Today, decades later, she is a published author, illustrator and graphic designer. She taught university level courses and private workshops in drawing, sketching, painting, design, calligraphy, the history of alphabets, and simple bookmaking, and served on the faculty of two international calligraphy conferences held at the University of Portland. Her work is in corporate collections in the United States, as well as private collections in the U.S., Bahamas, UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
In 2012, several pieces of her work was chosen by curators of the U.S. State Department’s Art in Embassies program for display in the U.S. Embassy residence in Tel Aviv, Isreal. Her paintings have also appeared in Seattle venues including metro bus banners, storefronts, theater stages, museums and galleries, as well as in more than more than 70 juried exhibitions.
Marilyn and her husband Gerald Webberley, a retired Boeing engineer who grew up in Washougal, now live in Kirkland. Marilyn is part of the well-known Farrell family, who owned the Farrell and Eddy Department Store in downtown Camas.
Webberley is the featured artist this month at Ballard & Call in downtown Camas. She will be at the art gallery, located at 408 N.E. Fourth Ave., on Friday for an artist’s reception from 5 to 8 p.m.. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 817-2415.