Corey Helford Gallery's video: Interview Amazing Realistic Portraits of Women by Mary Jane Ansell

For more information about Mary Jane Ansell's exhibit: http://www.coreyhelfordgallery.com/shows/mary-jane-ansell/info-press/ The Award-Winning portrait artist Mary Jane Ansell has developed a distinctive technique which draws influences from a multitude of sources, and her appreciation of a refined technique invokes classical portraiture but with a resolutely modern viewpoint. For a number of years, she has worked with a small group of models, each of whom embody recurring characters and particular qualities that evolve, adding further layers of narrative to the works. Regarding her new collection, the artist shares: "The genesis of ideas often takes place in the shadowy in between of sleep and wakefulness. Images emerge alongside a long forgotten refrain from a childhood rhyme, 'one for sorrow, two for joy...' waking more, the radio tunes to another news flash...reports of momentous and confusing times, thoughts grasped then lost as opposing forces pull back the tides...'three for a girl, four for a boy' work begins and life has other plans, they feed in, inevitably, 'five for silver, six for gold' the paintings become respite and a place of healing 'seven for a secret never to be told.' The months etched in oils, they reveal their own language and transcend it." She adds, "This show is dedicated to my mother, Kate Ansell, who died in 2016." For up-to-date news and more: http://www.coreyhelfordgallery.com/ Stay connected with us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/coreyhelfordgallery https://twitter.com/coreyhelford https://www.instagram.com/coreyhelfordgallery/ Film by Eric Minh Swenson.