Mary Lee Rybar

Biography

Mary Lee Rybar is a painter, printmaker and lifelong artist of creating things in many different mediums. Sparked with an appreciation of all things handcrafted and unique, her work ranges from abstract and representational, working in many disciplines.   She attended Kent State University and the American School of Paris as well  workshops, fellowships and residency experiences. She is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and a fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center.  Her work has been featured in museums and exhibits as well as Williams-Sonoma, Gump’s of San Francisco, Hall’s of Kansas City and H Frank on the Historic Sonoma Plaza.   After spending many years in the travel industry, she is now grounded and devoted to making art from her studios in Sonoma, California.

Artist Statement

My concern as an artist has been in the observation of line, light, color and movement in the routines of daily life and then to translate that moment into a visual statement.  Daily common iconography holds enduring interest for my inspiration.   By elevating the ordinary, heralding the common place, I attempt to explore and chronicle the extraordinary beauty within the routine boundaries of life.  My art practice is rooted in doing the work and allowing it to lead me.