Mary T. Enslow

ABOUT

Having lived my early years in a number of places all over the PNW, my childhood was spent on the water, in the backwoods and in the wide-open mostly empty deserts. In these environs, I learned to appreciate the delicate details of the natural world. My family (mom, dad and my three brothers) moved an average of once a year for the first 9 years of my life. This created instability, endless newness, and a hard shell, but also gifted me with creativity, survivalist flexibility and a grand curiosity of self and others.

I spent the majority of my childhood in Edmonds, where the newfound stability of place was muted by family tragedy where we nearly lost our dad. This set off a series of events that left our family in shambles. By the age of 17 I was largely on my own and began exploring various pathways toward healing. I became a college athlete rowing for the University of Washington Crew team, where I trained in the Conibear Crew house (the same building my fathers 1960 and ‘61 Rose Bowl teams had occupied in their time). I dropped out of college halfway-thru and began moving and traveling to various places, soul searching. A few years later I returned to Washington to pursue my degree in sculpture from UW. Here, my focus was metal casting. After completing my last quarter in 2003 - which was spent in the studio art program in Rome - I began to pursue the business of art in Seattle.
For the next ten years my art involvement would be largely on the development side, creating opportunities for artists like myself to launch themselves. The most formative experience was co-founding Twilight Artist Collective (2005-2012) where we showcased hundreds of up and coming artists. In 2014 I became the much amused owner of the Georgetown Trailer Park Mall where I currently run an art gallery in a 1950 Spartan Royal Mansion Travel Trailer, showcasing local artists, many of whom came from my days at Twilight Artist Collective. Our mission is to give creatives an affordable opportunity to test out their ideas in a supportive and super funky marketplace.

In 2015, I joined up with Equinox Studios and opened up Pugmill Society, an 8 member ceramic collective. This is where I found my forever art home.

My sculptures are embodiments and expressions of what is beneath, with themes of: exaltation, pain, atonement, autonomy, protection, healing, wonder, invincibility, empathy, personal liberty, love, rebirth, religion and so on.

Your interest in my art is much appreciated. Thank you.