Artist Artist

Mary Morganelli

Mary began her journey as a Canadian artist when she landed in Toronto from her hometown in Ceprano, Italy at age six.

As a child immigrant in a strange place far different from the small village she left behind, she struggled to feel at home with the culture and language in an unknown country. It was particularly challenging for her at school with no means to communicate with her teacher and other students, but with the indomitable spirit and relentless capacity to look beyond obstacles and see the bright side that defined her character and mirrored in her art, Mary quickly mastered the English language with the help of her dedicated teacher.

Mary’s love and passion for drawing and painting surfaced at an early age when she attended a grade nine art class She later continued to nurture and develop her artistic expression by taking lessons from a correspondence art course Soon afterward, she married her high school sweetheart and hung her artist cap for a while to devote her time and creative energy to her young family