Mary Hatch

SERIES AND RECURRING THEMES

SECRET GARDENS &
PASSING LANDSCAPES

Secret gardens are ordinary
and extraordinary moments in life
when all is right with the world
fleeting moments of awareness

Like flashes of exquisite landscapes
viewed from a car window
they become instant memories
savored and protected

LITTLE ROMANCES

The nostalgic beauty of earlier decades gives form to our need for stability in a
rapidly changing and indecisive world. "Little Romances" is a loosely woven
series of retro-romantic paintings, frequently presented as "social dance" with
elegant attire and proper demeanor. We have always looked back,
beyond memory, randomly selecting repairs for contemporary life.

DANCERS

Dance seems a natural and graceful metaphor for human activities
and dancers arrive unbidden even in paintings occupied with other matters.
When figures become storytellers
the slightest nuance of position or movement is significant
speaking with a silent but clear voice
simultaneously revealing and mysterious

THE BRIDES

Brides, like dancers, arrive unbidden, randomly populating my paintings.
A rich tapestry of meaning, too obscure to grasp, attends their presence.
The myriad details, of our visual history, appear recorded in their gowns.