Mary E. Rodning

“Sumi-e Works by Mary Rodning”

September 1, 2004 – December 31, 2004 (Third Floor Gallery)

"A trail has been left in my heart by painting with wet soot on mulberry pulp through two years in Japan and two months in China... which will follow me my entire life, which is not one of an oriental recluse, but one of mothering three sons, being the wife of a poet and surgeon, and upkeep supervisor of our small Alabama farm and its critters... dreamer of canoeing the northwoods, personally knowing all the birds in our woods, staying in touch with our creator and his people... washing more clothes and dishes than paint brushes... practicing and painting the art of life, while living it."   Mary E. Rodning