Born and raised in New York City, Mary E. Wagner studied studio art at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, and obtained a law degree from Columbia University. After moving to Washington, D.C., she continued her art studies at the Corcoran School of Art and the Yellow Barn Studios at Glen Echo, Maryland. She left the practice of law several years ago to pursue painting on a full-time basis. Recently, she has broadened her artistic interest to include printmaking and has worked with a master printmaker at the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, MA. She is a member of the Jackson Art Center in Georgetown, where she has maintained a studio for many years.