Welcome to Alder Creek Studio where you can find just the right piece of art for your home or business and sign up for private or group classes in acrylics or watercolour.
As a multidisciplinary artist, I combine art and nature in a wide spectrum of studio art. My textured works celebrate my farm background, a love of florals and my daily 5 km walk behind the studio in rural Wilmot township.
My world is not smooth, polished or unmarked. Likewise, my canvases feature created or actual surface textures describing nature's continuous change.
Marion R. Anderson
Marion R. Anderson
Artist Profile
Originally from Kent County, Marion Anderson now makes her home and studio in New Dundee. She studied Visual Arts at Windsor University later completing a Masters of Education at University Western Ontario, London.
Her diverse portfolio shows expertise in a wide range of mediums including watercolour, acrylic and oil painting as well as the ease with which she moves from florals to landscapes in subject matter. This fluidity is due to the artist’s thirty plus years as a Visual Arts teacher/department head.
Anderson’s unique mixed media technique is constantly evolving over time. She works in series, completing a suite of paintings to express a concept or idea. Heavily textured, each piece is rendered in a limited palette, suggesting a unique visual experience for the viewer’s interpretation. One exploration simply leads to another!
Master of Education, University of Western Ontario, 1993
Bachelor of Arts, University of Windsor, 1981
Visual Arts Educator/Department Head, W.R.D.S.B., 1982-2014
Drawing Instructor, Bachelor of Design, Conestoga College, 2014
Exhibiting Artist, Gallery Double T, Waterloo, 1996-present, Southampton Arts Centre, Southampton, 2013-2018, Agora Gallery, Stratford, 2015 -2019
Board Member, Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, 2018-2022
Guest Artist 'Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Dream Home', 2000-2014
Owner, Alder Creek Studio, New Dundee, 2004-present
Mentor, Futurpreneur Canada, 2015-2019
Advisory Council Member, Grand River Artists Collective (formerly Artspay)
PUBLICATIONS
The Rural Voice, 2017
Our Homes Magazine, Waterloo Region, Fall 2014, Fall 2022
Colors of the World, International Watercolor Society 2013
War and Peace, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant 2012
‘Box 11' Art Show and Sale, Kitchener 2011
Talent Next Door, Waterloo and Area 2010
Grand Magazine, Waterloo Region, July 2017, April 2007, September/October 2022
Dining and the Arts, Spring/Summer 2006
Waterloo Region Artists 1960-1990, January 1993
The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette, April 2022
JUROR
Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, Collingwood
Huron County Museum , Goderich
K-W Horticulture Society, Waterloo
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Langdon Hall, Cambridge
Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre, Southampton
Campbell House Museum,Toronto
Mad and Noisy Gallery, Creemore
Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener
Gallery Double T, Waterloo
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Gallery 1313, Toronto
Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford
Agora Gallery, Stratford
Art Gallery of HamiltonEtobicoke Civic Centre
Paint Ontario, Grand Bend
JURIED EXHIBITION AWARDS
Paint Ontario, 2017 - 2020
Bruce County Museum, 2017
Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, 2015
Central Ontario Art Association, 2018,2016, 2012
Kitchener - Waterloo Society of Artists, 2012
Many walls of our home are now graced with Marion’s paintings of flowers, lighthouses and landscapes in various sizes.
We admire her use of different mediums and her exuberant use of color.
Each time I visit her studio I feel as though I have to find another wall!
Aletha and Denis Coleman
Honolulu, Hawaii
I have taken classes from Marion over the years - group and private. She is an experienced teacher with a wonderful balance of instruction and encouragement. I feel privileged to benefit from the breadth and depth of her artistic talent - a true gem.
Dr. Dorothy Bakker
Guelph, ON
We really enjoyed the workshop Marion Anderson gave our group September, 2019. The focus was on preparing a textured canvas using mixed media and then creating an abstract floral composition. This was an informative and fun way to spend two days! Every member left the workshop having learned new techniques, and with a dynamic painting!
Workshop Convenors, P. Edgerton and J. Hurren
The London Brush and Palette Club, London ON
Marion is a rare find in that she is not only a talented artist, but also a gifted teacher. She has the ability to convey her artistic vision in words that students of all levels can understand. She is patient and encouraging, helping each of us to develop our own skills and find our own vision.
Dr. Miriam Mann
Stratford, ON
From Barn Boards to Circuit Boards
Featured Series
This series of acrylic mixed media paintings combines computer parts with farm imagery to explore the concept of Waterloo Region’s changing landscape. Once thought of as a Mennonite community the area has now become a world recognized tech hub. Inspired by photographs of barn raisings found on glass slides, Anderson’s own rural history and the use of actual computer circuit boards, she asks the viewer to acknowledge the reality of our altered environment.