[2] Between 1900 and 1904, she studied art under John Hammond at the Mount Allison Ladies' College, presumably developing the ability to paint atmospheric land and seascapes as well as conventional still life arrangements.

Frank was the Head of the English Department and Director of Academic Studies at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and Mabel immediately became active in the local art community.

[3] During WWI, Mabel Killam Day lived in London while her husband served in the Canadian Forces.

They moved back to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1933, where Mabel continued to paint and exhibit well into her seventies.

In Yarmouth, Mabel continued to exhibit her work with the Nova Scotia Society of Artists and the Maritime Art Association.

[3] Mabel Killam Day died on August 26, 1960, in her hometown of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.