[1] As a painter, Nam Mason was part of the Woodstock Artist Colony and also that of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California and Anna Maria Island, Florida.
Mason specialized in enamel painting, adopting "semi abstract urban motifs and bolder colors", with a cubist movement influence.
[1] They were part of the artists community in Woodstock, New York, and during the summers they moved to Carmel, California, and Manatee County, Florida.
[1] Every year they hosted an annual costume party during which they auctioned art works to raise money for charity.
[5] They help raising their nephew, future Lt. Col. Bruce Campbell Cator, who lived with them in Bearsville for a period.