Marjorie Gegear

Marj Gegear Bio
Marj Gegear is a Guelph, Ontario artist specializing in oil painting and focusing primarily on landscapes and, more recently, people. An avid hiker and kayaker, she has taken inspiration from the rugged Canadian landscapes of Northern Ontario, the Maritimes, and further afield, scenes from the wilds of Scotland and Africa, where she climbed Kilimanjaro. From windswept skies and trees, to derelict gas stations and remote seascapes her paintings feature brilliant colours, immense skies and shifting light.

Marj began sketching at an early age and channeled her artistic talents into making her own clothes. Later in life, while raising two sons and working full-time she took up making stained glass and mastered flower gardening. It wasn’t until she retired several years ago and took a friend up on an invitation to a painting course with renowned Canadian artist Gordon Harrison, that she discovered she has a real talent for painting. More courses with Harrison and other artists taught her the techniques of the Old Masters and the skill of mixing colours.

Over the past several years she has begun displaying her work in local cafes and businesses and held her first solo showing last winter where she sold more than half the 40 paintings on display. Her work now hangs in homes as far away as Montreal and Vancouver.