Felicity Mara (b.1958)

Born: London

Studied: Camberwell School of Art and Crafts, 197680

Selected exhibitions:

2014
'Felicity Mara: A Year in Porthmeor', Belgrave St Ives

2013
Summer Show, Belgrave St Ives
Porthmeor Studios New Artists' Show, St Ives

2012
Art in Cornwall: 60 Miles of Paintings, Gallery Latitude 50, St Ives

2011
Littoral, Chalk Hill Contemporary Art, Guildford

2010
Art from Cornwall, Gavagan Art, Settle

2009
'The Eye Made Quiet: Poetic Landscapes', Belgrave Gallery St. Ives

2008
Chalk Hill Contemporary Art, Guildford
'Peninsula', Edgar Modern, Bath
Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives

2007
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada
'Little Picture Show I', Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives
Art Ireland, Dublin
'A Postcard from St Ives', Belgrave Gallery St. Ives

2006
Summer Show, Belgrave Gallery St. Ives

2005
Christmas Exhibition, Belgrave Gallery St. Ives
Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives
'Porthmeor', Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives

2004
Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
'A View of St Ives IV', Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives

2003
Rainyday Gallery, St. Ives
Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives
Belgrave Gallery St. Ives
Rainyday Gallery, Penzance, St. Ives
Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives

2001
Bruton Gallery, Leeds
Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives

2000
Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives

1999
Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives

1992
Brewhouse Arts Centre, Taunton

1989
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

1988
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

1987
Royal Overseas League, London
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

1986
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

1985
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

1984
South West Arts Open, Taunton

1983
South West Arts Open, Taunton

Publication:

Felicity Mara: Sixteen Paintings (St Ives, 2008)

Mara works with great economy to reduce her forms to their essence, and liberate their full power ... For all their rigour, the paintings possess an extraordinary quality of joy. Helen Dunmore

I' don't often depict the things around me in a literal way, but I am always aware of working with them, so that the boundary between outside and inside remains fluid. In Porthmeor Studios I have become even more aware of this sense of transition and transformation between the environment and the work. In the studio it can feel almost like being on a ship - there is history underfoot but also a great openness. I want my work to have this feeling of openness.' 2014