Meet
Mary
Exhibits, Workshops, Awards, and Bio
Painting
Galleries:
Florals I
Florals
II
Florals
III
Travels
Western
Read Article about Mary's art from Star Community Newspapers
Workshops/
Watercolor Classes
Mary teaches weekly workshops, Oak Point, Texas, Beginners and Intermediate
Contact Mary for Information
Mary has art in the Oxide
Gallery
Awards
"My
Garden," was the chosen painting to be displayed in the book.
"My Garden" also won the third place award at the Red River Valley
Museum Juried Art Show, Vernon, Texas. This painting was also accepted in
the 40th Annual Southwest Watercolor Society's Juried Exhibition.
Published Artist in the National Juried "Best of America Watercolor
Artists & Artisans" Vol.1, page 21, Kennedy Publishing Services,
May, 2007.
"My
Cup Runneth Over," Published Artist in the selected works from the Park
Cities Presbyterian Church Arts Festival, Dallas, TX 2007, "23
on 23," written and collected by Dr. Pete Deison, page 67.
"Picket Fence"
Judge's Certificate of Merit
Red River Valley International Juried Art Exhibition, 2008
Vernon, Texas
"Straw
Hat" was chosen to be the month of June in the Visual Arts Society
of Texas 2008 Calendar
Artist of
the Month 8/08
Mary Emerson
Artist of the Month, Visual Arts Society of Texas, 9/2010,
"Memories"
Chosen for the 2012 VAST Calendar
2nd
Place Artist of the Month,
Visual Arts Society of Texas, 9/2011, "Cousins"
"Daffodils"
was chosen to be the month of April, on the Visual Arts Society of Texas
2006 Calendar.
"Waiting"
Award
Visual Arts of Texas 37th International l Exhibition, Denton, Texas.
"Afternoon
Peace," was awarded First Place at the Visual Arts Society of Texas Artist
of the Month Mini-Show, and was also chosen for the month of June in the Calendar
Contest for 2005.
"Hibiscus"
won first place at
Southwest Watercolor Society, Dallas, Texas, awarding Mary "Artist of
the Month."
"Villa Rotunda, Italy," Award
2005 VAST Anual Juried Members Exhibition.
"Need a Hat" won a material award at the Texas Visual Arts Association Citation 2004 juried show, Dallas, Texas.
"May in Italy" won fourth place at the Kiamichi Owa-Chito Juried Art Show, Beavers Bend Park, Oklahoma. With Mary is Ken Hosmer, renowned artist and Juror of the show.
Mary grew up in
Oklahoma, and now lives in Texas. She always loved art, but it was not until
her children were grown, and she had finished her Ph.D. that she finally got
to do what she always wanted to do--study drawing and watercolor painting.
Mary says she paints the "colors of life" in her wide variety of
watercolor subjects - bright florals, cowboy hats, chickens-- subjects that
she "just has to paint!"
She has studied watercolors with regional and nationally
known artists-- Zoltan Szabo, Ken Hosmer, Tom Lynch, Naomi Brotherton, Carol
Maddox at LaRomita in Terni, Italy, and Judy Morris in France.
Mary's paintings have won awards in juried shows in Oklahoma
and Texas, and her paintings are in international private, and corporate collections,
and has presented several Solo Invitational Exhibitions.She is a published
Artist in the National Juried "Best of America Watercolor Artists &
Artisans" Vol.1, page 21, Kennedy Publishing Services, May, 2007, and
in "23 by 23,"
the selected works from the Park Cities Presbyterian Church Arts Festival,
Dallas, TX 2007, written and collected by Dr. Pete Deison.
Mary is the founder of the Oak Point Art Society and
is listed in the World Artist Directory of Accomplished Artists World
Wide. She is represented by the Oxide Gallery, in Denton, Texas.
Mary was a Professor at Collin College, Frisco, Texas,
in the Computer Science Department for twenty years. Currently, she teaches
watercolor classes and workshops in Texas. She is a member of Southwest Art
Society, Oak Point Art Society, and the Southwest Watercolor Society.
Mary
is also a Distributor of the Watercolorboard™ for stretching watercolor
paper
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