Using mixed media to explore transitory scenes, Mary creates temporal snapshots of our universe. Looking at ‘empty’ spaces – from derelict building sites to night skies – Mary captures their elusive atmospheres. Layered surfaces are built, concealing and revealing elements, through a process of application and removal. Through repetition, Mary acknowledges the fruitlessness of attempts to depict a universe that is both a graspable, tangible entity and an elastic proposition in a state of constant flux, fated to disappear.