Artist Information:
Tori Mains
College Park, MD
United States
Member Since: Oct 2002
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Artist Statement:
My paintings reflect my unique
observations of all that I see
and my participation in life.
I strive to capture the spirit
and essence – the metaphysical
– as well as the physical
aspects of the image. This is
a conscious desire to share my
visions of the world bathed in
color and light with the
viewers of my paintings,
hopefully bringing incredible
brightness to their everyday
viewing and acknowledgement of
the beauty that surrounds us.
Paintings are created and
composed mostly in my mind
from thoughts and ideas that
are triggered by scenes and
objects that I find in life.
Since I have become so
comfortable and in-tune with
the medium of watercolor, in
most cases I am able to go
from the composition and
techniques that I have
formalized in my heart and
mind directly to the
watercolor paper. This direct
approach allows me to move
forward with my painting
without the necessity of
creating preliminary
composition sketches in most
cases, since I have already
spent many hours abstractly in
preparation on how I would
like the painting to come
together. I will lightly
sketch the basic forms and
shapes that I have envisioned
and place them in their ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
. Exhibited in Singular
Sensations at the Columbia Art
Center, Columbia, Maryland.
Three paintings accepted.
December 5, 2002 through
December 15, 2002.
. Exhibited in the
Juried Baltimore Watercolor
Society Show at the Columbia
Art Center, Columbia,
Maryland. January 11, 2001
through February 11, 2001.
Juror: Yifei-Gan, Professor
of the Arts...
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Artist Galleries:
Maryland Federation of Art
Gallery on the Circle,
Annapolis, MD - have shown
there a number of times.
Maryland Hall for the Creative
Arts, Artist-in-Residence
Gallery, Annapolis, MD - have
shown there a number of times.
Art Gallery of Fells Point,
Baltimore, MD...
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Artist Reviews:
Though I have only been
showing my work around a short
time, my wonderful husband,
family, friends, fine art
peers, co-workers and even
strangers have have many
wonderful things to say about
my work. I have been
encouraged to continue, and to
quit my day job to do so!
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Collections:
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kuhn, Silver
Spring, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Tom McHare,
Darnstown, MD...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Tori Mains's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Tori Mains's Portfolio. Browse Mains's body of work: My paintings reflect my unique observations of all that I see and my participation in life. I strive to capture the spirit and essence – the metaphysical – as well as the physical aspects of the image. This is a conscious desire to share my visions of the world bathed in color and light with the viewers of my paintings, hopefully bringing incredible brightness to their everyday viewing and acknowledgement of the beauty that surrounds us.
Paintings are created and composed mostly in my mind from thoughts and ideas that are triggered by scenes and objects that I find in life. Since ... |
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Beautiful in Blue, 2000
Watercolor,
20 x 28 inches
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Bad Hair Day, 2000
Watercolor,
17 x 23 inches
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Spirit of the Wolf, 2001
Watercolor,
20 x 31 inches
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Tears of the Lily, 2002
Watercolor,
13 x 17 inches
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Delicious Green-Yellow Pears, 2001
Watercolor,
18 x 12 inches
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Dream Sequence, 1999
Watercolor,
11 x 17 inches
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