Merrilyn Laursen lives, plays and paints in Parksville, BC.

She started her journey in art with a box of crayons, pursued an education degree with an art major, and taught art at the elementary school level for several years.

She was born and raised in Burnaby, BC and raised her family in New Westminster, during which time she continued to nurture her creative side, dabbling in fabric arts and pottery.

Now retired and living in the seaside village of Craig Bay, she has time to capture the beauty of her surroundings. Many of her watercolour and acrylic paintings are of local scenes as well as memories of her travels. Her style includes realism, abstract and collage.