I have lived and worked in and around Oxford for most of my life as an artist and teacher.

Through a major change in my life, I learned a great deal more about the human physical form and the inner self. My work as an artist has been preoccupied with this, our individual place in the world and the process of time.

My work currently encompasses three main themes, the land, the figure and water in its various forms. Works range in scale and price, and use a variety of media. The desert landscapes are oil on canvas, the figure is represented as both drawings in charcoal or ink, and oil on canvas. Seascapes tend to incorporate several media, acrylic, ink, pastel, collage and charcoal.

Mary Knowland