Mary Powers-Holt

I spend time walking in the evening searching for subtle changes in light and landscape colors for inspiration. I walk in natural surroundings and hope to find new material for painting in my photographs and sometimes painting on site. I love blending the colors of the sky into the landscape and I am inspired by abstract shapes and forms in atmospheric color. My home is on what was once a working farm and the old buildings are magical when they are illuminated by the moon or artificial light. There is a sense of history and time passing as day extends into evening around these structures. I stumbled on a scientific definition for what I love to paint and it is “Scattering Light”. A simple definition from various secondary sources I found is at sunrise or sunset, the sun is located near the horizon of the Earth and light has to travel longer through the Earth’s atmosphere and when white sunlight falls on atmospheric particles, blue light scatters out to space while red light scatters less… I love following this atmospheric process in my paintings. The work in my show is from 2022 and 2023 and they chronicle my close to home adventures through the seasons of scattering light. 

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Mary Powers-Holt's solo exhibition is on view May 10 - June 4, 2023.  A selection work from that show is available at the gallery as indicated below.  For inquiries on all other works shown, please Contact Us


Black Walnut Tree and Smoke House, acrylic on linen, 36" x 24"  Available 

Early Autumn Sky and Summer Weeds, acrylic on linen, 24" x 36"  Available 


Cloudy Night Moon, acrylic on linen, 22" x 28"  Available 


The Gray Swan, acrylic on aluminum panel, 16" x 20"  Available 


Evening Sunflowers, acrylic on linen, 24" x 30"  Available 


Rough Water - April, acrylic on linen, 30" x 36"  Available 


Entwined, acrylic on linen, 24" x 36"  Available 


Rest, acrylic on linen, 22"x 28"  Available  


New Year's Day, acrylic on linen, 22" x 28"  Available 


Scattering Light, acrylic on linen, 24" x 30"  Available 


Beach Clouds, acrylic on aluminum panel, 12" x 12"  Available 


View from the Hill, acrylic on aluminum panel, 12" x 12"  Available 


Night Shirt, acrylic on board, 16" x 20"  Available 


Night Picnic, acrylic on aluminum panel, 16" x 20"  SOLD 


Shag Bark Hickory Autumn, acrylic on board, 24" x 18"  Available 


Morning Garden, acrylic on aluminum panel, 8" x 10"  Available 


Shimmer Green, acrylic on aluminum panel, 8" x 10"  Available 


Edge of the Woods, acrylic on linen, 30" x 30" 


Emerging, acrylic on linen on panel, 20" x 20" 


Fallen I, acrylic on linen, 30" x 30" 


Fallen II, acrylic on linen, 30" x 36" 


Reflections - Three Suns, acrylic on linen, 30" x 36" 


Silver Sun, acrylic on aluminum panel, 12" x 12" 


Harvest Moon, acrylic on aluminum panel, 12" x 12" 


Wetlands, Cape May Point, acrylic on linen on aluminum panel, 12" x 12" 


December 26 Walk, acrylic on aluminum panel, 12" x 12"  SOLD 


Winter Sky, acrylic on birch panel, 12" x 12" 


Stormy Sky, acrylic on board, 6" x 6" SOLD


Winter Lake, acrylic on birch panel, 10" x 14" ellipse