Mary’s Paintings
Mary Lynn Talley is a self-taught oil painter from South Louisiana, creating wildlife and landscape works rooted in wetlands, forests, and coastal natural environments.
Afternoon deer by stream – canvas print
Whispers Along the Water’s Edge - In this beautiful scene, the stream moves like a soft hymn, slipping over stone and shadow with a calm that feels almost sacred. Two does stand near the water’s edge, their presence adding a tender pulse to the scene. One leans forward to drink, trusting the stillness, while the other watches the glowing sky reflected in the current. Their gentle shapes echo the flowering bushes nearby, creating a harmony of life that feels both delicate and enduring.
Specs: 24" by 24", 1.5" deep, gallery wrap style with painted sides
Original Sold for $7,000. Canvas prints are available at $350 each. Buyer pays 9.75% sales tax ($34.13). Seller pays shipping and insurance within the United States.
Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
Atlantic Green Sea Turtle – Large Canvas Print
Echos of a Fragile Sea - Original painting sold. The price shown is for a canvas print. This painting is honoring the beauty of an endangered species in it's fragile environment. The Atlantic green sea turtle moves like a quiet hymn through the blue—an ancient life carrying the memory of oceans older than our stories. In the soft spill of sunlight, she becomes both survivor and sentinel, gliding past coral cities that depend on her just as she depends on them. Her presence feels like a blessing, a reminder that endurance can be gentle, and that even in a world of vanishing tides, beauty still insists on being seen. She is the living echo of a fragile future, swimming toward hope with every slow, deliberate stroke.
Specs: Canvas print 24" h, 48" w, 1.5" deep, gallery wrap style; or, 18" x 36" canvas print.
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
Black Bear in Swamp – Large Canvas Print
Where the Atchafalaya Breathes - Original oil painting sold. The price is for a gallery wrapped canvas print. - There is a sacred beauty in watching the bear reclaim its place among the waterways and winding forests of the Atchafalaya. The wetlands hold its story gently — not a tale of disappearance, but of resilience, protection, and the long patience of a species waiting for its future to brighten. Conservationists, communities, and the land itself worked together to ensure the bear’s voice would not fade from Louisiana’s wild chorus. Today, its presence feels like a blessing woven into the Basin’s tapestry of life, a reminder that when people honor the wild, the wild remembers how to thrive.
Specs Oil on canvas 36" h and 48" across, 1.5 " deep, gallery wrap style with painted sides
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
Chocolate Labrador Retriever – Original oil
Original painting sold. Price is for a canvas print in a floating frame. - There is a gentle strength in Where Loyalty Lives, the kind that doesn’t demand attention yet fills the room all the same. His steady posture and soft, knowing eyes speak of a heart that has learned devotion through everyday moments—waiting at the door, resting at your feet, listening even when no words are spoken. In this portrait, loyalty isn’t a grand gesture but a living presence, a quiet promise held in the calm gaze of a companion who chooses you again and again.
This is 18 by 22 and will come in a floating frame.
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
Christmas Chicadees – Original oil painting
There is a peacefulness woven through the scene, a sense that the forest itself has paused to listen. The birds’ soft colors rise against the snowy branches like small lanterns of life, each one adding its own note to the quiet harmony of winter. The holly’s red berries echo the warmth of Holiday traditions, while the muted sky carries the promise of a night filled with calm and comfort. In this painting, the season is not loud or grand — it is intimate, heartfelt, and carried gently on the wings of three tiny voices.
This is 14" by 11". Original will come in a floating frame.
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
Deer and Eagle in Valley – large framed, stretched canvas print
In Where the Valley Remembers - wood framed canvas print or original oil by Mary Lynn Talley, the landscape holds its breath in a moment of gentle communion. The standing deer watches the river’s slow turn, alert yet unafraid, while the resting deer settles into the soft cradle of grass and shadow. The eagle’s glide overhead adds a note of wild sovereignty, tying earth and sky together in one sweeping gesture. The warm light of the setting sun softens every edge, turning the valley into a sanctuary where creatures move with quiet purpose.
