Mary Dispenza (pronouns: she/her) is a proud lesbian living with her spouse in Bellevue, WA. Presently Mary serves on the LGBTQ+ advisory task force for the Bellevue Police Department. She is a former member of the LGBTQ+ Childcare Task Force and longtime activist for marriage equality.
Mary is mostly a self-taught artist who has always found the Arts a saving grace, especially as a child dealing with the secret of childhood abuse by a parish priest and in later life a way to express truth and the joy of life.
“Art frees my soul and takes me to a different level of awareness, calm and understanding. It detaches me from everyday concerns and grounds me in a different reality. Color swirls around me and I am lost in it. As the brush and paint make a story across the canvas layer by layer, I go deeper and deeper into spirit. Art raises me up and pulls me down, a dance I treasure.”
Rainbow Rising
Exhibited at Rainbow on the Eastside 2021.
Acrylic on canvas
24″‘x20″
The solitary Heron represents our singular journey as LGBTQ+ persons finding our way to the rainbow of the fullness of life and love.
Love Begets Life
Exhibited at Rainbow on the Eastside 2021.
Giclee print
28″x22″
Trans women of color rise up in beauty and love awakening in us the fullness of love and new life.
Hello
Exhibited at Rainbow on the Eastside 2024.
Acrylic on canvas
15″x12″
El Dia de los Muertos
Exhibited at Rainbow on the Eastside 2021.
Photograph canvas print
16″x20″
The challenge is to live full and beautiful lives that bring us to death and Rising and to celebrate our ancestors who have done just that!