Mary Schiros

Art is more than just a view

Artist Statement

Mary Beth Schiros
Visual Artist

I am a firm believer in the idea that creativity is a universal part of life. The process of making art is an opening up of ones self, to the community. Teaching art is the process of giving a part of your self to that community. I teach the creative process, for the pure enjoyment of connecting with other and watching an idea grow. I also believe that creativity needs to flow freely from the soul. The freedom of creativity can only be realized when you tap into ones self, without reserve, or internal criticism. There is much learned and absorbed by our eyes and our minds, which are beyond verbal description. Art is a visual description, whether it is simple, beautiful or strange, it is a way of showing something that words cannot. Artist freedom is an alternative manner of considering things, which induces the ability to derive ideas, and style from various sources. Applying ones natural born conditions, with systematized observation and experimentation, skillfully to a passion has produced my own instinctive feeling, in an artistic style. With my art, and my classes I hope everyone can tap into the creative universe that surrounds use and find inspiration to enrich life.