Artist
Her paintings, drawings, designs, and restoration work carry a distinctive visual language shaped by portraiture, symbolism, landscape, and ancient worlds.
A Tribute
Mary Jill Alice Roe Bennett
MJA Life is a tribute to Mary Jill Alice Roe Bennett: an artist, writer, and researcher whose work moved between vision, place, history, and imagination. This site brings her artwork, writings, and public record into one clear home for family, friends, admirers, and careful readers. The clearest way in is Her Story, then the gallery and archive open outward from there.
Writer
Her bylined articles preserve recurring interests in archaeology, sacred imagery, mystery traditions, and first-person reflection.
Remembered
This tribute is meant to be readable and human first, with sources kept visible so memory and public record can sit together honestly.
Start Here
Three clear ways into the site.
Begin with her life story, move directly into the artwork, or follow the wider archive of writing and research.
01 · Her Story
Her Story
Start with Pomona, the Mary Alice Bennett byline, Tucson and MJA Studio, and the strongest public anchors that help tell her story clearly.
02 · GalleryGallery
Browse the artwork first and spend time with the visual world she left behind.
03 · Research ArchiveResearch Archive
Follow the longer threads in her writing, from archaeology and symbolism to place-based mysteries and recurring projects.
Selected Works
A few images that set the tone.
These pieces offer a first sense of the portrait, symbolic, and visionary range in her work.
Madonna in Red
A striking portrait image that has become one of the clearest visual anchors for the site.
Landscape and Symbol
Her work often binds place to symbol, letting mountains, birds, water, and sky carry emotional meaning.
Visionary Portraiture
Face-forward images appear again and again across the collection, linking memory, identity, and imagination.
Writings
Her voice remains part of the tribute.
The writing archive preserves not just subjects she cared about, but the way she thought: attentive to symbolism, ancient cultures, mystery traditions, and lived memory.
Research Archive
The deeper archive stays public and organized.
Longer project pages remain part of the site, but they are grouped under one archive path so visitors can choose depth without losing the main tribute flow.
Share a Memory
If you knew her or were moved by her work, you are part of this story too.
Use the contact page to share a memory, ask about a piece, or help clarify the public record around her life and work.