Marilyn Matherly paints the stunning scenery of the Inland Northwest.  As she looks over this varied panorama she is reminded of the fabrics enclosed in her grandmother’s rag bags years ago.

In her mind’s eye she can see the wondrous colors, shapes, and textures spread across the floor, and still see herself as a child, creating endless vistas of hills, mountains, roads and rivers from those scraps.

As she looks now at the breathtaking scope of the lakes and forests and the stunning patterns of the Palouse in all seasons, the old rag bags become magic treasure houses of wools, corduroys, velvets and satins, old lace and brilliant cording, an silken threads.  From those old memories her paintings spring forth new and fresh each hinting of those special places in our hearts which hold the treasured things like quilts and old toys that help us to recall the simple things which formed our past.