Mary Garrish

Mary Garrish

Mary Garrish is a nationally-renown artist. Her major interest is in impressionist oil renditions of plein air landscapes.  She paints annually around the world while teaching workshops and performing demonstrations both en plein air and in studio.

Mary was born in Miami Beach, Florida. She devoted intense study with many of the great landscape artists of this era.  She’s judged and shown her work in numerous national juried shows, and has had several one-woman shows at both galleries and museums. Her art hangs in galleries, public spaces and private collections around the United States. 

Mary loves giving back. She served as the President of the American Impressionist Society and enjoys teaching art. In 2020 Mary began creating educational videos. Her first release was “6 Elements of Design.”  In 2023 she released another video called “Tonalism.”

Her work is showcased at Gallery on Park, JM Stringer Gallery and Hagan Fine Art Gallery and Studio. 

Selected Awards and Exhibitions

  • 2024 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Merit Award
  • 2024 Art Renewal Center Salon, Semi-Finalist
  • 2024 Plein Air Salon, Finalist, Top 30 division
  • 2024 Plein Air Salon, Finalist, Nocturne division
  • 2022 Best of Plein Air LPAPA, Finalist
  • 2020 AIS 21st Annual National Fine Art Exhibition, 3rd Place
  • 2019 Salmagundi Club, Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Work
  • 2017 Art Muse Online Show, Master Finalist
  • 2017 OPA Fall Online Show, Honorable Mention
  • 2013 Greenhouse Gallery Salon International, Honorable Mention
  • 2013 Plein Air Artist Colorado National Show, Collectors Choice Award
  • 2013 Women Painters of the Southeast, 1st Place, American Art Collector Award of Excellence
  • 2013 American Parks Through the Beauty of Art, Traveling Top-50 Artists
  • 2010 AIS 11th Annual National Exhibition, Award of Merit