California Watercolor
Paintings of Cardiff, Carlsbad, Coronado, Del Mar, Encinitas, La Jolla, Los Angeles,
Oceanside, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, San Francisco, Solana Beach
MARY HELMREICH WATERCOLOR
PAINTINGS
Original Watercolor Paintings Limited Edition Prints Open Edition Prints Note Cards
Price List of Original Paintings
Price List of Open Edition Prints
Price List of Limited Edition Prints
Price List of Commissions
BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST
Mary Helmreich
was born in 1945 near Boston, Massachusetts.
Her talent was recognized early, when at age nine she won a prize for
portraiture, competing against high school students.
At twelve she attended a summer art program at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
In the eleventh grade she studied Painting under Sidney Hurwitz at the De
Cordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and at the Cummington School of the
Arts in the Berkshires.
At Bard College New York from 1963-1964 she majored in Sculpture taught by
Harvey Fite and Painting by Anton Refregier. She continued her studies at the
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston from 1964-1965 under the tutelage of
Robert Grady and Andreas Feininger.
Toward the end of 1965 she traveled to London and Paris, where she met Gisbert
Helmreich at a youth hostel in Place Pigalle. Together they hitchhiked through
Europe, North Africa and East Africa. They were married in October 1966 in
Burlington, Vermont.
Their son Stefan Helmreich and his wife Heather Paxson are both anthropologists at MIT.
From 1966 until the summer of 1981 they made their home in Boston, with a short
sojourn to Vienna in 1968.
For many years Mary concentrated on the human form, drawing from life, first
with a Boston group and then with the Winchester Studio Guild, assisted by
professor emeritus King Coffin.
In 1969 her husband opened the Boston Chess Studio on Newbury Street, which
became a focal point for the chess community during the Bobby Fischer era.
Newbury Street, being the center of the New England art scene, inspired Mary to
display her pencil drawings, acrylics and watercolor paintings.
After an exploratory cross-country trip in 1981, she and her family decided to
move to San Diego, where they established residence in the community of
Olivenhain in Encinitas. By that time watercolor had become her favorite medium.
She has been a member of several art organizations and has entered juried art
shows receiving many awards & prizes.
Mary now paints cityscapes, landscapes, historical buildings and more intimate
views of the area. All her paintings, including commissions, are carried out in
the representational manner, using archival materials.
Her original watercolor paintings and prints are available
at outdoor art exhibits, by appointment at her studio and through California galleries.
Corporate Collections of My Art Work
Cadence
Pharmaceuticals - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP - Hilton - Scripps - Courtyard by
Marriott - McDonalds - Novartis - Pfizer
Robert F Driver Co - Bully's Restaurants - Nereus Pharmaceuticals - Beckman Properties
- TEC Torch Welding Products Co
Meet Me @
These Fine Art Shows
ArtWalk
Little Italy Downtown San Diego,
Fiesta Del Sol Solana Beach, La Jolla Festival of the Arts, Oceanside Days of Art
Carlsbad Arts & Crafts Show, Coronado Art-In-The-Park, Rancho Santa Fe Art Fair,
Old Town San Diego Art
Festival
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