Artist Mary Aslin

When in 4th grade in Laramie, Wyoming, Mary completed her first plein air landscape painting as part of a school project and the experience was thrilling and memorable, portending of a future to come, far more wonderful than she could have imagined at the time. Despite a desire to be an artist, continuing to paint and taking a few classes in high school, yet not entirely sure how real artists actually made a living, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington in Seattle and got as close to art as possible, working as a cartographer for a few years. Her work has been widely collected and she is proud to show her art each summer at the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach where 2018 marks her 9th year. She can be found painting outside around San Juan Capistrano and in her studio in Laguna Beach, where she occasionally holds workshops, classes, and open studio events