Work samples

  • Night Walk
    Night Walk
  • Ascending Herd
    Ascending Herd
  • Field of Poppies
    Field of Poppies
  • Animal II
    Animal II

About Mary

In the last year, I have been painting around Monkton near the small horse farm where my husband and I and other assorted animals live . My paintings are smaller and brighter than they used to be. I have also been making small reduction block prints, printed by hand instead of with the big press I used to use. At Manor Mill, the neighborhood community art center and gallery, I have had the pleasure of teaching other people how to make these block prints; the results have been astonishing! 

Experimental Prints 2023

Colored etchings using varying techniques and multiple layers

  • Imaginary Barn
    Imaginary Barn
  • Poppy Garden
    Poppy Garden
  • The Living Bass
    The Living Bass
  • Poppies
    Poppies
  • Animal III
    Animal III
  • Scavenger
    Scavenger
  • Night Walk
    Night Walk
  • Park 'n' Bark
    Park 'n' Bark
  • Possessed
    Possessed
  • Animal
    Animal

Maryland countryside 2023

Summer fields and clouds, autumn trees and ponds, horses

  • Huntsman's Hall
    Huntsman's Hall
  • Private Pond
    Private Pond
  • Blue Mood Cottage
    Blue Mood Cottage
  • Summer Wind
    Summer Wind
  • Yellow Shed
    Yellow Shed
  • Rutledge Valley
    Rutledge Valley
  • Oaken Grove
    Oaken Grove
  • Private Pair
    Private Pair
  • Ascending Herd
    Ascending Herd
  • November Noon
    November Noon

Naskeag Point Paintings

Painting dim and foggy days between drizzle, refusing to resort to only cool colors; finally one blue day!

 

  • Lone Gull
    Lone Gull
  • Reader Rocks and Rower
    Reader Rocks and Rower
  • Men and Boats
    Men and Boats
  • Blue Hill Bay
    Blue Hill Bay
  • Naskeag Beach
    Naskeag Beach

Embroidered Amphibians

Lizards and Chameleons, Green Fabrics--just getting started

  • Chameleon
    Chameleon
  • Chameleon collection
    Chameleon collection

Ragged Island Retreat

After 3 years of staying at home, mostly in quarantine, I returned to Nova Scotia and discovered a whole new peninsula and a new way of thinking about paint. Being there this time, when I thought I might never get another chance, felt very emotional. I loved seeing it all again, and as I took it all in, the sensation of lightly dragging a brush with sparing layers of color across the rough linen, was like a caress. Each pass added a veil of light and atmosphere. I wasn't thinking of this at the time, but later have liked to imagine that one could go through the veils and end up actually being inside the painting, more deeply in touch than ever with that world that means so much to me. 
  • Dogs on Edge
    Dogs on Edge
    Oil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2022
  • Boathouse
    Boathouse
    Oil on linen, 8" x 10", 2022
  • Cliff House
    Cliff House
    Oil on linen, 8" x 10", 2022
  • Back Harbor, Lockeport
    Back Harbor, Lockeport
    Oil on linen, 9" x 12", 2022
  • Green Harbor from West Head
    Green Harbor from West Head
    Oil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2022
  • West Head Gazebo
    West Head Gazebo
    Oil on linen, 11" x 14", 2022
  • Morning Cove
    Morning Cove
    Oil on linen, 8" x 10", 2022
  • Lockeport Bay
    Lockeport Bay
    Oil on linen, 8" x 10", 2022
  • Louis Head with Dogs
    Louis Head with Dogs
    Oil on linen, 10" x 16", 2022
  • Ragged Island
    Ragged Island
    Oil on linen, 12" x 16", 2022

Prints 2021-22

A reduction block print I made for Valentine's Day in 2021 got me started with this medium. I liked
the way the rubbery speedo blocks and water soluble inks left an uneven surface that allowed colors from the previous layers to show through. I didn't mind if the registration was not perfect. They had softer edges and looked like paintings; I liked this. In "Red Scent" from 2022, I went further and scuffed up the surface deliberately; it glinted and shimmered like intaglio.

