early life and education mary mccleary, a contemporary american artist, was born in 1951 in nacogdoches, texas. she received her b.f.a. in printmaking and drawing from texas christian university and her m.f.a. in graphics from the university of oklahoma. artistic style and influences mccleary's artistic journey began with printmaking, which eventually evolved into creating collages in the 1970s. her work is characterized by "multi-layered, extremely complex, and detailed" figurative 3-d collages, often incorporating a variety of materials such as paint, glitter, foil, wire, mirrors, nails, gl…