Mary Kay King - Official Website

A California native, Mary Kay King has lived in the Carmel area for over 30 years and enjoys plein air and studio painting. Originally from Sacramento, she graduated Stephens College in Missouri, graduated University of Arizona and has studied art and art history throughout her life.  She has worked in as well as taught stained glass and has designed for other artists in this field specializing in commission work for clients in the United States, Europe, Canada and Japan.

 SHOW HISTORY:
Monterey Museum of Art Stained Glass Show 1979.
 Community Hospital Lab Arts Council. (One artist show)
       January - March 2004.
Carmel Foundation show December 2003.
Central Coast Art Association All Member Show 2004.
CCAA Juried Show Sally Griffin Center September 2006
CCAA Juried Shows, PG Art Center.   2005 – 2007
Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Assoc: Painted Memoirs, 2008
Monterey County Fair - 2005 - 2008: Awards in landscape, still life and portrait/animal categories.

RECENT AWARDS
Best of Show Monterey County Fair Visual Arts 2006 (for Still life).
First Place Award, Landscape, Monterey County Fair Visual Arts 2006.
Honorable Mention Landscape, Monterey County Fair Visual Arts 2006.
Second Place, Landscape , Monterey County Fair Visual Arts  2007.
Third Place Portrait and Animals, Monterey County Fair Visual Arts 2007 & 2008
H.M. Landscape: Monterey County Fair Visual Arts 2008

 ARTISTIC INTERESTS: 
Stained glass design
Graphic Arts: Currently an Independent Contractor for
                        Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
                        Laboratory publishing their monthly newsletter      
                        and graphic designs for Lab Arts Council.

ART AFFILIATIONS:
          Central Coast Art Association
          Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association
            Associate Member Carmel Art Association

LOCALGALLERIES:
            Venture Gallery, Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA.
            Christopher Bell Gallery, Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA