Hey there! I’m Mary, a Jesus-loving, pastry-munching, rosary-praying, letter-writing, twin-matching, photo-making, oil-painting, commission-taking wife and mother and beloved daughter of God.
Having graduated from the University of Dayton with a BA in Visual Arts in May 2022, I have been blessed to develop my art one-on-one with professional artists and professors; following my studies I served as a missionary at CYSC, where I met my husband, Bryan. I am now home in Ohio, loving my Jesus, my family, and my work as an artist. When I’m not putting oil to canvas, I love to spend time in Eucharistic adoration, to on hiking adventures, play with my nieces and nephews, and bake biscotti and other goodies in the kitchen.
My art work is about grace; it is about the abundance of gifts freely given by God as we live each moment as His little ones. This grace, as abundant as the air we breathe, often goes unnoticed. Through art, I desire to direct hearts to this grace: God’s truth, beauty, and goodness which is reflected uniquely in each of us, His children. God’s heart is vulnerable and exposed for each and every one of His children to come and snuggle up and rest in; He desires us to draw near to Him, and we need reminded.
That’s where my art comes in. Though I specialize in customized portraiture and oil painting I am open to wherever the Lord calls me to serve Him.
Education
05/2022
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
Bachelor of Arts: Visual Arts
Bachelor of Arts: French
Minor: Theology
GPA 3.97
Exhibitions
Horvath: The Annual Juried Student Exhibition.
University of Dayton Radial Gallery, Fitz Hall,
Dayton, OH. 04/2022
The Annual Honors Art Exhibition 2022,
University of Dayton Alumni Hall.
Dayton, OH. 01/2022
No Time Better Than the Present,
University of Dayton Radial Gallery, Fitz Hall,
Dayton, OH. 11/2021
The Annual Honors Art Exhibition 2021,
University of Dayton Alumni Hall.
Dayton, OH. 01/2021
Projects
Borromeo Seminary Portiuncula Chapel
Euclid Ave, OH – 12/2022-01/2023
Adornments of gold leaf stars and custom-stenciled border
on chapel ceiling
Visual Arts Capstone: The Virtues of Mama Mary
University of Dayton, OH – 04/20/2022
Presentation at the University of Dayton
Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium,
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/stander/.
Voices of Connection
University of Dayton, OH – 04/2022
Zine for the University of Dayton’s collaboration
with Dana L. Wiley Gallery, Connections: Moments of
Clarity Exhibition.
Mary Connor: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
University of Dayton, OH – 10/2022
Published mixed media digital collage,
http://ecommons.udayton.edu/stuvadcovidcollage/36
Chalk Mural: Proximity Marketing
Brunswick, OH – 06/2017
Chalk mural of 40+ logos ( 4’ x 12’)
JMJ
Mary Bernadette 