Ashley Mary - Iowa Artist of the Month | Liz Lidgett Gallery

Ashley Mary has been recognized as Artist of the Month by the Liz Lidgett Gallery.

Ashley is “inspired by childhood and childlike expression- spontaneous, textured, playful. I feel most connected to my process when surprises happen: the best parts being unplanned, an outcome of holding loosely and controlling less. In turn, my art becomes a visual mantra for the kind of life I hope to practice.”

“Creating is my act of defiance towards a tangled brain. My remembrance of play. Most of us live in spinning heads of overanalysis. I'm no different. My practice allows me space to work from intuition and feel. It allows me to unstuck myself from my own head and engage with instinct. The best playtime I have found.”

Ashley splits her time between Des Moines, Iowa—her primary residence, where she lives with her partner and baby—and her hometown of Minneapolis, where she shares a studio in the Northeast Art District. In Des Moines, her work can be found at Mainframe (Studio 228).

To read the full article with Mary and Liz Lidgett Gallery, please click here.

To check out Ashley Mary’s website, please click here. You can also follow her on social media here.