Mary Louise Chown,
a visual artist, storyteller, and musician moved to a farm in eastern Manitoba in 2011. Her family keeps bees while she paints in her studio overlooking the Whitemouth River. She has taught art to senior’s groups in the Eastman region and in Winnipeg. She worked with the Manitoba Arts Council as a visiting artist in schools across Manitoba. Her week-long residencies paired storytelling with art making for students of all ages. Mary currently serves on the board of the Boreal Shores Art Tour.
Her video installation, ”The Skin of This Planet” was exhibited at Gallery 1C03 at the University of Winnipeg, and at St. Boniface Hospital. Her installation won an award from ArtWorks in Edmonton, Alberta. Her paintings and prints have been exhibited at group and juried shows in Winnipeg, Ottawa, the Internet, and Barcelona, Spain.
For several years she worked as a visiting artist in hospice and palliative care settings, and has written a book about her experiences, called Now I Know The World Is Round: Stories at the End of Life. She believes that visual art and storytelling use imagery and metaphor to express the beauty and variety of the world we live in and our deepest hopes and cares.
Mary Louise is available by appointment if you would like to see her art:
Website: Mary Louise Chown
Phone: 204 510 0693