CaMary and her husband Lee Wynne live on Kannah Creek near Whitewater, Colorado. They call themselves recluses in that they like their rural setting and prefer not to go into town. Their main avenue of livelihood is oil and gas investments, stocks, hydro electric, and Lee serves on the board of directors of Tri Crescent Energy in Texas. The painting and the writing sprout from CaMary’s interests and talents. Lee’s part is to guide her, and from time to time to clip her wings when she sometimes thinks about trying something too big for her. Rather than restrain her enthusiasm, he is always the one to give her the needed “leg-up”.

To better understand, CaMary grew up on a horse, with a brush and paint pallet in one hand, and a book in the other. When asked what she likes to do best, she can’t tell you. It depends on the day and what she did yesterday. As to what kind of horse she prefers; a good solid hunter or a nice Third or Fourth Level Dressage horse of her making would be her preference. When asked what art medium she prefers, the answer is any and everything with lots of color. Yet she says her pencils are her best. As to books, historical fiction works rather well. However some fantasies are delightful.

How do these varied interests work together? Oddly enough her professional gifts as a teacher, and trainer blend well with her love for art and books. During the summer months you can find her in the arena either in the saddle or teaching a constant stream of students in the advanced skills of dressage. Her goal has been to see a student on the US Olympic Team and it looks as though the goal will be achieved in the near future. The fall finds her at the state and regional championships enjoying the many successes of her students. Winter with its wind, snow, and bitter temperatures gives her the days she needs to enjoy her art and to write. Each interest has its season.

The spring of 2008 brought a dramatic change in the pattern of things when CaMary received an interesting request. She was asked to write a movie script. There seems to be a shortage of good western scripts to choose from and when a quality “horse” script was needed they turned to a horseman or woman that could write as well as ride and train. From the professional
horseman’s vantage point, some western movies are a pretty good joke as far as accuracy is concerned. With several books in print, the writing didn’t concern CaMary, but she’d never written a script before. This was an up and down decision and when she decided to take on the challenge she knew it would require some changes in her life’s patterns. It meant fewer students and almost no painting for a number of months. Yet this is now past the script written and the end result is “Three Too Many”; which is to be filmed in the late summer of 2009. Now the question is what the director will do with it. The hope is that it will remain a “G” or “PG”. If it turns out otherwise she wants everyone to know it was “G” when she signed the contract.

The most unusual part of CaMary’s and Lee’s life is the number of children they have raised. While two children (Russell and Thea) are their genetic offspring, there are seventeen others who grew up in their home. These children all came to them through and because of their love for horses. All came to them first as students. When tragedy of one kind or another pressed, the children came to the Wynnes and the Wynnes took them into their home.