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
CARMEL CALIFORNIA - MY HOME again!
“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
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN JOSE 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.”