Hear from artist Mary Davies Kerns at Rey's Roast event, Saturday, November 2

DAYTON-Rey's Roast Coffee is displaying a new exhibit by artist Mary Davies Kerns during November and December. The Dayton coffee shop hosts the artist on Saturday November 2 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. for a presentation about her work.

Stratocumulus clouds, columnar basalt, cirrus clouds, cumulonimbus clouds, basin and range, dissected lava plains, sagebrush steppe, juniper and aspen, new grass in the spring. These are what Mary Davies Kerns wants the viewer to fantasize about when viewing her paintings. A feeling of space, freedom, and open horizons.

After thirty years as a professional artist, Mary strives for simplicity in her work. Recent paintings using palette knives have furthered her goal of brevity and lots of paint on the canvas. She often uses a warm red as an underpainting and allows bits of it to peak out between vibrant blues and greens in her composition.

Mary and her husband ranch in southeastern Oregon. This is her subject matte-cattle, horses, working dogs, endless skies and lava buttes dominate her work.

Mary says, "painting is a dream. A waking dream of communicating the beauty I see."

Rey's Roast is located at 242 E Main St in Dayton.