Marilyn Jones, Author at Emily Carr Chronicles

Published: 28 September, 2025

Written by Marilyn Jones

Categories: her circle

The bronze Emily Carr sculpture created by Edmonton sculptor Barbara Patterson installed outside the Empress Hotel in Victoria in 2010 is not the first statue created in her honour. That distinction belongs to Joe Fafard—a celebrated Saskatchewan artist and longtime admirer of Carr’s work. By then, he had created…

Published: 25 September, 2025

Written by Marilyn Jones

Categories: her art

The Vancouver Art Gallery will open That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature, its largest presentation of the work of Emily Carr (1871–1945, Victoria, B.C.) in more than two decades in February 2026. Overlooked in her own time, Carr is now recognized as one of Canada’s…

Published: 23 September, 2025

Written by Marilyn Jones

Categories: Uncategorized

This blog began as a pandemic project, though I didn’t know it at the time. While stuck at home dodging the virus, I started exploring the life and work of my favourite artist, Emily Carr, and shared my discoveries online. After the pandemic, I moved to Vancouver Island—first…

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