seasons Hualalai as the artist-in-residence at KeʻOlu. She’s designed fabric for Kahala Sportswear, and logos for Liquid Robotics, Jupiter Research Foundation, Bioscape Hawaii and others. Her artwork is in private and public collections including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Chicago Lighthouse, the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, the Fairmont Wailea, and Kaiser Permanente. She’s been featured in numerous publications include \u003ci\u003eArtists \u0026amp; Illustrators Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Santa Fe’s \u003ci\u003eTHE Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning coffee table book \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAloha Expressionism by Contemporary Hawaii Artists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, and local Hawaii and corporate publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/181338507\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Spears","offers":[{"title":"36\" h x 72\" w","offer_id":46548901691591,"sku":null,"price":16000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0259\/5930\/1204\/files\/DanceofMonsters.jpg?v=1778808929","url":"https:\/\/tiffanysartagency.com\/products\/dance-of-the-monstera-by-mary-spears","provider":"Tiffany's Art Agency","version":"1.0","type":"link"}