October 24, 2025
From the artist’s website:
Mary K VanGieson is an artist, educator, storyteller and sometime writer. She received my BAE from Oklahoma State University and her MFA from the University of Memphis. She discovered early on that educating high school people in the visual arts is a completely rewarding career.
Her work delves into themes of Cover, Cloak, Shadow, Loss and Erosion. The practice encompasses drawing, painting, book arts, printmaking and alternative media sculpture and has been exhibited throughout the United States.
“I am what I have learned. I remember to light the candles. I never regret. If the horse dies I get off. I don’t postpone joy. I know that grief lasts forever, and that life should abrade.”
VanGieson lives and works in Memphis, Tennessee
In this episode I mention Mary Oliver’s appearance on On Being.
