ARTISTMary Costantino

Mary Costantino experimented with oils and pastels when her children were young. When she retired from teaching nursing, she returned to her passion for painting. Her pastel and oil paintings are primarily plein air landscapes, of favorite trips and venues in southeast Florida such as Bonnet House and local Menominee area scenes in Michigan’s upper peninsula.

Mary has studied with several local South Florida artists. Pastel and oil painting workshops attended include Sally Strand, Richeson Scotland Workshop, Don Sahli, Richard McKinley, and Robert Johnson. She is a member er of Bonnet Fine Artists, Southeast Pastel Society, Menominee Area Art Council and First Street Art Gallery.

Mary’s paintings have been included in the following exhibitions:

• Impressions of Florida Bonnet House Art Serve Exhibits
• Transfiguration Juried Exhibit Rosseti Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• University of Wisconsin Marinette Summer Exhibits
• Southeast Pastel Society Yearly Online Members Exhibitions
• Southeast Pastel Society 2022 “Marke your Mark” International Exhibit
• Pastel Society of the West Coast 2023 International Exhibit