“When a particular scene speaks to me. I love to paint the immediacy of the experience. There is nothing more joyful than the feel of the paint and the brush on the canvas as the scene comes alive within me and I become a conduit for expressing it on the canvas, whether realistically or abstractly. ”
Mary has traveled the world observing the diversity of cities and villages, studying the world's outstanding art, as well as painting in Italy, France and Germany. She is equally at home painting in the middle of a busy market in Rome, alone in the Rocky Mountains or on the beaches of California. Mary has studied with Jordan Wolfson, Quang Ho, Kim English, Mark Daily, Jerry de la Cruz, Kim Mackey, David Barbero, and Patrick Hamilton of Florence, Italy. She has been showing in solo and group exhibitions since l993.
Selected Shows and Exhibitions:
Solo Shows, Hutchinson, Kansas Art Center
Denver, Colorado Junior Symphony League Showhouse Guest Artist
Oil Painters of America West and Southwest, Pueblo, Colorado
Solo Show, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, Kansas
Art Students’ League Alumni Exhibitions, Denver, Colorado
Solo Show, First National Bank, Hutchinson, Kansas
Awards:
Award for Excellence - Hutchinson Art Association Permanent Collection
Six Purchase Awards - Hutchinson Art Association
Honorable Mention, Artist's Magazine
Private Collections: Henry Meininger, Kim English, First National Bank, Hutchinson Kansas