Skip to content - Mary’s colourful art is inspired by her love of the natural world since childhood.
- Her business is very Green and Sustainable, with as little impact on the environment as possible.
- She uses natural materials in her work, using paper instead of plastics and replacing gelling and thickening agents with beach sand.
- Mary also uses seashells and sea glass collected on the shores for inclusion in her paintings.
- Her art materials are sourced locally, within a 40min radius, to reduce carbon impact and are often collected to reduce fuel consumption on deliveries.
- Recycling: Mary recycles everything from plastics to paper and packaging.
- Reusing: In her art practice, she reuses all the packaging materials received from stockists for shipping paintings to her customers and also for painting storage. Any extra Cardboard is used for composting and weed barriers in her organic garden.
- Upcycling: Mary upcycles glass jars for liquids, plastic container lids for palettes, old cutlery for impasto painting tools, old crockery for brushes and palette knives and old sheets for storing and transporting paintings.
- Mary sources old ceramic tiles for her ink paintings from a local tile company. These are often from broken boxes or discontinued lines and will be thrown out.
- Mary paints in natural light and uses as little electricity as possible. She installed solar panels for renewable energy and has upgraded the insulation in her home and studio.
- When on the Go, Mary brings her own travel mug for teas and coffees and water bottles that she refills from home.
- Mary’s uses paper product labels and swing tags which highlight the uniqueness of our amazing natural world and our need to protect it for future generations to enjoy.
- Her Business Tagline is Arts and Prints for Home & Gift – Celebrating Nature Through Art