The Verdant Line

Mattie Rose Templeton, a Mainer born and raised in blueberry country, is inspired by the living and natural world that surrounds us all. Through art, she explores our connection to nature, including the undeniable fragility that is found there. And the importance for us to protect it. Art, since the beginning, has been a way to record history through visual storytelling. Mattie Rose attempts to produce art that moves the viewer beyond the piece itself, and into that storytelling place. Using an “old fashioned” ink well, with variously-sized nibs, she is able to add different texture and line. She often uses a limited pallette, because she loves the drama that contrast brings. While the subject matter of her work is based in realism, there is a conceptual quality added through geometric shapes and patterns, and a certain magic that will keep the viewer asking “is this real?” Works will be…