Gallery of Paintings and Personal Web Site of Mary

Hello!

Welcome to my web site. This site has a bit of everything, but it is primarily about my oil paintings and creative services I have to offer.

The "gallery" is where you can look at my paintings, many of the mountainous Big Bend region in West Texas. I have also begun adding some of the paintings I did over twenty years ago, such as the deer on the second page of the gallery. Fine art giclée prints, cups and calendars are available for some of my paintings, because the originals have all sold.

Not only does the "About" area contain a brief biography and artist's statement, but it also includes some of the genealogy of my family. The artist's statement is a work in progress. An artist's statement is basically a statement about how an artist feels about his work and what motivates him.

This website is a place for me to share my oil paintings of landscapes, seascapes and animals. Most of the art is inspired from the desert of west Texas and is painted representationally. And, frankly, I have to do something with my time; I can't sit around watching CourtTV or whatever all day. The mind needs to be stimulated and expanded, and computers and the Internet have been a tremendous blessing for people who are disabled and homebound like me. Now, I can add web site design and even photo restoration to my bag of goodies. I don't plan on charging much because I'm still learning. It's kind of my way of doing an internship. Thanks to Adobe's CS3 design software, my printer and new scanner, I can retouch photos and do all sorts of useful things with very old or damaged originals.

One last thing. The above is a video presentation I created in Roxio Media Creator. I hope you enjoy it.