Many of Maryfrances\u2019 paintings are abstract expressionist.\u00a0 She uses color and texture to bring paintings to life, working in watercolors, gouache and oil pastels to create landscapes, typical of what are seen around New England.\u00a0 Inspiration for her work comes from several sources.\u00a0 She might observe a subject through a variety of weather situations or through changes in the light from day to night.\u00a0 She also spends time looking at the work of other artists and learning about their processes. Images in books and magazines fuel her interest in design and patterns.<\/p>\n
If she stumbles on a creative block, she walks away from her studio for a while, never forcing a creative thought.\u00a0 Sometimes a ride in the country or listening to music will be enough to put her back on the right path.<\/p>\n
Her art education includes classes on perspective, drawing and still life. She studied with George Dergalis in his watercolor class at the Decordova Museum School, and continued private study with him for several years. She sees painting as a form of meditation.<\/p>\n
Maryfrances is a retired psychiatric nurse with a Master\u2019s degree in Psychology and has worked in a variety of health care settings.\u00a0 Her professional experience includes working as a therapist\/evaluator, counseling incarcerated mentally ill offenders, and teaching in a school of nursing.<\/p>\n
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Written by Arlene Chaplin The day I visited Maryfrances Gitto\u2019s studio, the windows were open and there was a slight, quiet breeze trying its best to blow away the humidity.\u00a0 The view from her studio is the best at Holliston Mill.\u00a0 The trees provide shade and the soft greens of summer, rust and gold leaves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"20150826-MFGitto-1210\"](\"http:\/\/www.hollistonmill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150826-MFGitto-1210-300x214.jpg\")
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