Artist on Display
Fay St. Marie
“Painting primarily in acrylic because it is so versatile, I also incorporate various media and objects to create my pieces of art. Working in a series is something I like to do whether it is still life of pomegranates or flowers, or special places I have visited or lived in. But my largest series which is very special to my heart is the Ukrainian series which started after a mission trip to Ukraine in 2008 to help the widows and orphans. I was inspired by the widows’ resilience, the countryside and my mother’s Ukrainian heritage. This series has been shown in Saskatoon, Toronto, and Vancouver Island."
Fay St. Marie has been painting since the 1970s but started fulltime since leaving the nursing profession in the mid-1990s. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinguished Exhibition 1996, University of Saskatchewan (majoring in painting with classes in drawing, printmaking, and photography). Her paintings hang in private, corporate, Government of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan, Ukrainian Museum of Canada, and the Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation collections.
Fay has lived in Parksville, British Columbia since 2005, where she paints in her backyard studio. She has participated in many solo and group shows throughout her art career. Fay is an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.