
Big Bend Arts Council
Supporting & promoting the arts in the Big Bend region since 2004
Marjie Erkkila
Living high in the peaceful Davis Mountains with my horse, dog and cat has inspired me to create in many mediums !
My sculpture and jewelry has won awards from the East coast to the West ! After an international competition, my sculpture, " ADAGIO", was exhibited at the Kentucky Derby Museum and my jewelry has won honors for many years in a show at the Equine Expo Art Show in California !
Photography is another love of mine and my work has been published in the internationally distributed magazines, Cat Fancy, Dog Fancy, and Bird Talk. When I sold a photo of my daughter and her horse to a feed company, we took a trip to the Badlands down to Santa Fe.
Creating sterling silver and gemstone jewelry is my passion. Horses are often the theme in my work, but I try to understand the best way to show off the beauty of the gemstone I have chosen to work with. My gemstones come from all over the world but my favorites are the gorgeous agates I gathered on rock hunts in Mexico ! I have learned to cut and polish my own stones and to see their beauty brought out by these processes in very exciting.

