Mary Robertson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has lived throughout Canada and presently resides in Québec City in the winter and Prince Edward Island in the summer. She is a graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario and McGill University in Montreal, Québec.

Mary painted as a teenager when she lived near Morin Heights, Québec, but did not seriously pursue her painting until she studied under the direction of Thomas Tynan. She has exhibited her works primarily in the Quebec City area, Montréal, and Prince Edward Island. She has had solo exhibitions at the Bibliothèque Charles-H.-Blais in Sillery, Québec, at Centre d’art la Chapelle de Vanier, Québec, at Galerie 1040 and Galerie Luz in Montréal, at the Showcase at the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown. Mary participated in collective exhibitions at La Clarté Dieu in Québec City from 2011 to 2016 and in June, 2017, she had a solo exhibition at that gallery. She exhibited her paintings at the Annual Salon de Noël of L’Association Pluri-Arts de Québec until it’s demise in 2019. In Prince Edward Island her paintings have been shown in locations such as Dalvay-by-the-Sea Country Inn, The Dunes Gallery, Beanz Café, Lot 30, the Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce, Howes Hall Gallery and The Watermark Theatre Gallery. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Fondation du centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec, the Department of Veterans Affairs in Charlottetown, and the former Premier of Prince Edward Island. Mary is also exhibiting her paintings and cards at the Showcase at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, Ellen’s Creek Gallery in Charlottetown, and La Clarté Dieu in Québec City. Her other works are in homes and offices throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.

Mary is the former Coordinator of the Selection Committee and a past President of l'Association des créateurs et artisans de Sillery, Québec, (l'Association Pluri-Arts de Québec). She has taught painting at the St. Lawrence Campus of Champlain Regional College in Ste-Foy, Québec, the P.E.I. School of the Arts, and for the culture component of the 2012 Summer Canada Games. Mary also gives private acrylic courses and workshops.

She was one of the seven members of the Group on Brackley Bay who founded and operated Howes Hall Gallery in Brackley Beach, P.E.I. from May, 2008 until September, 2013. In May, 2014, The Group on Brackley Bay moved to the Watermark Theatre Gallery in North Rustico, P.E.I., an exciting, multi-disciplinary theatrical setting and exhibited there for two years. In 2016 the Group was invited to exhibit at The Guild in Charlottetown, PEI, and in 2018 they had an exhibition at Ellen’s Creek Gallery also in Charlottetown. In November, 2019, the group had an exhibition at the Showcase of the Confederation Centre of the Arts. Currently the members exhibit their work at Carr, Stevenson and Mackay in Charlottetown.

Artistic Practice:

The goal of Mary’s work is to explore and give voice to the contrasting and complementary textures, colours, compositions and rhythms of her environment. Her interpretations transcend the ordinary with her frequent use of various media and metallic pigments. On the picture plane she transposes the organic elements so that they intermingle and flow into the realm of intricate movement enhanced by unique textures, unexpected hues and compelling luminosity. Since 2002, Mary has researched the use of acrylic sheet as a surface for her work and continues to experiment with this medium.
June, 2020

Mary Roscoe Murphy Robertson

Summer: 902-672-4085

Winter: 418-523-4575

Cell: 418-564-3239

maryrobertson@gmail.com