My name is Mary Gail Stablein and I am a two dimensional Artist based in San Luis Obispo, California. After graduating with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in printmaking and art history from Arizona State University, I began my freelance art career painting murals, drawing portraits, and creating camera-ready Art. I taught Art in K-12 public schools for over 20 years and presently, I teach Art students how to become Art teachers in the College of Education, Counseling and Ethnic Studies at Sonoma State University.

I am inspired by the ever evolving nature that surrounds us on the Central Coast. I am a member of the Central Coast Watercolor Society and the Central Coast Printmakers. I am also the Treasurer for the Morro Bay Art Association. You can see my work at the Morro Bay Art Center and The Rock Espresso Bar in Morro Bay, the Marea Gallery in Baywood, and now at the Costa Gallery in Los Osos!

Awards and Exhibitions

2025 - Public Art utility box - corner of Marsh and Nipomo Streets, SLO; "Central Coast Beauty", Featured Artist at Costa Gallery, Los Osos; “Aquarius”, juried show -Tricia Reichert Award, Central Coast Watercolor Society, Morro Bay Art Center; “Scratched, Cut, and Bitten”, Central Coast Printmakers, Art Central, SLO

2024 - “Golden Spring”, One Woman Show featured in Art After Dark, The Refinery, San Luis Obispo

2023 - “Our Central Coast”, juried show, Studios on the Park, Paso Robles

2022 to present - “Illuminations”, “Estuary & Marsh”, "For the Birds”, “Winter Faire”, “Art in the Park”, “Yin/Yang”, “Your Outer Limits”, “Chasing Light”, “Inspiration”, “Lazy Days of Summer”, “Abstraction”, “Power of Red”, “Tidal Zone”, "Everyday Things" Morro Bay Art Center; "Pressing Forward", "Scratched, Cut and Bitten", Central Coast Printmakers