Monique Parry

Monique Parry is a full time artist living in East Boothbay, Maine.  Parry’s watercolor and oil paintings of flowers, still lifes, and gardens offer a fresh view of our everyday surroundings. In 1994-1995 Parry spent seven months in France, studying at Ecole Albert Defois in Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, and traveling and painting on location. Other art education includes workshops with Don Stone, Betty Lou Schlemn, Charles Reid, Frances Hodsdon and DeWitt Hardy. She has studied at the Scottsdale Artists School with Kim English, Joni Falk, Robert Johnson, and Sherrie McGraw, . Plein Air Workshops include Ireland with Donald Demers, California with Ray Roberts, Arizona with Skip Whitcomb, Ken Auster and Wm. Scott Jennings . Life drawing with the Rockport, Massachusetts, Art Association and other groups. Her paintings are found in numerous collections in the US and Great Britain.

Monique's paintings are the expression of a continuing search to find the beauty in the commonplace and to see elegance in the ordinary.  Her impeccable sense of color and light bring a lively realism to her work.  The large portraits of flowers and the intimate still life paintings are filled with a sense of joy and peace, reflecting the artist's philosophy.

Represented by:

        Coco Vivo Fine Art         www.cocovivofineart.com
        Gallery Row
         25 Broad Street
        Charleston, SC 29401
        843-720-4027

         Coco Vivo Fine Art and Design        www.cocovivofineart.com
        129 Commercial Street
        Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
        866-633-0979

Galleries and Affiliations:

  • North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, MA
  • Boothbay Region Art Foundation, Boothbay Harbor, ME
  • Signature Member, New England Watercolor Society
  • Artist Member, Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA.
  • Member, Oil Painters of America

Exhibits, Juried Shows, Awards:

2010 Best and Brightest Exhibit, Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 "Artifacts of a Journey" Solo Exhibit, CocoVivo Fine Arts, Charleston, SC
2010 Local Color / Flowers & Gardens, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
2009 Rockport Art Association Spring Group Show Award for Excellence in Any Medium
2009 April, Two Person Exhibit, "Perceptions", CocoVivo Fine Art and Design, Charleston, SC
2009 Article in April issue of "American Art Collector"
2007 The Best and the Brightest Exhibit, Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, Arizona
2007 85th Anniversary Exhibit of Masters, North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA
2007 Winsor & Newton Award for Excellence in Watercolor, North Short Arts Association
2007 Salon International 2007, International Museum of Contemporary Masters, Hosted by Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2007 Oxford Invitational Fine Arts Fair, Oxford, Maryland
2006 Holiday Exhibit, Francesca Anderson Fine Arts, Lexington, MA
2006 Beverly A. Demont Memorial Award, North Short Art Association
2006 Poster Artist, Oxford Invitational Fine Arts, Oxford Maryland
2005 Oxford Invitational Fine Arts Fair, Oxford, Maryland
2004 Contributing Artist to International Artists’ Book “100 Ways to Paint Flowers & Gardens”
2004/05   “The Best and Brightest Exhibit”, Professional Division, Scottsdale (AZ) Artists School
2003 Women Artists of the Boothbay Region, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
2003 “Almost Miniature” Exhibit, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
2001 New England Watercolor Society Exhibit at Guild of Boston Artists
2000 Solo Exhibit, Thos. Moser Cabinetmaker, Freeport, Maine, April—July
2000 New England Watercolor Society, “Watercolors for the 21st Century”, Guild  of  Boston Artists
2000 National Association of Women Artists Millennium Collection, Feminist Expo, Baltimore, MD
1999 “Almost Miniatures” Exhibit, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1999 New England Watercolor Society Millennium Celebration, Boston, MA
1999 New England Watercolor Society  Exhibit, Cahoon Museum, Cotuit, MA, Marshall Joyce Memorial Award
1999 Works on Paper, The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme Connecticut
1998 American Women Artists Competition, Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, Honorable Mention
1998 New Members Exhibit, North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, Massachusetts
1998 New England Watercolor Society New England Juried Exhibit, Concord, Massachusetts
1998 New England Watercolor Society 6th Biennial North American Open Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts
1997 Solo Exhibit, “For All Things There is a Season”, Heritage Plantation, Sandwich, Massachusetts
1996 Two-Person Exhibit, Emporium Gallery, Dover, New Hampshire
1995 Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, Mystic, Connecticut, First Place Watercolor
1995 Art Guild of the Kennebunks, Celebration of the Arts, Kennebunkport, Maine, First Place
1995 Two-Person Exhibit, Galerie Les Z’Arts, Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, France
1995 Exhibit, Chateau de Maupassant, Vihiers, France
1994 Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, Mystic, Connecticut, Award, Watercolor

Additional information available from the artist upon request.