Mary Patten is an enthusiastic artist and an avid gardener. A majority of her work features a philisophical approach to the sublime relationship between nature and mankind. Adventurous yet down to earth, she holds many dynamic interests that both conciously and subconciously influence the creation of her equally dynamic pieces. Currently, she has incorporated unconventional and unusual found objects into her artistic process, transforming them into cayalysts for both personal and collective self-reflection.