About Mary Blue

Mary received her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 where she studied with Neil Welliver. Visiting Critiques included but not limited to Bill Jacklin, Harmony Hammond and Red Grooms. She also studied at the Vermont Studio, the Maryland Art Institute, and Ecole des Arts d’Avignon France. Her work is exhibited widely in galleries along the Norfolk coast, in London and abroad. She was shortlisted for the Sir John Hurt Art Prize in 2020, 2021, 2022. Mary designs immersive art experiences and is also an artist educator whose workshops delight and inspire the young and young at heart. Most summers you can find her as a regular participant at Paint Out Norfolk, an en plein air competition. She has travelled widely, is a playful adventurer with an insatiable curiosity about the universe that feeds her work as an artist.

2023 RA Summer Exhibition

My paintings of coastal tidelands encourage viewers to see and feel ourselves as part of the landscape, to cherish the natural world ensuring its special qualities are both valued and looked after. Inspiring others to steward the natural world, I translate gathered data such as onsite sketches, the tide table, and scientific research into paintings that engage an audience with emotional resonance.

Latest

Art and Adventure Sail with Coastal Exploration Company July 2026.

Art Outstanding in a Field, painting sunflowers with wine in September

Workshops: 2026 season at Reef booking online now https://www.reefmakeanddo.com

Upcoming Exhibitions‍ ‍

Trembling Waters at Gallery East in Woodbridge 28 March.

Viewing Room in Kings Lynn with Contemporary & Country 3 April

Wighton 26 NNEP July

By Way of the Sea, Salthouse 3 Oct