Mississippi Artist Roster (July 2026 – June 2029) 
Visual Arts: Painting 
Acrylics and Pastels 
Available to travel within the Gulf Coast area 

AVAILABLE FOR HIRE 

• Workshop: Multi-generational 3D Box Painting 

• Workshop: Plein Air Painting: Rhythm, Movement, and Expression 

Mary Louise Porter (MFA, Louisiana State University) is a seasoned painter and educator. Porter’s professional work has appeared with the Mississippi Artist Colony Traveling Exhibition (2022 – 2024), and she was awarded the 2026 Grand Prize by the Mississippi State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. In October 2026, Porter will be featured in an exhibition at the Boswell Mourot Fine Art Gallery (Little Rock, Arkansas). Her solo exhibition titled Where Sea Meets Sky: Fields, Forests, and Horizons — A Lifetime of Southern Landscapes by Mary Louise Porter will debut in 2027 at The Gallery at Manship (Baton Rouge, Louisiana).