Mary Ferris

Born in Oklahoma, Mary Ferris' early life featured the Depression and dust storms.  Growing up during that time, she wanted to be a nurse.  Entering the U.S. Army Cadet Corp in 1945, her training lasted three years.  All told, she worked as a nurse for over fifty years.

After semi-retirement in 1990, she started taking classes in art.  Jerry Yarnell, Carolyn Stallwitz, John Birdsong, Larry Greer and other artists have helped Mary to learn watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and oils, with acrylic being her favorite.

"My first painting sold to a young man from Ireland...a hummingbird in a field of wildflowers in front of a barbed wire fence.  The young man had never seen a hummingbird until he came to work in Texas for six monhts.  It was such a thrill to sell a painting!"

Mary lives in Dumas with her husband, Earl.  In between keeping grandkids, she "Earl lets me 'so my own thing'."

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