Blue Lavender Gallery - November 2024 - Mary Collette
Please join us in congratulating Mary Collette, this month's featured CCAL artist in the "Blue Lavender Spa Gallery." Mary is an active member of the art league, has served on numerous committees, and is an award-winning artist.
About the Artwork
Title: "Favorite Ocean Retreat:
Size: 24": x 24"
Medium: oil on canvas
Price: $350
About the Artist
Mary Collette
I am a native of Massachusetts relocating to South Carolina in 2003 following my husband’s military retirement. After years of working for the government, I acquired my position as manager and bookkeeper of the Cathedral in Charleston. During my employment there, I had the unique opportunity to observe students at the Gibbs Museum of Art create paintings using a variety of techniques. I have taken instructions through Barbie Mathis, Dale Bishop, Gretchen Parker, Michael Story and Melony Stuckey. In December 2019, I joined Crooked Creek Art League which has offered me the opportunity as an artist to learn and share art.
In 2020, I won first place at the Still Hopes Exhibit for the painting, “Durango Silverton River” and 2021 receiving first prize for the painting “Waiting” in the Juried Show at Crooked Creek. Many of my paintings have been shown at the South Carolina Fair.
CCAL Gallery Host:
The gallery is located in the lobby of Blue Lavender Spa and Medical Aesthetics at 1400 Chapin Road in Chapin. It hosts a rotating display with a new piece from a Crooked Creek Art League artist featured each month.
