McEvoy was born in
Freshford in
Somerset and studied at the
Slade School of Art in London. Between 1900 and 1906 she was a regular exhibitor with the
New English Art Club. In 1902 she married the artist
Ambrose McEvoy and in due course gave up a full-time art career although she worked with her husband on at least one major project. In 1909 Ambrose McEvoy was commissioned to paint a series of decorations for
St Columba's Church, Long Tower in
Derry which were to consist of three original works and twenty-two copies of bible scenes as depicted by
Old Masters. While Ambrose created the three original pieces, it is believed that Mary worked on the twenty-two copies, finding suitable sources, making cartoons and then painting enlarged versions onto copper panels for the church. Both the
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Dublin and the
Southampton City Art Gallery hold examples of her later works. ==References==