Marlena Wyman

Marlena Wyman

I am an artist residing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. My art focus is early prairie settler women, whose stories are under-represented in mainstream history.

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Back to the Garden by Marlena Wyman
  • Marlena Wyman
  • Back to the Garden, 2018
  • Encaustic, oil, and photo transfer on birch panel
  • 24 x 12 in (60.96 x 30.48 cm)
  • Sold
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Inspired by Gladys Reeves’s notes for her “Clean up, Paint up, Plant up” campaign, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [1930].

“'Back to the garden' might well be a motto put into action by employed and unemployed alike; it costs little for seed, and the energy & time will be amply repaid by the fresh vegetables with which to help out our larder, & a few 10 cent packets of flower seed will brighten many a lot & cheer us up if we feel depressed."

Provincial Archives of Alberta #1974.0173.60

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