Mary LaGarde is a classically trained artist in Naples, FL.  She is a member of the growing contemporary realism movement in American art.  She incorporates many of the styles and techniques used by the Old Masters in her paintings and sculptures.  Mary often addresses modern social issues and controversies in her art.

Mary uses three primary methods of painting:

• the 16th Century Venetian method of painting used by Titian and other Italian Renaissance painters;
• the 17th Century Baroque method used by Velázquez, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin, and Vermeer; and,
• the 19th Century French Impressionist method used by painters like Monet, Renoir, and Cézanne.

Mary not only studied art in college and has participated in atelier workshops and tutorials taught by many of the best-known contemporary figurative artists. Her teachers have included Angel Ramiro Sanchez, Tony Ryder, Geoffrey Laurence, Michael Grimaldi, Virgil Elliott, Juliette Aristides, Cesar Santos, Fernando Freitas, David Leffel, and David Gray.

In addition to painting, Mary is an accomplished sculptor.  She has learned from highly skilled sculptors including Stephen Perkins, Philippe Faraut, and Brett Harvey.

As an artist, Mary has the unusual ability to paint and sculpt with both her left hand and her right hand, sometimes using both hands at the same time.

Mary worked for more than two decades as a successful trial attorney. During her legal career, Mary was featured as a legal commentator on CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and various local news stations in Southwest Florida.

One of Mary’s paintings, Winter I – Zeus, was chosen as a finalist in the Art Renewal Center’s 13th Annual International Salon Competition.

Mary was recently invited to participate in the Florence Biennale, an international contemporary art exhibition in the City of Florence (Italy).

Mary is a founding member of the Figurative Art Convention and Expo.

Mary’s studio is in Naples, FL.  For more information about Mary’s art or to see her paintings, call (239) 500-6040 or email Mary at marylagarde@outlook.com.