Mary McClelland

Shining stars and bright lights,

 Christianity, symbolism, spirits and dreams.

The Glory of life, the gift of a journey unknown.........
 

These are the themes that run through the heart of my Artwork.

 I have always been interested in the creative side of life.  

 The themes for my work stem from one tree, branching off into different ideas which need new mediums, new materials and fresh methods.

I try to capture the qualities of the unseen that can only be felt or experienced through the spirit, be that in mixed media or photographic form.

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 "Every genuine artistic intuition goes beyond what the senses perceive and, reaching beneath reality's surface, strives to interpret its hidden mystery. The intuition itself springs from the depths of the human soul, where the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things. All artists experience the unbridgeable gap which lies between the work of their hands, however successful it may be, and the dazzling perfection of the beauty glimpsed in the ardour of the creative moment: what they manage to express in their painting, their sculpting, their creating is no more than a glimmer of the splendour which flared for a moment before the eyes of their spirit."

St.John Paul