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| Being born in Appalachia, West Virginia in a coal-mining area outside of Charleston, Mary Legg was not exposed to art or museums until she moved to Pittsfield, Massachussetts. She was in her thirties at this time. One winter's day when she was taking her daughters skiing, she was driving through Williamton, MA where she drove past the Sterling Clark Museum. Curiosity piqued, she returned later to explore the museum. This was her first time ever in a museum, and her experience in all of the galleries was positive and wonderful. But the gallery she was most taken with was the Center Gallery of Impressionists. At that moment, she decided to become an artist. When she looks back in time she realizes how naïve she was at that time during the '50's and early '60's. She attended West Virginia University, Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA and DeKalb Community College in Atlanta, GA. Says Legg, "The excitement of wrapping color around a subject is the most thrilling part of painting - to create some kind of frame that is rich with color is the place I like to go. Painting seems to take on a life of its own and I like to go with it." Legg considers her art to be her job. She enters the studio every day and tries to make something come alive. She has been told that her art brings people to a peaceful, sensuous, lovely place ripe with lush color. "If I can do this for my viewer I have accomplished something wonderful." |
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