Personal Art

SIZE: 20" w x 16" h
MEDIUM: Gouache

Another Coronet magazine cover of a country springtime wedding – complete with pink, blossoming Mary Blair trees.  

SIZE: 18" w x 12" h
MEDIUM: Gouache 

A crazy-quilt of color and design that defies the laws of perspective. Is it a “bird’s eye” view or a head-on view? It is a “Mary Blair view”.  

SIZE: 8" w x 20" h
MEDIUM: Gouache

This intriguing linear piece bears the title “Family Totem” on the reverse side – in Mary’s own handwriting. The dark hair and bearded male figure at the top seems to be a slightly odd contrast to the remaining fair-haired family members in decending order, ending with the cat.  

SIZE: 18" w x 12" h
MEDIUM: Gouache and Collage

A brilliant display of Mary Blair colors and adult whimsy ......One wonders what Mary was imagining and then titled this intriguing work “Fantisea”.  

SIZE: 18" w x 14" h
MEDIUM: Gouache and Collage

This vibrant painting is a dazzling collage combination which features a favorite Mary Blair trademark: a girl holding a cat.

SIZE: 12" w x 18" h
MEDIUM: Gouache and Collage

A favorite work of pure Mary Blair imagination from the late 1960’s. Won’t you join us in a glass of wine?

SIZE: 18" w x 22" h
MEDIUM: Gouache

A charming scene from the late 1960’s. The whimsical flowers on the woman’s dress flow freely and spill onto the surrounding grass where the couple sit – in true Mary Blair fashion.

SIZE: 16" w x 10" h
MEDIUM: Ink and Watercolor

One of Mary’s earliest works. This beautiful painting was signed “Mary Browne Robinson” on the back. It was likely done while at Chouinard School of Art, before her marriage to Lee Blair in 1934.

SIZE: 12" w x 14" h
MEDIUM: Gouache and Ink

A delightful double-entendre......Who else but Mary Blair could turn a car at a railroad crossing into the face of a policeman?

SIZE: 16" w x 12" h
MEDIUM: Ink and Gouache

A truly rare and exciting Mary Blair monochromatic Midcentury Modern illustration. Ike and Camelot-era citizens ride to work in the 1960s, each with his or her own thoughts and aspirations, but all with the same goal --- Get there on time.

SIZE: 18" w x 12" h
MEDIUM: Gouache

A charmingly innocent “cheeky” Mary Blair nude is featured in a vividly hued, slightly surreal and mysterious scene -- sweetened by a trio of fluffy kittens. From the early 1970’s .

SIZE: 18" w x 12" h
MEDIUM: Gouache

A carefree Mary Blair nude enjoys a nap beneath a perfect azure sky in this painting brimming with whimsy and charm. On the sea, the water as her bed, the figure’s dream of peaceful repose is mirrored in her private smile.

SIZE: 12" w x 18" h
MEDIUM: Gouache and Watercolor

A very soft Mary Blair vision of gentle femininity from the mid 1950’s. Lovely!

SIZE: 16" w x 10" h
MEDIUM: Ink and Watercolor

Done as a companion piece to the “Ice Skaters”, it bears the same “Mary Browne Robinson” signature on the reverse side. The two pieces together make a beautiful display of bygone wintertime days.

SIZE: 12" w x 16" h
MEDIUM: Gouache and Collage

A charming Mary Blair girl (with cat) dressed in her Sunday Best. In the original piece, her underskirt and bonnet are made of genuine lace, giving this work it’s distinctive three-dimensional look.