It is 36 x 48, .75 depth, wood framed strectched canvas print
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
Deer and waterfall – framed, stretched canvas print
The forest in Where the Green World Breathes feels like a living cathedral, its light falling in soft, moss‑green hushes as the waterfall threads its quiet song through stone and shadow. The stag stands poised at the edge of that shimmering veil, not as a visitor but as part of the land’s own heartbeat—an emblem of stillness within motion, strength within gentleness. In this moment, the wild world seems to inhale, holding its breath in reverence, as if acknowledging the sacredness of every creature that depends on its enduring grace.
48 by 24 and the depth is 1; wood framed, stretched canvas print
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
Eagle oil painting original
In Where the Mountains Keep Watch, the wilderness gathers around a single cabin tucked beneath towering pines, as if the land itself has chosen to shelter it. The river moves with a soft, steady glow, carrying reflections of sky and timber like whispered stories of the valley. Above it all, the mountains rise in their ancient stillness — vast, unmoving sentinels whose presence can be felt even through the haze that softens their faces. The eagle’s wide arc becomes a blessing over the scene, a reminder that the wild sees everything, remembers everything, and holds its own quiet counsel.
Specs: 18" by 24", 1.5 deep, gallery wrap, painted sides
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
Elk in forest oil painting
Where the Mountains Hide Their Faces - There is a solemn beauty in the way the wilderness holds its secrets. The elk moves with a kind of ancient patience, stepping through the cold as though it understands the hidden rhythms of the land. The pond, dark and half‑frozen, reflects only hints of the world above it, mirroring the mystery of the mountains themselves. In this moment, the forest becomes a cathedral of winter, the creature a lone pilgrim, and the unseen peaks a reminder that some truths are felt long before they are seen.
Specs: 24" by 18", 1.5" deep, gallery wrap style with painted size.
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
Endangered Species – Canvas Print Triptych Set
Original oil painting triptych sold. The price shown is for a triptych print set on canvas (three separate prints). - The first whooping crane hatchling born in Louisiana since 1938 is more than a milestone; it is a breath restored to a story that nearly ended. In this triptych, the cranes move through light and marshland like living prayers, each panel holding a chapter of a species’ long journey back from silence. The tiny hatchling—once front‑page news, once unthinkable—becomes the heart of the piece, a symbol of resilience so delicate it feels almost holy. This painting doesn’t just honor the moment; it preserves the hope that rose from the marsh after seventy-eight years, reminding us that even the rarest lives can return when land, patience, and love make room for them.
Celebrating the first successful hatchling of a Whooping Crane since 1938)
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
English Springer Spaniel Puppy – framed, stretched canvas print
Boomer - Oil on canvas. Original sold, price is for a framed canvas print. There are dogs who simply share our homes, and then there are dogs who share our lives. Boomer was the latter — a Springer Spaniel with a gaze that could quiet a room and a spirit that moved with equal parts devotion and mischief. In this portrait, his expressive brown eyes become the focal point, drawing the viewer into a moment of connection that feels both intimate and enduring.
Painted in 2015, the piece blends realism with a softly impressionistic landscape, allowing Boomer’s presence to rise from a world of color and memory. The textured brushwork in his black‑and‑white coat reflects the tactile truth of a beloved companion, while the rolling hills and luminous sky behind him echo the joy and freedom he carried wherever he went.
It is 18 x 24, 1 depth, framed, stretched canvas print
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
Fall Blue Jay – Original oil painting
In The Autumn Sentinel, the blue jay rises like a bright, defiant note against the warm hush of fall. Perched among leaves that burn in shades of ember and gold, it stands alert, as if guarding the last color before winter claims the branches. The soft green field and pale sky behind it create a gentle contrast, allowing the bird’s vivid blues to feel almost ceremonial. This is a moment of stillness and pride — a stately creature holding its place in the turning season.
This is 11" by 14", 1.5" deep, oil on wood with painted sides
Signed Canvas or Paper Prints Available, Contact Artist for more information.
mary@maryspaintings.com
