Sometimes the sea catches fire
Mary Pye, 2026- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 65 x 75 cm
- Type
- Painting
Pricing on request
Mary Pye (b. 2001; Manchester, UK) is a painter whose meditative, layered works are shaped by stillness and sustained attention. Working through a slow rhythm of deposition and erosion, she builds surfaces through repeated gestures—laying down pigment, shifting it, withdrawing it, and allowing it to settle over time. Each painting becomes a form of quiet listening: to what arrives, what lingers, and what chooses to remain unseen.