Get to know Mary Kay
My Media
My Classes
My Classes
I work in both watercolor and oil paints. I love the quickness and fluidity of watercolor and the smell and boldness of oil.
My Classes
My Classes
My Classes
I began teaching art classes on the Coastside in 2000. Since Shelter in Place began in the Bay Area, I've been posting a painting a day and zooming a lesson a week. I look forward to my three weekly classes returning when it's safe.
My Background
Exhibitions and Awards
Exhibitions and Awards
I was born and raised in Yerington, NV, where I was able to take many art classes. During the decade in which I earned a degree in biochemistry and a teaching credential and then taught high school chemistry, I yearned to spend more time painting. With the encouragement of my husband, I began to study watercolors with Evelyn Wright, Zolta
I was born and raised in Yerington, NV, where I was able to take many art classes. During the decade in which I earned a degree in biochemistry and a teaching credential and then taught high school chemistry, I yearned to spend more time painting. With the encouragement of my husband, I began to study watercolors with Evelyn Wright, Zoltan Szabo, and Jeanne Carbonetti, and oils with Jim Wilcox.
Exhibitions and Awards
Exhibitions and Awards
Exhibitions and Awards
2020 Sanchez Art Center 50/50 XII
2013 Sanchez Art Center 50/50 V
2012 Sanchez Art Center 50/50 IV
2005 Nature's Inspiration Juried Exhibit, Half Moon Bay, CA
2003 Lyon County Fair, Yerington, NV, First place and People's Choice
2001 Cafe Classique, El Granada, CA, First solo watercolor show
1993-96 San Joaquin Co. Fair Art Show, Four first place awards