Mary has been painting nearly all her life and has achieved a high reputation and following as a landscape painter; her use of rich strong colours in oils giving her landscapes a distinctive vibrancy. Her considerable success is due not only to her very broad experience of different media, styles and techniques, but equally to her knowledge and love of the countryside and wildlife;
Mary studied at Goldsmith's College, University of London and Epsom College of Art, where she later took a course in experimental art under Leslie Worth. She has exhibited extensively in England and France and her paintings can be found worldwide.