Mary Baranowski-Lowden
My work is of the narrative, imagery drawn from my own life. Their main focuses are about home, my children, my garden, and our summers together. Simple images we encounter make a visual imprint and resurface as a memory. My latest etchings have been influenced by my travels, the different people, places and cultures has expanded my artistic vocabulary. I feel my prints are most successful when they capture not only the memory but also the essence of this experience.
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Koi II
18.5 x 46.5 Inches  (paper size)
Intaglio
$800 (Unframed)
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Koi I
18.5 x 46.5 Inches  (paper size)
Etching
$800 (Unframed)
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"a ship that goes a-sailing on the pond"
16 x 36 Inches  (paper size)
Intaglio
$350 (Unframed)
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"a ship that goes a-sailing on the pond" (detail)
16 x 36 Inches  (paper size)
Intaglio
$350 (Unframed)
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"a ship that goes a-sailing on the pond" (detail)
16 x 36 Inches  (paper size)
Intaglio
$350 (Unframed)
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"With him beside me to help me... it's a-sailing I shall go" (detail)
13.5 x 35 Inches  (paper size)
Intaglio
$350 (Unframed)
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"With him beside me to help me... it's a-sailing I shall go"
13.5 x 35 Inches  (paper size)
Intaglio
$350 (Unframed)
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"With him beside me to help me... it's a-sailing I shall go" (detail)
13.5 x 35 Inches  (paper size)
Intaglio
$350 (Unframed)
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Parrot Tulips
22.5 x 30 Inches  (paper size)
Etching
$400 (Unframed)
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Thai Journal III
22 x 22 Inches  (paper size)
Intaglio
$250 (Unframed)
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Sweet Pea
Intaglio
$300 (Unframed)
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Koi III
Etching
$800 (Unframed)
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Koi I (detail)
Etching
$800 (Unframed)


Education
1990-1994 University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Independent and directed study programs in Printmaking

1976-1977 Specialist Diploma in Art Education
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1973-1976 Bachelor of Fine Arts-with distinction
Major in Art Education and Theater Design
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec


Selected Collections
Florean Museum, Romania
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Venice,Italy
University of Calgary, Scurfield Hall, Calgary, Alberta
Cross Cancer Clinic, Edmonton, Alberta
Ernst & Young, Calgary, Alberta
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Lycee Louis Pasteur, Calgary, Alberta
Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, Calgary, Alberta
Calgary Regional Arts Foundation, Calgary, Alberta
Embro Capital, Calgary, Alberta
Ontario Securities Commission, Toronto,Ontario
Donalda Club, Toronto,Ontario


Selected Commissions
2003     “Pieghe”  [Fold]  collaborative artists book project, Scuola  
            Internazionale di Grafic Venezia, Venice Italy

           Open studio Playing card project 2003, contributing artist     
        
2000     Keynote Speaker, Lycee Louis Pasteur Society,
            Calgary, Alberta  
                    
1995     Guest Curator of Group Print Exhibition - Folio Gallery,
            Calgary, Alberta
                          
           Guest Speaker-Alberta Medical Association Family
            Practice Conference,Banff, Alberta

Selected Group Exhibitions
2005     “Gift” ,Paul Kuhn Gallery,Calgary Alberta (Invitation)

            100 Prints , Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario (Juried)

2004     “Blossoms”, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario (Juried)

2003      Interconnection – Japan & Alberta ,Gallery San Chun,
             Calgary, Alberta

             100 Prints , Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario (Juried)

2002      “1980 - 2000 Generations”, Gallery San Chun,
             Calgary, Alberta (Juried)

             “Three Generations of Printmakers”, Leighton
             Foundation and Art Gallery, Calgary, ALB (Invitation)

             Art Gallery of Ontario,Art Sales and Rental Gallery,
             Toronto ,Ontario, (Juried)

             “Then and Now”, Upper Canada College,
              Toronto ,Ontario (Invitation)

2001      Untitled Arts Society Gallery,  Calgary, Alberta

             McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

2000      International Small Engravings, Salon, Florean Museum,
             Romania (Invitation)

             BIMPE 1 1st International Miniature Print Exhibition,
             Dundarave Print Workshop and Newleaf Editions,
             Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Juried)

             “Creating a Legacy”, Works From the Calgary Allied
             Arts Foundation Collection, Triangle Gallery,
             Calgary, Alberta (Juried)

             “On Paper,” Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Sales and
             Rental Gallery, Toronto Ontario (Juried)

             “Brave New Prints” Alberta Printmaker’s Society,
             Portfolio (Invitation)

1999      Millennium Portfolio- Printmaking Department University of
             Calgary Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta ( Invitation)

             “X” Tenth Anniversary Portfolio, Alberta Printmaker’s
             Society, Gallery San Chun, Calgary, Alberta

            “X” Tenth Anniversary Portfolio, Alberta Printmaker’s
            Society, Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2001          Open Studio “Drawn from Life” Toronto, Ontario

1997          Alliance Francais “Only in Canada? Pity....”
                 Calgary, Alberta

1994           Folio Gallery “Imprinted Memories”
                  Calgary, Alberta

1994           Electrum Design Gallery “Recollections”
                  Edmonton, Alberta