Entranced by the Hudson Valley, Mary enjoys plein air painting, portraiture and still life in pastel and oil. A third generation San Franciscan, she received a BA in painting from UC, Santa Barbara and a MA in printmaking from NYU (Thesis: "The Photographic Image in Silk-screen and Intaglio Printmaking"). She currently teaches at SUNY Orange, The Wallkill River School and Museum Village. She has also taught at the Star Gallery in Middletown, the Northern Lights Academy in Warwick, NY, and Pike County Arts, Millford, PA. Her work was featured in several shows at the Wallkill River Art Gallery, Montgomery, NY; the Beck Gallery, Hurleyville, NY; Kenridge Farm Gallery and The Arts Alliance, Cornwall, NY.

In New York City she pursued a career as Art Director and designer for various publications and companies. She also studied at the School of Visual Arts, the Art Students League and with noted

regional artists including John Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute, NJ. Her paintings and prints have been exhibited nationally and internationally and won numerous awards. Her painting of children on the beach “Beach Memories” was used on the August 2008 cover of “Natural Awakenings” and a pastel, “Bairds Cows” was featured on the 2004 Warwick Valley Telephone Cover. She was videotaped painting the replica of Henry Hudson’s 1609 “Half Moon” while it docked in Newburgh in November 2008 as part of thirty Orange County artists interviewed for the FreeArtinNY.org web page.

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