This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in Kaplan, Louisiana of French descent. Mary Vincent
Bertrand calls upon early background and familiarity with Acadian
scenery to depict the bayous, moss-covered oaks and wild flowers, which
have become part of her own impressionistic style of painting.
She captures nature in an individual, hazy fashion giving her work the
characteristic touch she has developed.
Mary entered the art field after working briefly as a draftsman in the
oil industry. She has studied under nationally known
artists such as Edgar Whitney of New York, Robert E. Wood of
California, Henry Wo Yue Kee of Hong Kong, Bud Shakelford of California
and John Pellow of Connecticut. In addition, she studied art at
Tulane University and the John McCrady Art School in New Orleans.
A member of the New Orleans Art Association and Louisiana Watercolour
Society, Mary has had several one-man shows and is represented in local
and out-of-state galleries, and in many private collections and
museums. Her work is included in the Fine Arts Museum of the
South in Mobile, Alabama, and is listed in the New Orleans Public
Library, through The Society of North American Artists, in the Fine
Arts Registry. Awards for her work have been numerous and she has
received recognition in more than 150 juried shows.
Mary has conducted children’s art classes, given demonstrations and
talks on creative art, and served as a judge for many art shows.
She is married and the mother of two children.
Submitted October 2005 by Alethea McKenzie, who found the information on the back of the artist's lithographs.
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