The Dewees Island Arts Council & The Dewees Island Conservancy invite you to an exhibit featuring Mary Edna Fraser at the Huyler House Gallery, September 17 - November 14, 2021...
Mary Edna's 78" x 47.5" batik on silk "From Lincoln Peak" was recently selected for display on the home page of the Environmental Defense Fund. Creators were asked to imagine the world with 100% clean energy by 2050, and for us that means protecting our natural resources first and foremost. This view depicts Lake Ellen Wilson and Lincoln Lake from 7,450 feet via Gunsight Pass Trail in Glacier National Park....
Dewees 57" x 35" batik on silk 1998
"On June 10 - 12, 2021, John (the Dr. Babe) and I travelled 90 minutes outside of Charleston to the Black River Cypress Preserve. Celie Dailey, who wrote The Batik Art of Mary Edna Fraser and managed my studio for 15 years, is the botanist there. We rode bikes 2.5 miles to the kayak landing, then had a gorgeous experience visiting a millennial cypress in its swampy home..."
BIG Thank You to Cori McIntyre for hosting & being Mary Edna's dutiful "art sherpa" during a cold February visit to Dewees Island due north of Charleston, SC. The barrier island is a nature preserve accessible only by boat, flocked with shorebirds and filled with cypress groves. Mary Edna immersed herself in the unique environment to create several new paintings, coming soon to the site!
Fun Fact: On April 26, 2004, Mary Edna's batik "Eye of Hurricane Hugo" was shown on an episode of Jeopardy...
"Bajan Mud Volcanoes" batik on silk appeared in the latest issue of the Journal of Ocean Technology. The piece is based on watercolors of the ocean floor, created on board the Woods Hole vessel Atlantis with Duke University biological oceanographer Dr. Cindy Lee Dover....
We’re involved in this Wednesday’s Virtual Art on the Beach! Tune into the IG Live on @artonthebeachchs at 7PM Eastern on Wednesday to join in on the fun. Features include @greyghostbakery @erikalynnhandmade @maryednafraser @annexdancecompany @ginocharleston @crucatering @chdmag @artonthebeachchs #aotbgoesvirtual
This week, in collaboration with Principle Gallery, Mary Edna installed two recent oil paintings plus a large metallic canvas print at the Barbados Room restaurant in the historic Mills House hotel.
Mary Edna has been quite busy during isolation: from protesting development on the property across from the dock on James Island Creek (so far, successfully) to painting her pristine natural views on large-scale canvases and in triptych.