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Today we’d like to introduce you to Mary Mirabal.

Hi Mary, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstories with our readers.
My art journey began just under 10 years ago when I turned 55. It was also a time of spiritual growth. Looking back now I shouldn’t have been surprised. 55 in angel numbers represents big life changes that bring about new blessings. My passions and goals were shifting.

 
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Color Strokes Speaks to Everyday Life

Mary Mirabal opens her solo exhibition of colorful paintings inspired by her travels to the American Southwest on Nov. 1 at the TECO Public Art Gallery.

Ms. Mirabal, who lives in Tampa when not in Santa Fe, New Mexico, known as a creative arts hotbed, paints the colors and emotions of the high desert area. “I paint with bold colors, the colors of my soul. As an intuitive painter, I find inspiration in sights, emotions and memories. I strive to create paintings that speak of the simple beauty existing in everyday life,” the artist said.

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Mary Mirabal - Featured Artist at Rialto Theatre

Mary Mirabal is an award-winning artist who lives in Tampa, FL. Mary, a long time art lover, only discovered her own artistic ability in her mid 50’s and has been painting ever since. It wasn’t until she left corporate America that she forged time for herself. She paints exuberant contemporary abstract expressionist works of art that have been shown in numerous exhibitions including those at the Scarfone-Hartley Gallery at the University of Tampa and the Tampa Museum of Art.

 
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Manhattan Arts International Member | Mary Mirabal

Mary Mirabal is an award-winning artist who captures the bold and colorful landscape of northern New Mexico. She paints exuberant contemporary abstract expressionist works of art she describes as, “…the colors of my soul” and explains, ”I strive to create paintings that speak of the simple beauty existing in everyday life.”

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Femme Visuale: Mary Mirabal | 2/7/18

Walking into Mary Mirabal’s home is like entering a strange portal right into an earthy abode in the Southwest. Enveloped in warm tones, I scan her shelves filled with Native American pottery and fetish charms. It’s really no wonder that her painting color palettes are influenced by this mesmerizing geographical landscape.

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It’s Never Too Late to Become An Artist | 1/26/18

The Healing Power of Arts & Artists Featured artist Mary Mirabal is an artist who transformed her life when she began painting after spending 30 years in Corporate America.

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Artsy Shark Featured Artist | 12/28/17

Featured artist Mary Mirabal captures the bold and colorful landscape of New Mexico in her abstract work.

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Arts Business Institute | Artist Profile: Mary Mirabal | 1/20/17 by ABI

Florida based painter Mary Mirabal shares her inspiration, and how she has grown her creative business. I found myself in my mid 50’s and no longer working in the corporate world I’d known for 30 years. 

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8-Count Productions | Featured Artist: Mary Mirabal’s “Life in Abstraction” | 1/27/17 

Solo show at the historic Rialto Theatre, Tampa, FL

Mary Mirabal started out climbing the rungs of the corporate ladder, but by her mid 50’s she realized she was done and wanted to pursue one of her life’s passions: painting.  Having been an avid collector for years, she felt that “a creative hole had been filled” once she started focusing on her paintings. 

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Alive TampaBay | The Colors of Mary Mirabal's Soul | 8/3/2016 by Krista Lyons

Mary Mirabal didn’t start painting when she was three years old. She didn’t throw paint on a canvas in a fit of rage during her teen years. Nor did she “paint herself” through art school at 22. Mary Mirabal’s story is even more inspiring than that, because her story teaches us that your talent may just be hiding inside of you, lying dormant until the right time.


That Business Show With Jamie Meloni | It's All About Art On TBSJM! Radio interview 7/14/16


Studio 10 Live Television Spot | air date 8/2/16


Artsy Shark | Step Into My Studio | 11/12/15 article


Alive TampaBay | Opening Reception Friday in Tampa for Artist Mary Mirabal’s Solo Show | 1/25/17 article


WEDU ArtsPlus episode 513 featuring Mary Mirabal | air date 4/28/16


Bubble Art with artist Mary Mirabal as seen on WFLA's Gayle Guyardo's "As Seen on Pinterest" segment air date 7/6/16