Margaret Selkirk – Artist Bio

Margaret Selkirk was born in Scotland in 1944, and moved with her family to Vancouver Island in 1945. Having shown interest in art since she was a child, she is a self-taught artist. While young she was immersed in the rich beauty of dense coastal rainforests and soaring mountain peaks. As an adult, she’s spent much of her life walking, hiking, or camping all over Vancouver Island.

Marg loves to share with others her connection to nature through painting. She hopes that others will feel the same spiritual peace, tranquility, and inner joy that she experiences when walking through the high country. (She only paints places she’s visited, except when doing commissioned paintings.)

Marg paints detailed realistic oil paintings of dense forests, majestic mountains, tranquil lakes and misty oceans. She paints with oils, which dry slowly, thus allowing her to capture, in minute detail, the light and life of the nature that she re-experiences while painting. “It’s not so much the end result of my painting that matters to me. It’s the feeling I get while painting, that I love.”

Married, with three grown daughters, Marg currently resides with her husband, Frank, in Fanny Bay.