Welcome to Villa Maria

About Mary Howard's Work

Mary Howard attended the University of Arizona, Los Angeles Valley College, Otis Art Institute and studied (Old Masters Techniques) with Renate Zerner and Flavio Cabral rounding out her studies.

Mary's work is featured in private, corporate collections, and can be found in the USA, Europe, and Latin America.

She has participated in many art shows and exhibitions, mostly in the United States, winning numerous awards for her portrait and landscape paintings.

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Collection of Paintings

Fortunate to have spent extended time in both Southeast Asia and the Middle East, Mary became enamored of the colorful, exotic cultures, and began engaging translators, so that she could better communicate with her subjects who were to become the inspiration for her lifetime work.