ARTIST STATEMENT "Through my work, I seek to unify our waking and sleeping selves; those mysterious passions that drive and bewitch us. I seek to heal, to inspire and to set the world aflame with truth and beauty. In my vision, this created beauty awakens our slumbering spirits and breathes emotion into our hearts." BIO Mary Kay Root infuses her paintings with an organic rhythm and vitality of expression; invoking connection to the matriarchal spirit. The abstract works marry the ethereal quality of the spirit realm with the exuberant beauty flowing from rivers and streams, skies and trees, rocks and stars. Born in Illinois, raised in northern New Mexico, Root draws upon a rich cultural heritage that traces its lineage to the Tidewater Powhatans, the Eastern Band of Cherokee and the Celts. After studying with renowned Native American stone sculptor Doug Hyde, Root's stone and bronze works possess a tranquility all their own. EXHIBITIONS 1999 Sculpture on display at New Mexico State Capitol 2000 Paintings on display at New Mexico State Capitol 2002 Group Show, Hammons Gallery, Santa Fe 2002 Baca Street Arts Tour, Santa Fe 2003 Group Show, Farnsworth Gallery, Taos 2003 Guest Artist, Michael McCormick Gallery, Taos 2003 Group Show, Barbara Bowles Fine Art, Santa Fe 2004 Collect: Inside 8, Contemporary Center for the Arts, Santa Fe 2005 Baca Street Arts Tour, Santa Fe 2006 Solo Exhibition, William & Joseph Gallery, Santa Fe 2006 Incalmo & Abstraction, William & Joseph Gallery, Santa Fe 2008 Solo Exhibition, Mary Kay Root Thunders, Galerie Gerard-Hadjer, Paris, France (March 18, 2008). view slideshow EDUCATION B.A. Marketing New Mexico State University J.D. University of Texas School of Law       to subscribe to my podcast, paste this link into your podcast player:   http://marykayroot.com/rss/mkr.xml