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Mary was born in Richland WA in 1957. She grew
up in West Seattle and now resides in Port Orchard WA, just
across the water from her childhood home.
She had an early
interest in art, attending the Cornish School Saturday Art
Sessions while in junior high. She continued to explore
making art, stage work, choral, film, and photography through
high school.
She later continued
with art, stage, choral, photography, and design in college,
culminating in a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the
University of Washington in 1987.
Mary has traveled
extensively throughout the US and Australia, New
Zealand, Panama, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, England, and
Hawaii.
She has exhibited
in numerous group, solo, juried,
and invitational shows.
EDUCATION
2007 Pastel workshop with Desmond O’Hagan, Gig Harbor WA
2000 Pastel workshop with Bob Rohm, Gig Harbor WA
1992 Pastel workshop with Albert Handell
PSA Scholarship, Seattle
WA
1991 Portrait workshop with Bob Gerbracht, Virginia City NV
1990 Master Class with Wolf Kahn, Santa Fe Institute of Fine
Arts,
Santa Fe NM
1987 Graduate University of Washington, Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Painting
1975 Graduate
West Seattle High School
MEMBERSHIPS
NW Pastel Society
, Signature Member
Peninsula Art League
PERSONAL
Born in Richland WA 1957; Married with teenagers
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