Painting has been her full-time occupation for 39 years. She has won numerous awards and has exhibited in New York, Colorado, San Diego and Montréal.
She has twice been the recipient of the Line Boisvert prize for transparency and luminosity. Her paintings are characterized by accurate draftsmanship and superb quality of light.
Mary Martin lives with her cat and dog on a 20 acre woodland site in Dunham, Quebec, Canada.
Her ideal walking and painting holiday is to spend three weeks in the Lake District of England.