Mary I. Duprey

1921-1991

Mary I. Duprey was a teacher and a self-taught artist. She often gave paintings to friends and relatives as gifts and as keepsakes. Her works were rarely exhibited. Often her paintings were signed, "MDuprey" or "M.Duprey" or "M.I. Duprey." She received some notoriety in Presque Isle, Maine, for being the "Gramma Moses of Northern Maine".

Believing deeply in the power of art to heal and to teach, she would often make drawings for students as illustrations for their writing projects. She was an amateur entymologist, and photographed insects with a c.1960 Mimiya camera and an 8mm lens.

The works on this page are but a fraction of the many she completed in her lifetime. If anyone has any information (or photos) to share about her work, please e-mail ednalor@aol.com.

 

 

Self Portrait, 1956

 

 

Presque Isle Snow Scene, circa 1954

 

 

Starflower

c. 1963

 

 

 

Abstract

1970's.

 

Baby Rolande

c. 1958