- Date Of Birth: November 30, 1948
- Date Of Death: May 14, 2020
- State: Maine
An accomplished painter, Mary had numerous exhibitions with Victoria Munroe Gallery in Boston and New York City, and the Cross Mackenzie Gallery in Washington, DC. Her most recent exhibition, Conditions of Faith, was at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College in 2019. She had fellowships at Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and The Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland.
She enjoyed singing in the choir of St. Anne’s In The Field in Lincoln, MA.
Mary lived and did everything with a burning bright intensity. Her art works explored how light played over desert mountains, cliffs of Ireland and the canals of Venice. She gloried in nature, celebrating light with its roots in darkness. She read voraciously – fiction, poetry and history – and loved a spirited disagreement about ideas. She taught all how to see in finer detail, especially her students and grand nephews, Atticus and Will. Like her gardens, her life was rich in color and alive with the love of family and dedicated friends.
She is survived by her husband, Stoney Conley, MA, brother, Christopher F. Armstrong and his wife Meredith Eachus Armstrong of PA., and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother, David Armstrong.