My 5 year old grandson brought on the monotypes: he wanted to make musical instruments!
  • The Heart of Winter
    The Heart of Winter
    Reduction Block Print, 4" x 6", 2021
  • Cantaloops
    Cantaloops
    Reduction Block Print, 4" x 6", 2021
  • Serpentwine
    Serpentwine
    Reduction Block Print, 4" x 6", 2021
  • Car-routes
    Car-routes
    Reduction Block Print, 6" x 4", 2022
  • Fjord
    Fjord
    Reduction Block Print, 4" x 6", 2021
  • Only Rose
    Only Rose
    Reduction Block Print, 6" x 4", 2021
  • Red Scent
    Red Scent
    Reduction Block Print, 4" x 6", 2022
  • Hydraulic
    Hydraulic
    Reduction Block Print, 11 3/4" x 7 1/2", 2022
  • Alleluia
    Alleluia
    Monotype, 9" x 12", 2022
  • Heart Strings
    Heart Strings
    Monotype, 12" x 9", 2022

Monkton Spring Summer and Fall 2022

Colorful trees and fields not far from Home!
  • Verdant Valley
    Verdant Valley
    Oil on linen, 18" x 24", 2022
  • Verdant Valley II
    Verdant Valley II
    Oil on linen, 14" x 18", 2022
  • Riding Out
    Riding Out
    Oil on linen, 8" x 8", 2022
  • Dandelions
    Dandelions
    Oil on linen, 10" x 12", 2022
  • Roadside Red Buds
    Roadside Red Buds
    Oil on linen, 12" x 16", 2022
  • Redbud Fence
    Redbud Fence
    Oil on linen, 10" x 16", 2022
  • Willow Oaks Sapphire Pond
    Willow Oaks Sapphire Pond
    Oil on linen, 16" x 20", 2022
  • Prospect Autumn
    Prospect Autumn
    Oil on canvas, 19" x 22", 2022
  • Atlanta Hall
    Atlanta Hall
    Oil on linen, 19" x 22", 2022
  • Summer Storm, Watters Meeting
    Summer Storm, Watters Meeting
    Oil on linen, 18" x 24", 2022

Seasonal Paintings 2021

These are mostly small, quick, and shaggy outdoor paintings, attempting to capture some effects of  afternoon light and moving air. Most were done at the end of a long day spent on other things.
  • Iris
    Iris
    Oil on linen, 14" x 18", 2021
  • Flamer
    Flamer
    Oil on linen, 12" x 12", 2021
  • His Majesty
    His Majesty
    Oil on linen, 8" x 8", 2021
  • Her Highness
    Her Highness
    Oil on linen, 8" x 8", 2021
  • East of Andor
    East of Andor
    Oil on canvas, 22" x 28", 2021
  • Turner Road Studio
    Turner Road Studio
    Oil on linen, 12" x 16", 2021
  • Turner Road Pond
    Turner Road Pond
    Oil on linen, 16" x 18", 2021
  • Long Pond
    Long Pond
    Oil on linen, 9" x 17", 2021
  • Hallowe'en Hay
    Hallowe'en Hay
    Oil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2021
  • Oldtime Milking Parlor
    Oldtime Milking Parlor
    Oil on linen, 10" x 16", 2022

Paintings 2020

I painted these colorful, airy  landscapes more like drawings in the summer of 2020 and they offered a break from the dark, closed-in months of quarantine.

  • Neighbor Pond
    Neighbor Pond
    Oil on linen, 22" x 28", 2020
  • Manner Pond
    Manner Pond
    Oil on linen, 22" x 28", 2020
  • Rutledge Truck
    Rutledge Truck
    Oil on linen, 26" x 29", 2020
  • Rutledge Farm
    Rutledge Farm
  • Lemon Road
    Lemon Road
    Oil on canvas, 18" x 24", 2020
  • Manner Pond II
    Manner Pond II
    Oil on linen, 22" x 28", 2020
  • Autumn Ridge
    Autumn Ridge
    Oil on linen, 20" x 30", 2020
  • Thanksgiving--Dunmore
    Thanksgiving--Dunmore
    Oil on linen, 24" x 36", 2020

Along the coast in southwestern Nova Scotia

In the late summer, I paint along the southwest coast of Nova Scotia. The air can be cool and vaporous when rain or fog are on the way, while at other times, above and below  you see the bluest of blues. 
  • Ocean Barrier
    Ocean Barrier
    oil on linen, 10" x 12", 2014
  • Estuary Fog
    Estuary Fog
    oil on linen, 14" x 18", 2013--15
  • Coffin
    Coffin
    oil on linen, 10" x 12", 2015
  • Horse Head, Beach Meadows
    Horse Head, Beach Meadows
    oil on linen, 14" x 18", 2015
  • Little Port l'Hébert
    Little Port l'Hébert
    Oil on linen, 9" x 12", 2016
  • Gull Rock
    Gull Rock
    Oil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2018
  • Blue Island
    Blue Island
    Oil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2018
  • House on the Rocks
    House on the Rocks
    Oil on linen panel, 10" x12", 2018
  • Jones Harbor
    Jones Harbor
    Oil on linen, 8" x 10", 2018
  • Outcrop Rock, Johnstons Beach
    Outcrop Rock, Johnstons Beach
    Oil on linen panel, 10" x 12", 2019