Mary lives and documents life in a small midwestern rural-berg. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois and was awarded a scholarship to and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Mary began the graduate program at the University of Iowa, but left the program after receiving a grant from Alloy Casting Company and the School of Engineering at the University of Illinois. When the grant was completed, Mary opted to to leave the engineering program for travel throughout Israel and part of Egypt. She completed graduate school, obtaining a Masters of Health Sciences degree at Rush University several years later.

The bulk of Mary’s sculpture is in public and private sculpture commissions. Molds and documentation of some of her pieces are included in the Chicago Historical Society and Art Institute Archival Collections. Her pieces are rich in their use of iconography and elegant materials. The nature of commissioned work, and often the size of of her sculptures, has precluded its display elsewhere.

Mary uses digital imaging and the dye sublimation process for prints. “It creates a hard, durable surface, easy to maintain surface. The colors are brilliant. They match the midwest’s chameleon shadow and shimmering light landscape. They capture the ephemeral character of the lands human and animal inhabitants. Print size can be changed if desired.”

The artist's prints reflect the stasis and the dynamic change of the artists’ home. Thematically, this work explores the unique anomalies found in contemporary midwestern America. “This an be a harsh landscape. Awe of the coyotes or owls accompanies an understanding of their predatory nature. Its the same with the human inhabitants. We are generous, prickly, odd and well aware of our place in the food chain. We are less interested in overt protest and more interested in survival. This is a place of beauty, wealth and want.”