Mary Proctor

In February 1995, while grieving for her grandmother, aunt, and uncle, who were killed in a house fire, Mary had a vision in which a sweet voice directed her to "paint the door". Since that time, Mary has painted compulsively. Upon the surfaces she paints, she also glues buttons, sticks, pebbles or broken pieces of glass, mirror or plates. To her, reassembling the broken pieces represents the process of mending. She sees herself as a missionary and the people who purchase her work as the deliverers.