 "My paintings are a response to the wild places on the earth. . . Wilderness is where I feel most alive, most connected to the energy of the earth. There are places in the world where that energy is palpable, where we can almost touch the life force surrounding us; places like a blustery beach, ancient redwood forests, and snow-covered mountaintops. |
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"I find earth's magicjust outside my window. There are salt marshes, wild palms, and bright sunsets over the water. I look for the purity and delight in children at play, the transluscent ghostly reflections of boats in the harbor, and the elusive background colors of the sunshine, seashells, and marshes of my St. Augustine, Florida home. My travels, as well, have shaped and inspired me, from exploring paleolithic caverns in Southern France and sipping espresso in outdoor Old World cafes to climbing rocky cliffs of secluded coastlines and dining on top of the Peak in Hong Kong." |
 As a child and young adult, I was greatly influenced by my mother, Idella Hallowell, a student of watercolorists Howard Watson, John Pike, and Ed Whitney. Growing up in the Philadelphia art scene, her artist friends surrounded and encouraged me. I had a fondness for mother's entourage of astonishing friends; they were outrageous. I was fascinated by their total inability to be structured, their aptitude for the dramatic, and their uncanny ways of shifting the mundane into magic. I was always close to nature; as a child, I spent my summers playing in the sand, sun, and waves at the Jersey shore, and the rest of the year I lived in the woods, wheat fields, and cedar lakes at the end of my street. |
Then tempted by professional publishing,I left to work for McGraw-Hill and Gartner Group as a publication editor, writer and industry analyst (1987-2006), and traveled around the world to do speaking engagements and work with executives in Fortune 500 companies. I've done many freelance book illustrations, and do web design, illustrate children's books, and have sold illustrations for greeting cards, party and gift supplies, scrapbook album covers, logos, and brochures. Surrounded by the beach, sawgrass, and palms, my husband Dan and I go on weekend kayaking treks through the salt marshes, walk for hours on the white sandy beaches, and partake of the vibrancy of the emerging art culture in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the U.S. In 2010, my work was featured in a book, Best of America Oil Artists (Kennedy Publishing). In 2007 and 2009, paintings were used as backgrounds in the ABC-TV show, "Wife Swap." 
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Some of Mary's original work can be found at the following galleries.
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Thornebrook Gallery 2441-6D NW 43rd Street Gainesville, FL 352.378.4947 www.thornebrookgallery.com |
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First Street Gallery 216-B First Street Neptune Beach, FL 32266 904.241.6928 www.firststreetgalleryart.com |
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