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Mary Zio
“Small Business” Folio Cover Art
About The Artist
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Mary Zio
BIOGRAPHY
Mary graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art from Purchase College, outside of NY City. With a concentration in Printmaking and Art History, she studied with such artists as Leonard Stokes (student of Josef Albers), Murray Zimiles, Margot Lovejoy, and had a two year apprenticeship with internationally known, printmaker and painter, Bruce Bleach.
Since art school, Mary’s artworks have been displayed in various galleries, museums, and shops throughout New York and the Carolinas. In 2016, Mary opened Phthalo Blue Art Gallery in Ocean Isle Beach, NC, before relocating to the Charlotte area in 2019.
Mary has been the featured artist in two Southern Living Homes, both on Bald Head Island, NC, where she created 37 commissioned paintings for the two homes. Mary is also a Charlotte 2021 ArtPopStreetGallery Artist. Her artwork is currently available through various art galleries in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and her art studio in Cramerton, NC.
Cover Art for “Small Business” → Visit The Folio
"Ripple”
Artist Statement
The idea for the composition of “Ripple” came from what I initially thought of when given the task of visualizing what “Small Business” means to me. I am a visual artist, and a small business owner, I have worked for myself as an artist for the past ten years. As a small business owner, my work, just like other small business owners, is dependent upon what I do, and how others respond to what I am doing. A metaphor for a business is like throwing a stone into a body of water, a business has a direct effect on its surroundings. Given that, and in keeping with my style as an abstract artist, this is my interpretation of “Small Business”.
“48×36”
Acrylic on canvas