Marian Gonsalves McMahon is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art in 1989 and former Instructor of Fine Art & Design at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at The Art Center of Endicott College in Beverly Massachusetts. Upon relocating with her two beloved dogs to Blue Hill, Maine from the Greater-Metro-Boston Area in 1997 she brought her sketch pads, watercolors, oils, brushes, camera equipment and her love of art. Her ability to capture classic moments in time with her lense and re-invent them as timeless hand painted works in oil sets her apart as a unique creative force. Since 1997 Marian’s one woman art shows and her participation in more than a dozen juried collections in as many years has showcased her work throughout Downeast Maine in galleries such as, “The Art Of The Sea Gallery” and “The Blue Hill Bay Gallery”. Other gallery displays have taken place in other coastal town such as: Thomaston, Camden, Northport and the Schoodic Peninsula.