I came to turning in a roundabout way. My fascination with wood began soon after my partner and I built a 36' ferro-cement sailboat in the mid '70s. Once the boat was launched, I looked around for a more creative outlet and discovered woodturning. Since that time my turning has evolved through many stages.

I also brought with me to turning a boatbuilder's staple - epoxy, a material I had recognized during boat construction as one with many artistic possibilities. For several years now I have been exploring a creative approach made possible by the combination of epoxy with wood. Epoxy offers an additional element to manipulate and I now consider it to be my second medium.

I am always attempting to make work that resonates with the viewer and carries my theme within its imagery. Inspiration for my work is conceived in the natural world but takes a twist in its passage through my imagination.

Marilyn's Website

Selected Collections

History of Representation

2004

• Invitational presenter at AAW Symposium, Orlando, FL
• Emma Lake invitational participant
• Invitational presenter at 6th Annual Rocky Mountain Woodturners Symmposium, Denver, CO
• From Sea to Odyssey, AAW National Symposium Exhibit, Orlando, FL

2003

• SOFA Chicago
• 1st Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.
• Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Sante Fe, NM

2002

• Emma Lake invitational participant
• SOFA Chicago
• Branching Out: Contemporary Woodturning in 2002, Arlington, Virginia

2001

• 1st prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.
• Nature Takes a Turn, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St Paul, Minnesota
• Turned Wood 2001, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2000

• 8th Biennial Works in Wood, An International Exhibit, Chesterton Art Gallery, Chesterton, Indiana
• 1st Prize, Master Class, Ontario Open Woodturning Competition
• Turning on Furnishings 2000, Toronto, Ont. Kingston, Ont.

1999

• 1st Prize, Specialty Class, Ontario Open Woodturning Competition, Toronto, Ont.
• 2nd Prize, Master Class, Award for Excellence in Originality, Canadian Woodturning Competition, Vancouver, BC.
• 1st Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.

1998

• Pathways ?98, International Works in Wood, Cleveland, OH
• Wood, An Aesthetic and Social Ecology, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ont. Curated by Stephen Hogbin
• 1st Prize, Best of Show, Canadian Woodturning Championships, Vancouver, BC.
• 1st Prize, Best of Show, Ottawa Wood Show, Ottawa, Ont.
• 2nd Prize, Woodstock Wood Show, Woodstock, Ont.
• 2nd Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.

1997

• 2nd Prize, Award for Excellence in Originality, Canadian
• Woodturning Championships, Vancouver, BC.
• Annual Invitational Wood Show, O.C.C. Toronto, Ont.
• 1st Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.

1996

• 2nd Prize, Master Class, Ottawa Wood Show, Ottawa, Ont.
• 2nd Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.