Mary Ellen Andrews holds degrees from Northeastern Illinois University and the Colorado Institute of Art. She taught art in public and private schools in the U.S. and in Brazil, and studied with Charles Sovek, Gerald Merfeld, Chen Kee Chee, and Yolanta Rujner of Brazil. She has also worked in the field of commercial design. She loves to paint en plein air the Colorado landscape, and places she’s traveled: villages in Europe, South America, and Mexico. My passion is painting outdoors. For me, painting is a means to the end of being outdoors. The scene in front of me presents an idea; I paint that idea using the shapes and colors according to my artistic and emotional vision. My work – in oil, acrylic and watercolor – is exhibited regularly in galleries and regional exhibits. You can see my paintings at the Arts At Denver Gallery, Denver, the Meerdink Gallery, Ouray, and the Oakley Gallery, Grand Junction. I have gained signature status in the Western CO National Watercolor Society and the Plein Air Artists CO. I am a member of the “Outsiders,” a west-slope group with whom I travel, paint, exhibit, and hang out.
Mary Ellen Andrews
Studios
Putnam
Mary Ellen Andrews worked in the Putnam studio.
The Graphics Studio (as it was originally named) was converted to its present use in 1972–1974 through a grant from the Putnam Foundation, and originally served the property as both a power house and pump house. Well water was pumped from a large cistern to Hillcrest, the Foreman’s Cottage, and the lower buildings closer to…