Mary Michael Shelley
Folk Art Americana Painted Wood Carvings
American Folk Art. Each piece one of a kind and original.
Some of Mary Shelley's work in Permanent or Museum Collections:
"Barn Dance"
Absolut Vodka Absolut Shelley Advertisement,
appeared in County Home Magazine, April 1990
The piece is in the Absolut Vodka Collection, NYC.
Its image is in the Absolut Book, author Richard Lewis.
"Sullivan's Diner Four, Waiter Holding Fried Eggs"
Carved and painted folk art americana picture.
In the permanent collection of Fenimore Art Museum,
New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY
"Sullivan's Diner Five, Waitress and Waiter at End of Day"
Carved and painted folk art americana picture.
In the permanent collection of the National Museum of Women and the Arts,
Washington, D.C..
Coca Cola Bottle with Artist.
Commissioned by Coca Cola for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics,
for their "Coke Art Folk Art" show at the 1996 Olympics.
Currently the piece is located at the
World of Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Ga.
"Cows, Chicken and Horse at Dawes Hill Farm"
Carved and painted folk art americana picture.
Image from show announcement
In the Permanent collection of the American Museum of Folk Art.
[An artist] “has to develop a consistent vocabulary of form, an individualistic
expressive lexicon…When you see the work, you just know it has to be the work
of that artist. Certainly that is true of her [Mary Shelley’s] work.
No one else does work anything like Mary Shelley’s.”
-Gerard C. Wertkin, then director of the American Museum of Folk Art, New York City.
quoted in a Syracuse Herald American AP article (July 7, 1996).
"Cows and Falling Down Barn, Snow."
Carved and painted folk art americana picture.
In the Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-taught and Outsider Art.
"Mary's works are some of my favorite pieces in a collection of
more than 600 artworks. And they are among the most enjoyed
by visitors to my collection." - Anthony Petullo
"Cow and Daffodil Buds"
Carved and painted folk art americana picture.
in the permanent collection of the High Museum,
T. Marshall Hahn Collection, Atlanta, Ga..
"Americans on the Move, Throw the Dog a Bone."
This piece (pictured on the original show postcard invitation) is in the collection of
The American Museum in Britain, John Judkin Memorial,
Bath, England.
"Clinton House Renovation, Ithaca, NY"
Carved and painted folk art americana picture.
In the Collection of Historic Ithaca.
See Portfolio, Work for Sale.
See examples of Commissioned Work.