ABOUT THE ARTIST
NEW ORLEANS - MY BIRTHPLACE
CURRENT REPRESENTATION 2019-PRESENT:
VALLEY ART GALLERY, 1661 BOTHELO DR, S.110 WALNUT CREEK CA 94596 (925-935-4311) vallEYARTGALLERY.ORG
BENICIA’S BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT - MY HOME now
“ONE OF A FAMILY OF ARTISTS AND COLLECTORS IN NEW ORLEANS, CREATIVITY HAS ALWAYS PLAYED A ROLE IN MY SELF EXPRESSION. I DON’T FEEL GROUNDED WITHOUT IT. RENDERING SUBJECTS REALISTICALLY WAS MY FOCUS IN THE BEGINNING, BUT THEN WHEN MY RIGHT ARM WAS SPRAINED ONE SUMMER I TRIED MY FIRST ABSTRACT W/ MY LEFT HAND. i BECAME HOOKED. MY ART PATH HAS GONE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION SINCE THEN.
MY DAYS BEGIN WITH CONTEMPLATING WHAT I WILL CREATE DEPENDING ON MY MOOD. MANY WORKS ARE DONE FROM MY HEAD. MY INTENTION IS TO CONVEY TENDER EMOTIONS OR A SENSE OF PASSION. WITH MY REPRESENTATIONAL ART I SEEK TO BRING OUT ONLY THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY. WITH ABSTRACT PAINTING IT’S ELATING TO HAVE NO RESTRICTION IN WHAT MY END PRODUCT SHOULD BE,”
mary HAS BECOME A FAVORITE WITH DESIGNERS WHO SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE HER ART INTO CLIENTS’ HOME, OFFICE AND HEALTHCARE SURROUNDINGS TO ADD SERENITY, HARMONY, vibrancy.
FIRST GALLERY: GALLERY SARATOGA, SARATOGA CA 2002
FORMER STUDIO: LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA
FORMER STUDIO: CARMEL VALLEY, CA
EDUCATION
Carmel Visual Arts School CA Life Drawing 2016-2018
Extensive Private Tutoring by the Late Renowned Artist, Michael Linstrom, Aptos, CA 2003-2006
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA - Oil/Acrylic Painting 1997
Pacific Art League School of Art, Palo Alto. CA Painting, Color Theory, etc. 1994-1998
Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA – Fine Arts Courses, All, 1989-1994
San Francisco Community College – Fort Mason, Drawing, Painting, Life Drawing 1981-1984
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
TULANE UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS LA
FOOTHILL COLLEGE, LOS ALTOS HILLS CA
DE ANZA COLLEGE, CUPERTINO CA
“MY MANY INSTRUCTORS HAVE GIVEN ME A VERY DIVERSIFIED BANK OF IDEAS AND SKILLS, rounding out my style and methods. to name a few: merry colson, michael linstrom, randall sexton, jane hofstetter, jim brown, skip cantwell, linda heineke, prasad chandras.”