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Singing Softly to the Light: The Biography of Mary Louise Colouris
Mary Louise Colouris was born in New York and raised in Hollywood, where her father was the actor, George Coulouris.
After completing her education in London she enterd the Slade School of Art. A French government scholarship took her to Paris where she developed her skills in colour etching under William Hayter at the legendary Atelier 17. Among the first to buy her work were the actor Vincent Price and the writer John Steinbeck. Public collections soon began purchasing her work, including the Ashmolean Museum, the Houses of Parialment, the Nuffield Trust, the New York Public Library and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Private collectors include Hambros Bank and the Sainsbury Family Trust.
After several gallery exhibitions at the Boadicea, Ferens, Pratt and Wavedon galleries, she widened her range to include commissions for oil paintings, watercolours, murals and works in various media including rugs and mosaics. She designed the children's "Soft Island" installation at Glasgow's Garden Festival.
A succession of Greek government scholarships took her to Athens where she had a number of exhibitions and made a home on the island of Hydra.
After completing her education in London she enterd the Slade School of Art. A French government scholarship took her to Paris where she developed her skills in colour etching under William Hayter at the legendary Atelier 17. Among the first to buy her work were the actor Vincent Price and the writer John Steinbeck. Public collections soon began purchasing her work, including the Ashmolean Museum, the Houses of Parialment, the Nuffield Trust, the New York Public Library and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Private collectors include Hambros Bank and the Sainsbury Family Trust.
After several gallery exhibitions at the Boadicea, Ferens, Pratt and Wavedon galleries, she widened her range to include commissions for oil paintings, watercolours, murals and works in various media including rugs and mosaics. She designed the children's "Soft Island" installation at Glasgow's Garden Festival.
A succession of Greek government scholarships took her to Athens where she had a number of exhibitions and made a home on the island of Hydra.
263 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2015
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January 25, 2022
This book, signed by the author, was loaned to me by a neighbor who was somehow related to William Hayter under whom Mary Louise studied in France. Mary Louise later moved to the town I live in and painted a mural in the waiting area of the local train station. I'll need to go have a closer look at it now that I'm familiar with the artist who painted it and her entire backstory.
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