Mary Hort­man is a Texas artist and an Ari­zona artist cur­rent­ly liv­ing in her home town of Athens, Texas.

Mary is self-taught to a large extent, but has stud­ied pri­vate­ly with a num­ber of rec­og­nized artists, includ­ing most recent­ly Car­olyn Ander­son. Though she is most rec­og­nized for her por­traits and fig­ures, she also paints any and all sub­ject mat­ter, includ­ing a bat­tle scene com­mis­sion.
While liv­ing in Ari­zona, Mary showed her work at the “Cel­e­bra­tion of Fine Art” and “Ari­zona Fine Art Expo”, both in Scotts­dale. In addi­tion, she showed at Eliz­a­beth Hain Gallery in Scotts­dale, Tohono Keh Gallery in Tubac, and in Gallery 7000 in Tuc­son. She also taught water­col­or at the She­mer Art Cen­ter in Phoenix.

Also while liv­ing in Ari­zona, she was fea­tured in Inter­na­tion­al Artist mag­a­zine in the “Mas­ter Painters of the World” section.

Since mov­ing back to Texas, she has begun teach­ing work­shops both in Athens and in oth­er cities. Though most of her art is cur­rent­ly sold to pri­vate col­lec­tors, she con­tin­ues to show in gal­leries, the most recent of which is the Van Ward Gallery in Ogun­quit, Maine.