Gremillion, Marlene

Polymer Clay and Sculpture

Marlene enjoys working, manipulating, and creating with her hands and experiments to see if she can come out with a pleasing artistic piece. “It reminds me of being a child at play. I just enjoy having fun along with it being therapeutic for me,” says Marlene with a smile.

Marlene Gremillion, a Hot Springs Village, Arkansas artist, enjoys creating and designing in many mediums and has done so for over 50 years. Texture, color, pattern, and light play an important role in what she designs be it in Oil, pastel, watercolor, photography, collage, glass, polymer clay or jewelry. Marlene is active in the arts and enjoys teaching. “I enjoy watching others learn and get excited about creating their own works. As adults, we forget to have fun. I encourage students to do just that; you must enjoy what you are doing to be creative and then it shows in your works.” Marlene has taught at the National Park Community College, in Continuing Education and at
the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock. She also enjoys traveling and teaching workshops. She is a registered teacher through the Arts on Tour with the Arkansas Arts Council Little Rock, AR. Marlene was in the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts' 2017-2018 Artists Registry and member of the Mid-Southern Watercolorists, Arkansas Pastel Society, International Polymer Clay Guild, and Kansas City Polymer Clay Guild. She recently organized the Ouachita Mountain Polymer Clay Guild in Arkansas. The only
active guild in Arkansas. Marlene is member of Brush Strokes in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Her art is presented at Artists’ Workshop Gallery, Hot Springs, AR; and Ouachita Artists Gallery, Mt. Ida, AR; Arkansas Craft School, Mountain View Arkansas. Marlene is a signature member of Mid-Southern Watercolorists, Louisiana Watercolor Society and Arkansas Pastel Society. You may visit her web site at www.marlenegremillion.com