Marlene McPherson Marlene celebrates the joy of creating through painting the reflections of her life. Beautiful Lake Country with its rolling hills, blanket of orchards and cool, inviting lakes serves as inspiration for her art. Marlene believes that making art is a life long learning activity. She works in a variety of mediums and each year she enters a number of local art shows and competitions.  Marlene is involved in the art community and holds memberships in local galleries and art groups.  She has held active status with the Federation of Canadian Artists since 1998.

Marlene is also an art teacher and has designed a private Fine Art program which she has instructed children, teens and adults in since 1993. Combining her strong passion for the fine arts with her philosophy that ‘making art can be a learned skill, and there is some creativity in everyone’ she has developed a unique teaching style and curriculum, which she continues to enjoy teaching and perfecting in her Winfield home studio M.G.M. Fine Art Studios. Besides directing her studio program, Marlene has been an instructor with the City of Kelowna and the Kelowna Art Gallery. In 2008, Marlene was nominated for an Okanagan Art Award recognizing her teaching contribution in the Fine Arts.

Marlene’s art reflects her life; the things she feels and sees each day, the world she knows. It illustrates her community of Lake Country, ponders her Mennonite heritage of the Christian faith and mirrors the daily rhythms of her life. She is presently working in acrylic, pastel and watercolour, sometimes combined, and focusing on personal interpretations of local landscapes and experiences.

Marlene's artwork can be viewed at the Vernon Public Art Gallery's Rental Program, on occasion at the Federation of Canadian Artists' Gallery on Granville Island in Vancouver, B.C., and by appointment at her Winfield studio.  C.E. Krueger also features Marlene’s artwork in her book, “Beauty is… A Collection of Okanagan Art”.