Mary Koenen Clausen
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The Guardian
The Knowing Game
I am Your Heart
The Formula for Memory
The Shadow Box
The Prophet's Dream
The Bridge of Life
Messages From Heaven IV
Messages From Heaven III
Messages From Heaven II
Messages From Heaven
Seeing the Dream
The Promise
Saturn's Waiting Room
Gestures for Birth
The Remembrance of Karpasia
The Voice of the Otomi
Time Distillation
The Guardian, 2019
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, $1800
The Knowing Game, 2018
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 46 x 32 inches framed, $2500
I am Your Heart, 2018
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 49 x 35 inches framed, $2500
The Formula for Memory
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 49 x 35 inches framed, $2500
The Shadow Box
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches unframed, $3500
The Prophet's Dream
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 46 x 32 inches framed, $2500
The Bridge of Life
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches unframed, $1800
Messages From Heaven IV
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 46 x 32 inches framed, $2500
Messages From Heaven III
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 46 x 32 inches framed, $2500
Messages From Heaven II
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 46 x 32 inches framed, $4500
Messages From Heaven
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 46 x 32 inches framed, $2500
Seeing the Dream
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches unframed, $1800
The Promise
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches unframed, $3500
Saturn's Waiting Room
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches unframed, $1800
Gestures for Birth
mixed media on paper, 41.5 x 29.5 inches unframed, $1800
The Remembrance of Karpasia
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches unframed, $1800
The Voice of the Otomi
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 49 x 35 inches framed, $1800
Time Distillation
mixed media on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 49 x 35 inches framed, $2500
About the artist...
Mary Koenen Clausen’s mixed media collages are rich in texture and image. Her works frequently are comprised of three visual fields or planes: the heavens, earth, and underworld. Figures composed of mismatched heads and bodies float among animals, icons, musical notes, and foreign texts on backgrounds thickly painted with deep hues. Mary sees the musical notes, symbols and foreign text, many of which she reproduces in her own hand, as messages emanating from her spiritual guides while channelling energy from other time and space dimensions. Hers is a truly unique creative process.
Mary says of her process: “Collage is a matter of refining design. I sit with the pieces scattered around me and they come together. I always think in terms of layers. I don’t treat collage differently from painting.” She gathers her material from Italian magazines, 17th and 18th century Bibles, antique books, among other sources. Mary also uses photographs of her surroundings in her work. Her home and studio are full of paintings, photographs, wall hangings, dolls, and other collected objects, an environment that reflects the complexity of her work.
Visit artist's website - www.marykoenenclausen.info