the Art of
Marina Higgs
Artwork
Landscape
Animals
Figurative
Still Life
Welcome …
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow … Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” -Kurt Vonnegut
About Me
I am finally doing what I have always enjoyed doing – drawing and painting! This ‘background’ career started early in my life and much time has been spent trying to improve it.
I was schooled in philosophy at UBC and SFU while I worked in banking and for the last decade I worked in transit. Throughout this time I gained better drawing and painting skills on my own, aided by a few courses taken at the Vancouver School of Art. I joined the South Delta Artists Guild about twenty years ago but family responsibilities took priority and I rejoined the guild three years ago and I am so glad to be back creating and doing what I love.
I am currently going weekly to the life drawing classes at the guild and I also paint plein air when I can. I do commissions, working from photos. I have been showing my paintings at the SDAG and in local libraries and hospitals. I am also looking into social media options for showing my work.
Landscape gallery
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Flooding-of-Emory-Creek-300x231.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Family-of-Aspen-300x227.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Chicken-House-300x230.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Schoolhouse-Farm-300x230.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220919_070844_edited-300x257.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220919_071030_edited_edited-300x226.jpg)
Animals gallery
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Prowler-226x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220919_072257_edited-242x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Curious-2-238x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fledgling-225x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Best-Friend-300x230.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Curious-300x227.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Seeing-Eye-to-Eye-300x292.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20210420_090744-1-e1663721039648-300x300.jpg)
Figurative gallery
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Support-300x239.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Smoking-My-Pipe-300x257.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sadness-300x227.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20210424_115313-e1663722662694-300x243.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lady-in-a-Hat-234x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Yellow-Raincoat-300x297.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nanaimo-River-243x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Shades-300x239.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220919_070942_edited-300x237.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Shy-244x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Down-and-Out-300x297.jpg)
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![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20210804_104318_edited-e1663770103175-226x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Beach-Party-300x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Baby-with-icecream-e1663949763845-300x228.jpg)
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![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/3-Months-Old-221x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Memories-221x300.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nude-1-175x300.jpg)
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![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Young-Girl-220x300.jpg)
Still Life gallery
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Essential-Workers-300x242.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220919_072102_edited-1-300x241.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220919_072201_edited-300x242.jpg)
![Avocado](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220919_072136_edited-300x242.jpg)
![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220919_070806_edited-300x245.jpg)
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![](https://marinahiggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Cherry-Red-300x227.jpg)