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Born and bred in southern Georgia, Mary Margaret Schley Monsees of M Studio cannot remember a time when art was not a part of her life. Her family highly values creativity, and spent her childhood and early adult life immersed in the world of art. She studied art history at the University of Georgia, working in galleries throughout her time in Athens and spending a summer taking studio art classes abroad in Florence, Italy. After college she went on to study a different art form: architecture. She earned my master’s in historic preservation in Charleston, South Carolina, because she wanted to understand this tangible art form that people interact with on a daily basis. The degree intersected her love of history and art perfectly, and it greatly impacted her vision as an artist.

After graduate school she watched from my 9-5 desk job as the once exclusive art industry shifted seemingly overnight with the influence of social media and its ability to create and sustain independent artists. With the encouragement of friends and family, she picked my brushes back up and reunited with her identity as an artist. Her business is in its infancy, and the transition has not been without its share of growing pains, but at the end of each day, she can say she has spent her time painting, and that fills her soul.