Mary Scattergood

Mary Scattergood is a skilled artist and educator based in Caledon, Ontario, known for her refined approach to Folk Art. Drawing on extensive teaching experience and a deep study of early American primitives, she advances the genre with disciplined technique and clarity of form. Her work channels the visual language of artists like Grandma Moses and Maud Lewis, distilling simplicity into compositions that resonate with quiet strength and precision. Scattergood’s paintings embody a thoughtful continuity of folk tradition.Mary Scattergood is an artist, author and teacher living and working in the beautiful rolling hills of Caledon, Ontario. She has taught for numerous museums and art societies as well as running her own successful teaching studio for many years in Kleinburg., Ontario. Mary’s love of Folk Art began in her teens with the work of Grandma Moses. “It is the art of the people and I love the simplicity.”

A great deal of the subject matter is based on a very happy childhood, which included many holidays in Montreal. Although primitive artists such as Grandma Moses, Rufus Porter and Maud Lewis had no formal fine art training their message came through loud and clear and the technique is still being perfected by artists like Mary Scattergood today.

“It is my hope that my paintings install in my audience, the same sense of peace and comfort that I experience in creating them.” Mary Scattergood.