Maryann was a native of Mystic, CT and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Boston University. She worked in Boston in a variety of artistic positions including founding her own full service advertising agency. She returned to Mystic to marry. She continued her artistic career as Art Director for a publisher, illustrating children’s education media. She was Director of Exhibits for the Thames Science Center. Maryann studied sculpture under Elizabeth Gordon Chandler, founder of The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts and oil painting under Sarah Stifler Lucas. She founded Legacy III Studios to capitalize upon her continuing success in oils.

Maryann was primarily inspired by the American Impressionist movement. Her work focuses on the ocean, shoreline, to places and people who share this ever changing world. She utilized a limited palette to capture the subtle yet sparkling lighting that pervades the shoreline. Children, boats and coastal New England scenes normally find their way to her canvases and sculptures.

Maryann was an elected artist of the Mystic Arts Center and was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and Saint Augustine Art Association. She exhibited in a number of juried shows and exhibitions. Her work is found in many private collections. Maryann passed July 2021.