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Born
In 1951, Mary Jane resides in Newport NH with her husband Mark Cross.
Mary Jane's desire to make beautiful things began a serious journey to
live an artist's life by age 8. In 1970-1973 studies at the Worcester
Art Museum School in Worcester MA began her insatiable appetite for
museums, galleries , biographies, paintings and then their storytelling
in paint. Cross found the season of expressionism of the 70's to fall
short of the academic skills that were desired. So, shortly after
graduation she patterned a curriculum for herself and a few students
after the French Academic Painters, and the Pre Raphaelites. Studying
how other artists were trained gave her the courage to find what her own
voice would be. A few workshops along the way with Daniel Green, then 15 years of mentoring in atmospheric color treatment with Fran Hoyt, a student of Vincent Dumond of the Arts Students League, she began to round out studious 'perspiration'. Gerome, Bouguereau, Lefebvre, the Pre Raphaelites, Jules Bastian LePage, Mary Cassatt, Lord Leighton left their romantic sumptuous themes, models and exquisite technical ability to story-tell in captivating ways rounded out the 'inspiration' that continues to captivate and embody her work.
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Shaun
Downey
Downey
Born in 1978 Shaun Downey spent his childhood in Oshawa, Ontario. His
father worked at the local General Motors plant, as do many of the
residents of the small but mighty city. As the end of high school drew
near Shaun decided to stick with his gut and pursue a career as an
artist. After getting rejected for entry to the animation program at
Sheridan College, he found a small animation school opening up in
Toronto where a few fellow art students from his high school were
working . When he arrived at the school he was amazed to see rows of
charcoal cast drawings, highly rendered figure drawings and classically
inspired paintings. The animation classes were a new addition to the
already thriving classical drawing and painting school called "Angel
Studios", which was headed by painter Michael John Angel.
A student of the great Italian painter Pietro Annigoni, Michael John Angel was running two schools at the time, one in Toronto and one in Florence Italy which he still heads today. Once Shaun saw the level of quality in the student's work, he immediately switched his focus from animation to figurative drawing and painting, and began classes the next week.
A student of the great Italian painter Pietro Annigoni, Michael John Angel was running two schools at the time, one in Toronto and one in Florence Italy which he still heads today. Once Shaun saw the level of quality in the student's work, he immediately switched his focus from animation to figurative drawing and painting, and began classes the next week.
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