Marion Meyers

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 in classes and took up learning the skills of quilting, fabric dyeing, mono prints and painting in encaustic.  

Marion learned about encaustic in school by studying the Fayum portraits and has taken 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 in her studio and always demonstrates 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 and had many works accepted into the Canadian National Quilt Show and International Quilt Shows in Padukah Kentucky. 

About 18 years ago Marion created wonderful studio space in her home and she’s been working away developing a body of work since then. 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. In 2025 she is co-chairing the Studio Tour Committee.

For the past 5 years Marion has served as Chair of the Board of the Scugog Council for the Arts and worked with the board to grow membership to over 150, with income over $250,000 annually, garnering numerous significant grants from Ontario Trillium Foundation, Canada Summer Jobs and Central Counties Tourism along with sponsorships by the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation Donations Committee. She volunteers between 80 and 125 hours each month to the organization.

You can also find Marion’s work at Scugog Arts Space at 268 Queen St in Port Perry.