Mary Webb

At first sight, Mary Webb’s paintings and prints appear to be extraordinarily bold. Their designs are composed of simple shapes: triangles, squares and other rectangles.

She never uses a circle. Colour is evenly applied within each section and the shape of the whole work is always a square.

Look again and for longer. You then realise that Mary is a fastidious artist. Everything is perfectly judged. Nothing is irrelevant and every part of the painting helps every other part. Consider, for instance, the framing of her colours of the San Luis series. They are not “background” at all but an integral part of the conception.

In her resolutely abstract works is the sensibility of a landscapist. Mary titles her prints after places that inspired them.

Are Mary Webb’s pictures simple or complicated? Try to draw one – then you’ll find that her art is inimitable, and that’s because it is ethereal.

mary lives and works in Suffolk and has been a dear friend for many years.