Quadri da Indossare/Wearable Paintings
                                                            AP Showroom
                                                           7,via Volta,Milan
                                                             
                                                           Feb28-29 2006 

                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                
             Fashion designer Antonio Patriarca for Milan's annual 
            La Settimana della Moda in February  designed an entire
            collectionof formal and semi-formal wear for Spring using
            fabric (linen,silk,cotton) that I hand painted.He got the idea
            after an exhibit of my work in his showroom a few weeks
            before.I'd left a couple of unstretched canvases there
            and he asked me if he could cut one into a jacket.
            Eventhough stitching together acrylic on gessoed canvas
            had his sewing machines smoking, Antonio was not daunted!
            I used a Pollock- like approach to painting the huge swathes
            of fabric, which most of the time I felt I'd totally ruined.
            Then Antonio and his brilliant seamstresses worked their 
            magic and truly amazed me with the results.
            I even got interviewed by Il Corriere della Sera
            and a full page photo of a model wearing 
            the silk kimono was published in Vera magazine.
            Working with a designer was  so much fun,a dream come true. 






                                                                                          Installation DH Burns,London

Milan Artist Inspires “New Look”

 for London Optometrist Storefront

 

London – In a “visionary” mix of fine art and retail, London Optometrist David Burns and Milan-based painter Mary Crenshaw have collaborated on a unique storefront art installation in the D.H. Burns location in Tottenham at 830 High Road in London.

 

Crenshaw’s luminous work entitled Free Fall embodies the relevant qualities of his business that Burns believes will be inspirational for customers and passersby.

 

“People coming into or walking by the store will experience a real celebration of light, sight, and vision,” according to Burns.  “It is much more engaging than the predictable fashion eyewear photos on the walls.”

 

“The canvas was custom-painted for the central window of D.H.Burns and is painted on both front and back in order to be viewed from either side,” explains Crenshaw. Free Fall, installed during the month of November, features delicate red/gold leaves in flight against an English azure sky.

 

The artist is inspired by the rural surroundings of her small town home outside Milan in Northern Italy.  Crenshaw takes an abstract twist on clouds, plants, and leaves.  While remaining loosely figurative, her work is reminiscent of 1950’s abstract expressionists such as Franz Kline and Joan Mitchell.

 

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Food for Thought an exhibition curated by John Thorogood
 
                                       the Gallery at Willesden Green,London

                                                     26 March-19April 2009


              opening reception









 
 
one of my drawings included in the show






                                       Grazie alla Vita
                                       Castello Borromeo Nov 2008 
 

One person exhibition "Grazie alla Vita"at the Castello Borromeo,Corneliano Bertario.Milan
November 2008 Curated by Cesare Belloni, introduction Cecilia Corradi



                                  Leaves
                                          La Galleria di Francesca Castelli,Modena
                                                                     July,2008

                            

                                               One person exhibition,curated by Francesca Castelli





                             Three Limited Edition Artist's Books 

     After six months of collaborating, Cecilia Corradi and I have just completed three limited editions of artist's books with drawings, homemade prints,and digital prints accompanying her poetry.







The books were bound at Bianca e Volta in Truccazzano and each measures 21x21cm. The limited edition digital prints are on acid free 170g/m2 canson mi-teinte paper and printed with archival inks. The poems are all hand written by Corradi herself! Anyone interested in having a look/read can contact Carla Roncato at Derbylius Gallery in Milan.