Marion Meyers
Encaustic painter and fibre artist
Site # 2 |
318 McDonald St Port Perry |
Guest artists: Bill Reddick and |
“My encaustic paintings draw the viewer into layers of luminous colours and rich textures in both representational and abstract work inspired by whimsical colour combinations and strong lines I see in urban and rural landscapes. ”
Marion Meyers took private oil painting classes as a child, then completed the visual arts program at Georges Vanier S.S., and courses at OCA in the early 70’s. She continued to paint, attend life drawing classes and sold re-worked antique quilts & original work at a gallery in Yorkville. A business career took over, but Marion continued with classes and took up learning the skills of quilting, fabric dyeing, mono prints and painting in encaustic. She is represented at the Scugog Arts Space in Port Perry.
Marion learned about encaustic in school by studying the Fayum portraits and have took extensive courses with Andrea Bird at Meta4 in Port Perry and at The Hive in Alton, with Susan Fisher at Haliburton School of the Arts and with both Cynthia Winika and Lisa Pressman at R&F Encaustics in New York. She’s taught numerous beginner classes in encaustic at her studio and usually demonstrate during studio tours.
Her quilting journey restarted at the Quilters Cupboard in Uxbridge and she’s attended many courses in Canada and the US with professional quilters. She’s taught advanced quilting courses and lectured on quilting at guilds. She was an active member of her local quilt guild and was the Show Convenor three times.
About 17 years ago she created wonderful studio space in her home and started developing a body of work. Her studio is a site on the the Lake Scugog Studio Tour held each May and for years she was the Chair of the leadership team. For 2025 she is co-chairing the Studio Tour Committee.
For the past 6 years Marion has been Chair of the Board of the Scugog Council for the Arts and worked with the board to grow membership to over 200, with income over $250,000 annually, garnering numerous significant grants from Ontario Trillium Foundation, Experience Ontario, Durham Tourism, Canada Summer Jobs and Central Counties Tourism along with sponsorships by the Mississaugas of Scugog Island Donations Committee. She volunteers between 80 and 125 hours each month to the organization.
Recent Exhibitions & Juried Shows: Resident Artist, Scugog Arts Space, Port Perry, ongoing; Site Artist, Lake Scugog Studio Tour, Scugog, Ontario, since May 2014 ; Solo Exhibition, “Windows and Doors”, The Kent Farndale Gallery, September 2019; Solo Exhibition, “My Perspective on Windows and Doors”, The Colborne Art Gallery, June-July 2018; Member Artist, The Colborne Art Gallery, ongoing exhibitions 2017 & 2018; Guest Artist, Uxbridge Studio Tour, September 2016, 2021, 2022; Celebration of the Arts, Juried Show, Uxbridge, September 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017; Guest Artist, Durham West Studio Tour, April 2016; Solo Show, Scugog Council for the Arts gallery, Port Perry, Ontario, September 2015; Annual Juried Show, Colborne Art Gallery (received Honourable Mention in 2014), Colborne, Ontario, July – August 2014, 2015 & 2016
National Juried Show, Canadian Quilters’ Association, June 2012 & June 2014; International Juried Show “QuiltWeek”, American Quilters’ Society, Paducah, Kentucky, USA, April 2014
Chair Affair, Durham Community Foundation, Abilities Centre, Whitby, Ontario, Jan – Feb 2013
Group Show, The Hive, Alton Mill Arts Centre, Caledon, Ontario, May – August 2012
The Hotel Fair, 5th Annual Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, Massachusetts, June 2011
Port Perry Patchers Quilt Shows (won Best In Show & Viewer’s Choice in 2016), May 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 & 2016
