Mary Lee Eggart was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was educated at St. Joseph’s Academy and Louisiana State University, where she received Bachelor’s and Master’s of Fine Arts degrees in printmaking. In 2011 she retired from the LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology where she was employed for over 30 years as a research associate in cartographic design and scientific illustration and as an instructor in cartographic design.
Mary Lee works in the drawing media, specializing in colored pencil and watercolor designs based on birds and other natural forms. She is represented by LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, and also exhibits at the Baton Rouge Gallery.
She and her husband Clyde LeBlanc live in Baton Rouge with their cats Chloe, Roux, Fred, and Hilda.
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