Mary’s Landscape Art Info

Ohio is the land of my birth and I still have fond feelings for Ohio – even though the winters are very cold. It was here that I learned to love the land and the trees that grew on it. It was here that I planted vegetables in the spring and helped my mother preserve them in the fall. It was here that my father cut corn and formed it into shocks, and here that, in the winter, I took my sled across the creek to the hay field, now cut short and covered with a luscious white powder, and slid down the hill, almost into the creek. It was here that I grew up, graduated from high school and college and became a professional.

Ah, but Maryland has my heart. On the western side are mountains with their beautiful vistas and ski lifts for winter fun and on the eastern side is the ocean for frolicking in the summer. In between, there is a plethora of deciduous trees, of beautiful evergreens and of tall, stately slash pines, among others. I can find such a variety of settings and trees that I have a wealth of background information for when I do my landscape paintings.