About the Artist

Maryland artist Mary Pfister has won national awards for her portraiture and still life paintings. In 1992 she was invited to introduce her work at the New York Portrait Forum at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

Mary's portraits, still life and wildlife paintings have been selected as finalists in national competitions of greater than 14,000 entries. Her work was featured in The Artist magazine in an article entitled “Introducing America's Award Winning Portrait Painters.” Her work appeared in American Artist magazine in the prestigious national competitions of greater “Realism Today” co-sponsored and exhibited at the John Pence Gallery, San Francisco.

Mary is a charter member and former Maryland Ambassador for the Portrait Society of America, and a certified member of the Maryland Society of Portrait Painters. She is a member of the Oil Painters of America and the Frederick County Art Association. Her painting, portraits and teaching career has been featured in the Frederick magazine. She taught classes in oil painting at the Delaplaine Visual Art Education Center and at her downtown Frederick, Maryland studio for many years. Recently Mary has been teaching from her private home studio.

“It has been so rewarding and such an honor to have been chosen to paint the portraits of so many accomplished and successful members of society. And I am constantly reminded of the blessing of seeing the world and all of its incredible beauty through the eyes of an artist. I am privileged to celebrate my love of nature and all of creation through my still life, animal, bird and nature related paintings.”