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   People. Place. Diversity. Color. Music. Dance.Work. Play. Celebration. Wit.
These are ingredients in Sy Mohr art. His love for people of all races, colors, and nations shines through his work. To Sy, this is the soul and essence of life. In a career spanning nearly two-thirds of a century, he has brought his love to life in more than 150 oil paintings, many of which are here in his gallery for you to see and enjoy.

    On May 7, 2008, DESIGN à la Carte hosted a reception for Sy Mohr in Annapolis, Maryland, featuring Sy's private art collection and including his life-size mural of "Woodstock." The gallery is now offering many of Mohr’s original paintings plus prints of “Woodstock,” “Ocean City,” “Solomons Island,” “The Band,” “Madonna,” “Cape Cod,” “ Success,” “ Provincetown,” and “Mummers Parade.” The gallery offers art by Mohr and others, photography, and custom framing. Mohr's prints and originals are displayed on walls surrounded by unique furniture, hand-crafted furnishings, custom draperies, wall coverings, upholstery, carpet, rugs, floorings, and interesting lighting. The gallery offers designer-assisted shopping for the public and the design trade.
     Mohr has been dubbed "The Painter of Maryland" for his many scenes of Annapolis, Ocean City, Solomons Island and Smith Island, and other Maryland locales although his paintings depict much of the country and world. Mohr is a long-time resident of the state.
     On April 9, Maryland Public Television ARTWORKS This Week, hosts Rhea Feikin and Nate Howard decorated the solon, where Feikin interviewed artists, with two paintings by "Annapolis-based Sy Mohr." They displayed four other paintings to publicize Mohr's exhibition at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts (see below).
.    A solo exhibition of fifty paintings by Annapolis-based, contemporary painter Sy Mohr will run from March 30 through May 9, 2008, at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase Street in Annapolis, Maryland, in the balcony gallery. The exhibit opens in conjunction with Maryland Day at Maryland Hall, from 12 noon to 5 pm with a drop-in open house that is free and open to the public. Mohr's painting "Annapolis," which had been on display at Lowe's Hotel on West Street in Annapolis, will be included in the Maryland Hall exhibit.
     In February 2008, Mr. Mohr received a personal letter from Presidential candidate John McCain saying that while in Annapolis attending his Naval Academy class reunion, "I will make a point to study your paintings."
     The Art in Embassies Program (AIEP) of the United States Department of State accepted Sy Mohr's painting "Monhegan Island" (Maine) in February 2008 for display in the U.S. Embassy in Banjul in The Gambia, a small nation along the Gambia River in western Africa, which is surrounded by Senegal. In his 1977 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Roots: The Saga of an American Family, Alex Haley's ancestor Kunta Kinte traveled from The Gambia to slave auction in Annapolis.
     In May, 2007, a large assemblage of Sy Mohr's paintings of Annapolis, Maryland, (see left) digitally collaged by artist Sally Wern Comport, was placed on display on the Annapolis Harbormaster House at City Dock in downtown Annapolis (easily visible from the boardwalk by the yachts and sailboats), as part of ArtWalk, a community art project celebrating the significance of Annapolis receiving its Charter from Great Britain 300 years ago. "The walk includes 5 renowned artists, 13 pieces of art at 6 sites in Annapolis."
     Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, DC selected Sy Mohr's painting "The Pope of Life Today" for inclusion in the exhibit  A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People, held September 14, 2005 through April 23, 2006.
     In November, 2001, The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, PA selected the Sy Mohr painting entitled "Pennsylvania Amish Farm Life" for its permanent collection. View it under The State Museum above or "Activities" below.
     In January, 2002, the Art in Embassies Program (AIEP) of the United States Department of State requested the artist's "participation for exhibitions we are curating...of original artwork by American artists in the residences of the United States Ambassadors worldwide. Ambassadorial residences serve as the center for official state functions overseas and  exhibitions become a part of the Ambassador's cultural mission at Post..." The artist loaned three of his paintings for a period of three years. "The Peace March" (Happenings, "Peace March (Right)", the right hand panel of the three-panel painting) was displayed from 2002 to 2005 in the U.S. embassy in Kigali, Rwanda (see Exhibitions), scene of the bloody 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people. "Indian Festival" and "Indian Wedding" were displayed in the U.S. embassy in Port-of-Spain, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, during the same period.

www.ambarwanda.org.uk/newsletter/no12.htm (Search on Mohr) 
     Taken from the Newsletter of the US Embassy in Kigali. ... The Peace March, a contemporary folk painting by Sy Mohr, celebrates people marching for peace, while ...

aiep.state.gov/exhibits/index.cfm?fa=printer&site=Port-of-Spain  
     Sy Mohr. Indian Festival, Indian Wedding ...
 

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Direct purchase inquiries to Sy Mohr at 301-249-3034. Viewings of original paintings are by appointment only. 
Also view and purchase Sy Mohr original paintings and prints at DESIGN ala Carte, 111 Chinquapin Round Road, off West Street (Rt.450) in the Design District of Annapolis, Maryland. Visit the Web site DESIGN-ala-CARTE for directions. Email Charlotte Nichols at charlotte@designalacarte.org, or call at 410-280-6680.
The quality and color of photos on this Web site may differ from the original paintings. Send comments on the Web site, but no sales inquiries, to sywebmeister@cs.com.