Mary Lou Ferbert

Three Carousel Horses - 24" x 24" - 1991

Chicory And Tire - 28¼" x 39¾" - 1986

Mary Lou Ferbert is a Cleveland based artist that works in only watercolor. She has done commissions for big cooperations and professional sports teams. There is not one genre of painting that she concentrates on. Her paintings vary from industrial art to botany. 

Ferbert was drawn to the landscape of Cleveland area while working on a calendar in the eighties. This brought her to notice ecological problems in the area. She started a series of plants trying to survive in urban environments. The artist tried to show the adaption and survival of the plants. I like the way she uses light by working in only transparent watercolors. It allows each glaze to show throw the one above it. There is a luminous glow to the paintings. I also like the amount of character she gives to her paintings. For example the carousal horse looks sad. It leaves the viewer wondering if it is sad because it has none to ride it,  or perhaps because it is trapped riding in circles all day.