Mary Mesman

montage collage of mary I decided to pursue my lifelong dream of becoming an artist. Being the first legally blind student in the Art Department at Madison College, Wisconsin in 1999 presented challenges for both my instructors and myself. I was allowed to do my work on a larger scale. Special technology setup made it possible for me to follow the instructor in computer classes. My instructors told me that they learned new ways of teaching because of having me in their class.

While studying design fundamentals, I discovered my passion--collage art. Sunlight Creations LLC was formed as an outlet for my collage art and greeting cards. I sold collage cards at Peggy Zalucha's gallery in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin while attending classes. Some of the other places that I sold artwork and cards were: Art Beat Gallery, Absolutely Art Gallery, Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired Gallery and the Art Fair on the Square at the VSA Wisconsin booth in Madison, Wisconsin. My participation in the Madison area Open Art Studios events during 2004 through 2007 were met with much success.

In March of 2006 I received an Honorable Mention Award from the VSA Wisconsin for one of my collage art pieces. My winning collage piece called “Spring Greens” took twenty hours for me to create. You may view this art piece in my collage art gallery.

Although I started painting 15 years ago, the decline in my eye sight has made collage art my main media for creating artwork now. In placing the collage elements, I rely on touch as much as vision. Once the glue dries, I can feel where the open spaces are. I use special lighting and magnification to view my work as I progress through creating the piece. The average time it takes me to create an art piece is twenty hours. A couple of detailed art pieces took me close to one hundred hours to complete. Recently I have started selling my artwork and cards from my home gallery.

In the meantime, I continued my web design education through two top notch online web design educational organizations. I studied the css coding used behind the scenes and internet marketing principles.

To view several of the websites that I created, click on the specific website listed below:

West Madison Senior Coalition

North Central Labs

Heirloom Quilting Designs

Being legally blind poses challenges for me. By using creative thinking, I have always achieved my artistic objectives whether it’s collage artwork, cards or websites.
Mary Mesman


	Home About Mary Collage Art 1 Collage Art 2 Collage Art 3 Unique Cards Montage Collage Contact Mary	Mary Mesman I decided to pursue my lifelong dream of becoming an artist. Being the first legally blind student in the Art Department at Madison College, Wisconsin in 1999 presented challenges for both my instructors and myself. I was allowed to do my work on a larger scale. Special technology setup made it possible for me to follow the instructor in computer classes. My instructors told me that they learned new ways of teaching because of having me in their class. While studying design fundamentals, I discovered my passion--collage art. Sunlight Creations LLC was formed as an outlet for my collage art and greeting cards. I sold collage cards at Peggy Zalucha's gallery in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin while attending classes. Some of the other places that I sold artwork and cards were: Art Beat Gallery, Absolutely Art Gallery, Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired Gallery and the Art Fair on the Square at the VSA Wisconsin booth in Madison, Wisconsin. My participation in the Madison area Open Art Studios events during 2004 through 2007 were met with much success. In March of 2006 I received an Honorable Mention Award from the VSA Wisconsin for one of my collage art pieces. My winning collage piece called “Spring Greens” took twenty hours for me to create. You may view this art piece in my collage art gallery. Although I started painting 15 years ago, the decline in my eye sight has made collage art my main media for creating artwork now. In placing the collage elements, I rely on touch as much as vision. Once the glue dries, I can feel where the open spaces are. I use special lighting and magnification to view my work as I progress through creating the piece. The average time it takes me to create an art piece is twenty hours. A couple of detailed art pieces took me close to one hundred hours to complete. Recently I have started selling my artwork and cards from my home gallery. In the meantime, I continued my web design education through two top notch online web design educational organizations. I studied the css coding used behind the scenes and internet marketing principles. To view several of the websites that I created, click on the specific website listed below: West Madison Senior Coalition North Central Labs Heirloom Quilting Designs Being legally blind poses challenges for me. By using creative thinking, I have always achieved my artistic objectives whether it’s collage artwork, cards or websites. Mary Mesman

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