MAE ROBERTS
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1932 - 2015
Born and raised in Edmonton, Roberts lived in Dawson Creek for 13 years before moving to Vernon in 1972. She started pursuing her art more as her children grew up, and experimented in various art forms from pottery and stained glass to porcelain and silk painting. Painting, however, was what appealed to her the most and she started taking workshops, including from well-known artists such as Brent Heighton and Toni Onley, and later taught workshops herself. Mae exhibited her work at numerous solo and group exhibitions, and was a member of the Okanagan Artists League (renamed the Okanagan Artists of Canada) as well as the North Okanagan branch of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Known for her light-filled impressionist landscapes and florals, Roberts painted in many mediums including watercolour, oil, pastels and acrylic. In her later art practice, she started experimenting with painting abstracts. Roberts passed away in December of 2015. 
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