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| Mary Sumner was born in rural Northamptonshire and was schooled locally before studying at Northampton School of Art and West Surrey School of Art and then later at Bristol University. |
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| Mary was well known and widely exhibited in the South-West. After producing decorative textiles for a number of years Mary returned to painting and printmaking. |
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| Much of her paintings and prints were based on the Mid-Devon landscape around Tiverton, her home for over 20 years. Sketched observations on her daily walks provide much of the inspiration for her pictures; farm landscapes, birdlife and life along the Grand Western Canal as well as the seascapes of the South-West. |
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| Over time Marys style evolved to capture glimpsed moments and moods of the ever-changing English countryside, coastal towns, rolling hills and animals going about their business. To produce detailed and intensely coloured pictures. |
