Artist Profile: Marjorie Illman, 90, Started Drawing At 2-Years-Old

Marjorie Illman, 90, has an Art Gallery on Marrowstone Island, WA, where she markets her works in acrylic, watercolor, sumi-e, scratchboard, colored pencil, pen and ink, pastels, and combinations of these.

Marjorie's interest in art evolved with drawing lessons at the age of nine. Her career began after graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in Fine Arts in 1941. A short course in commercial art at Edison Vocational School landed her a job in the advertising department of Shoenfield's Department store in Seattle doing layouts, and art work. A notable accomplishment was her completion of over 100 scientific drawings for a book on Puget Sound fishes her father, Professor Trevor Kincaid, intended publishing. These drawings were later given to the Burke Museum.

In November, a video profile series will be published that will show case Marjorie's life work as a multimedia artist. Stay Tuned.

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