Mary M. Kolar

      I have been creating art ever since I can remember. I drew on my parent’s basement walls, melted crayons on the basement kerosene heater, creating (unknown to myself at the time) encaustics. My first 3-D pieces, sculptures made from junk metal from my uncle’s gas station scrap pile, were created about the same time. I was given the gift of curiosity and observation of my surroundings at an early age and my childhood was rich with influences of the north central Nebraska landscape, my parents, relatives and many excursions to old junkyards. I received a B.F.A. with a Commercial Art Comprehensive Degree from University of Nebraska-Kearney. My journeys and experiences have led me in many directions, such as, taking more art classes, teaching both fine art and commercial art classes, conducting art workshops, scenic painting of movies and plays, restoring church statues and exhibiting in numerous art shows locally and nationally.

 

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