​Mary has been both a practicing artist and nurse for most of her adult life. She has found them to be mutually rewarding professions with intersecting and permeable boundaries – informing each other in subtle ways. Mary expresses herself through the direct and personal connection of commission pieces, which helps build her studio portfolio.
 
Most recently, she has been exploring the therapeutic potential of the portraiture process, specifically as it applies to the latter part of life and the ageing aesthetic.  She has participated in the “Artists on the Wards” program at the University of Alberta Hospital, and is a current member in the Alberta Society of Artists and the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour.