Mary McIntosh: Art, through her eyes

After retirement from the film industry after 42 years as a set decorator on the West Coast, Mary Olivia McIntosh was able to return to her first loves — drawing and painting.

Catching up, as it were, starting late in her career, Mary painted almost every day and loved every minute of it.

Mary described success, first and foremost, as the pleasure and satisfaction of working at her easel — finishing a piece that she felt good about, choosing how it would be shown, and then hanging it in one of the three galleries that shared her visions.