Medium: 5500 one pence coins.

Oxford English dictionary: Commodity A thing of value. A useful thing.

Commodity-A Self Portrait…Using the coin-like shape and coins as my medium of choice to create a self-portrait, my piece attempts to illustrate that...

Please see the following links for more details

• Daily Mail: Copper load of this! Artist creates self-portrait using 5,500 pennies
• Derby University: Mary Coins Self Portrait
• Streatham Pulse: Streatham Artist's Penny Portrait
• Wandsworth Guardian: Streatham Park artist makes self portrait from 5,500 pennies
• This is Derbshire: Artwork's worth every penny

Street Voice is the title of an innovative exhibition involving students from the University of Derby and homeless people in the city. BA (Hons) Creative Expressive Therapies students Jemima Thimbleby, Jessica Stammers and Mary Nugent set residents from two Derby hostels for the homeless – Hartington House and Centenary House – the challenge of taking photographs for a public exhibition.

Street Voice Homeless Project:

• Press release University of Derby: http://www.derby.ac.uk/news/giving-the-homeless-a-voice-through-photography
• Interview Street Voice Project at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2XHsiqWCU4

If you would like to see some of my paintings  visit: 

The Putney Arts Theatre

Ravenna Road

Putney, London, SW15 6AW

These two paintings will be displayed June 18 until July 28th 2007 as part of the Summer Exhibition.