MARCH AVERY (1932 ) Dark Inlet

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MARCH AVERY (1932- )
Dark Inlet.

Oil on canvas, 1980. 863x1270 mm; 34x50 inches. Signed and dated upper left, and titled, signed and dated in ink on the stretcher verso.

Provenance
Summit Gallery, New York (label).
Private collection, Woodstock.

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March Avery had always wanted to become an artist. The daughter of Milton and Sally Michel Avery, March observed her parents' work ethic and styles. The common thread of the family's artwork is the subject matter; captured moments between family and friends, and the serenity and enchantment found in nature.

Avery grew up in New York and spent summers traveling, often in New England or Woodstock, New York, with artist friends of her parents. On the advice of her father, Avery did not seek formal art education, and in 1954, Avery studied philosophy and graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University. She was recognized as a visionary artist independent of her parents and earned praise for her solo exhibition of paintings and sculpture in 1968 at the Waverly Gallery in New York. A critic for Arts Magazine noted her versatility, emotional range from "joyful exuberance to nostalgic lyricism" and her deliberate use of color. She continued to exhibit regularly at Waverly through the 1970's and 1980's. She has had several solo exhibitions and her work has also been shown within the context of her family, most recently at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich ("Summer with the Averys," May 11-September 1, 2019). Avery has enjoyed a decades-long career and continues to be a practicing artist from her New York studio. She is currently represented by Blum, New York and Los Angeles.