MF Dondelinger worked as a studio artist in
Seattle for ten years before
moving to
Ellensburg,
Washington, to
serve as director of Gallery One, a visual art
center. She has returned to painting full-time and
apprenticed with master iconographer don Gianluca
Busi in
Italy in 2005 and in
the
US in 2006. She has
since relocated to a new studio in
New Mexico where the sun
shines every day. Her artwork is in numerous public,
private, and corporate collections including the
Hewlett Packard Permanent Collection, Idaho Power
Co., City of
Kent, SAFECO Insurance
Co., Swedish Hospital Permanent
Collection, and
University of
Washington Hospital Permanent Collection
among others.
Mary Frances is the recipient of a NEA Fast
Track Grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts
for her exhibition "A Place Called Ferdinand" and a
NEA Professional Development Grant from Washington
State Art Commission. Ampersand Art Supply has
provided sponsorship for her participation in the
Florence Biennale in
Italy in December
2007.
She received her BA from
Seattle
University. She serves on the
Gallery One
Visual Arts
Center board and is a member of the Society
of Tempera Painters.