Marianne Parsons began sewing as a child, when it was considered important for every prairie girl to learn all forms of needlework and mending. In the late ’80’s, she began teaching modern embroidery in Okanagan communities, and soon joined the newly formed Double O Quilters Guild where she began a 2nd career teaching quilt design and fiber art techniques. Her work has been juried into national and international exhibitions.

Creating art with fabric and fiber is her chosen form of expression. She’s drawn to pictorial work and the texture and techniques that achieve this, either by hand or machine. Techniques borrowed from other art mediums and synthetic fibres are current sources of inspiration. Repurposed materials often feature in her soft sculptures as these fabrics symbolize the freedom to play.

Affiliations:  Fibre Art Network

                    Canadian Quilters Association

                    Fabricators

                    Double O Quilters Guild

FAN Exhibit Participation: The following artwork can be viewed in the exhibits listed.

Resist – Dill Pickles

On the Bias – Women of Colour

Chromatopia – A Splash of Spring

For the Birds – Pheasant Memories,  Bird Watching,  Yes, a Goldfinch

Circles and Lines – Best Feet Forward,  Shadow Lines

From a Tiny Seed – Seeds Sown Over Time

Botannical Reflections– Zinzinnias,   Milkweed V

Ekphrastic – October

On the Wind – Drifters

Canadiana – Maple Leaves Forever

Elements – Dragonfly,  Gone Awry

Abstracted – Colours to Live By I,   Milkweed I & II,   Strong, Calm & Fearless II

Fibrescapes – Blue Skies,   In the Red

From Away – Orchard Blossoms,   Stone Stories

Canadian Content – Blazing Sumac,   Colours of the Okanagan

Edging Forward – Reflecting on Flowers

Canadian Expressions – A Seedy Scattering

Fibre Fantasy – Sedentary

Fanfare – Summer Delights I

Horizons – The Mantle of Night and Day

Email: mariannep@telus.net