MOVING TO WESTON - Mary Louise owned a house in south Kansas City and sometimes she would drive the backroads to Weston, MO where she owned a children's clothing store and drew childrens portraits. When she wanted to just get away by herself, she would just take a drive and stop and draw something she saw. The following are some of the scenes she took time out of her day to create for others so she could share her view of Weston with them.

Mary Louise Wilson-Hickman was a well known fashion illustrator and artist.

Mary Louise Wilson-Hickman was born in Independence, MO in 1920.  She began her art career with the Phillip Morris Advertising Company and eventually went on to open her own agency in Kansas City, MO.  Mary Louise became a well known fashion illustrator for Harzfelds, Macy’s, The Jones Store in Kansas City, Speigels in Chicago, and, Saks Fifth Ave. in New York winning many National and International awards for her work.  She was commanded to do portraitures in pencil and watercolor of her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and Oscar de la Renta.

She eventually opened a children’s clothing store and illustration gallery specializing in infant and toddler portraitures in pencil, oil and acrylics .  She also displayed her paintings in Still Life in Weston, MO for 14 years.

She continued doing her art until her death October, 2006 at the age of 86.

We are currently offering a portion of art from the Mary Louise Wilson Art Foundation inherited from her estate. Proceeds from these sales will be used to support the museums currently exhibiting her works and educating the public about Mary Louise Wilson and her art!

We are offering lithographs of her original artwork and two sizes of postcards, notecards, invitations and more! If you see a particular piece you would like to have made up, please let us know.

We can have your art piece framed and matted if you purchased a flat piece if you are interested. Just let us know and we can give you a quote. Please let us know if you have questions. Again, thank you so much for your purchase!

THE JONES STORE ADS - I found some ads that Mary Louise created for The Jones Store and I thought these would be interesting to see. The newspapers I found these in were dated December, 1965.

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Sketches