“The Mediterranean Sea—with its streams of color, its light, its reflections—has fascinated me since I was a child. Water continues to be the main source of inspiration. Water is constantly changing and I seek to capture its many forms, before they disappear, in my photography.

While nature is the starting point, abstraction is the goal. I capture the natural world only to enhance it through careful manipulation with digital imaging software.  My multi-layered images begin with a single photo, which is transformed and sometimes combined with other photographs. The goal is to achieve the expressiveness of painting through the artistic treatment of the images. Even though I never use human figures, my photographs are ultimately more about people than about nature. The ripples and reflections represent ephemeral, passing moments that can be briefly perceived by the camera or human eye.

My work is featured in private collections in North America and Europe. I live and work in Aix les Bains in  the French Alps.”

Mary Mansey was born in Annecy in the French Alps. She is strongly influenced by the colors and light of Mediterranean Sea and has travelled extensively in Italy , Spain and Greece. She is  a Graduate of Grenoble University (France) where she received a BA in Communication Arts and  has worked as a graphic designer for prestigious French companies.

In 2003, Mary attended Grenoble Institut d’Administration des Entreprises IAE- Graduate School of Business- and received an MBA from Grenoble University (France) in 2005. She was awarded First Prize in Communication Arts  by Grenoble University IAE in 2005.
Mary has been working as a professional photographer since 2005 and has  exhibited her work in Italy, Germany, Ft Lauderdale (Florida), Los Angeles and New York.

Mary Mansey won acceptance into the prestigious American Juried Art Salon's 2009 Spring/Summer show. The work, "Costa Tropical" was accepted into the Photgraphy division. 

Gallery Comment:

Mary Mansey seems to look through what is in front of her to see multiple levels. She is especially connected to nature and even more so the intriguing features of water. This passion gives her the opportunity to explore the ever-present reflective characteristic of this element.

Her photographs leave a delicate, sensitive sensation. The colors are soft and the play of light adds to the visual effect of veiling layer upon layer.

Mansey is an active artist who shows quite often. She will be exhibiting at The Artist's Haven Gallery in Fort Lauderdale from April1 - April 30, 2010.