Autobiography:

Mary Crochet was born Mary Kidder in 1949 in Gonzales, Louisiana. She later attended Gonzales High School. Around the age of 17 I realized that I could paint. My mother was amazed that I had painted a picture. She bought me a paint kit and I learned the basic colors and taught myself.

In my eagerness to learn as much as I could about creating my art, I attended a class. To my astonishment they were teaching the same technique to everyone. I didn’t want to lose my own style so I didn’t attend any more classes.

My approach is my own interpretation of places I’ve seen and I am very comfortable with this self-taught style.

Selling my art for the public never occurred me during those early years. It’s only been in the past few years that I began to create paintings for sale. I began small by putting art in a tiny art shop in Sorrento, LA where I showed small success. Later I put my art in a small gift shop in that same area where my sales soared as did my understanding of my ability as an artist.

At this time, I joined the River Region Art Association Art Gallery, which was then located in Sorrento, Louisiana. At that gallery I was often the artist with the most sales per month and was the artist with the most sales per year in 2005. I attend the Art Market at This & That located at Airline Highway and 621 in Gonzales, LA.

I give God my gratitude for all the work I do. He is my inspiration for it all. Demonstrating for others gives me an opportunity to do what I love to do while meeting a variety of people from all walks of life. I just enjoy being out here, having a good time and most of all sharing my art with others.

I hope you enjoy my work and I thank you for your time.

Mary Crochet

	Mary in her south Louisiana workshop.