Mary Ann Wills

Mary Ann Wills (née Wykes) (1859?–1942) was a New Zealand artist. Biography Wills, born Mary Wykes, married Thomas John Wills, a minister in the Anglican Church, in 1886. Rev. Wills was a leader in the temperance movement and died at aged 46, while minister at the Ormondville vicarage. Throughout her life, she lived in several locations across both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, including North Canterbury, Westland, Napier, Ormondville, Tokaanu, Taupō, and Ōtaki. Wills primarily painted landscapes of various locations across New Zealand. She painted over 300 watercolours and oils from 1880-1930s, such as landscapes of Ormondville and Waihi, Taupō, many of which are housed in the National Library of New Zealand. She is said to have known C. F. Goldie who visited her when he returned from a trip to Paris.