Mary Seymour is a figurative oil painter interested in representing everyday life. She is
inspired not only by her immediate surroundings in rural Ontario but also by aspects of city life in Toronto. She combines her love of portraiture and the figure with contemporary settings to create dramatic and narrative paintings.

Seymour obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Windsor, Ontario and a Master's Degree from Norwich University, Vermont, U.S.A. (1999) A member of both the Ontario Society of Artists(1998) and the Society of Canadian Artists (1999), she has received several awards including the Lifetime Member's Award, O.S.A.(1998) and Honourable
Mention, Best Painting Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (1998). She has exhibited in Canada, the United States and Africa.

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