Mary has both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Art Education from the University of Buffalo, NY and Post-Graduate level studies at Massachusetts College of Art. In 1998 Mary completed a successful 30 year career as an art teacher to high school students in the Boston Public Schools. She then started to concentrate on a lifetime dream of traveling to paint throughout the U.S. and Europe. She now travels frequently to Italy, France and England and always with her art easel in tow!

Mary's art work has been exhibited throughout New England, in galleries and juried shows. Her paintings hang in the permanent collections of large corporations, institutions, banks and private homes throughout the United States including: W.H. Brewster Co., Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Ocean Spray Corp., Avon Box Corp., and Massachusetts State House, etc.