Mary is an energetic and gregarious lover of nature’s treasures. She has devoted much of her painting life to interpreting the natural beauty that surrounds us all.

She started her artistic life in school in London, England, where she studied to be a teacher and concentrated on needlecraft and art. She also participated in amateur dramatics doing set design and decoration, as well as costume design.

After graduation she taught primary school for several years in England and in Germany before emigrating to Canada in 1969. She taught primary school in Oshawa, Ontario and got involved in amateur dramatics with the Oshawa Little Theatre where she met her husband, John. Since the birth of their son, Martin in 1972, she has worked on developing her artistic talents by taking courses and attending workshops while devoting most of her “free” time to painting. The “un-free” time was also devoted to volunteer work for various cultural development organizations, constantly trying to get the community more involved in the appreciation of all manner of arts and crafts.

She has shown works in galleries and group shows all around the Ottawa Valley and now in Prince Edward County. Her customers all appreciate the loose, flowing and sometimes impressionistic interpretation of our world that sometimes goes unnoticed in our rush through daily life. She is continuing to develop and her newer works deal with mixed-media interpretations of the world as she sees it.

Mary also found time to teach watercolour at night school for both the Ottawa School Boards, as often as four nights a week. She has since retired. She is a past-president of “Arteast” and is an honorary lifetime member of the Gloucester Arts Council, both near her former home in Ottawa. Since moving to Prince Edward County she has continued to produce and sell her wonderful interpretations of life.