After a career in Quebec City teaching Interior Decoration and Visual Presentation, Mary returned home to Nova Scotia in 2015. Watercolour was part of her training in Interior Decoration and has been her main tool of artistic expression for over 20 years. She is A member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and the Quebec based Institut des Arts Figuratifs (IAF). Her work can be seen at 14 Bells Fine Art Gallery in Halifax.