Marie Elyse St. George

Marie Elyse St. George (born December 8, 1929, in Merritton, St. Catharines, Ontario ) is a Canadian artist and poet. She is known for her paintings, drawings, prints (especially etchings), mixed media work and poetry. Her work covers a wide range of subjects including portraits and themes derived from her poetry and historical figures. She created one of the 40 special "windows" for the Discovery Train which toured Canada.

Around 1974, she received a grant from the Canada Council to set up her printing shop and to produce a book of etchings and prose. In 1982, St. George joined with five other artists to form the Group of 5 Co-operative Gallery Ltd. In 1987, her poems, etchings, and paintings were published under the title White Lions in the Afternoon published by Coteau Books, Regina, Saskaskatchewan.

Her memoir, titled Once in a Blue Moon, won the Saskatchewan Book Award in 2006. She was a participant in the Regina National Poetry Face-off, which aired on CBC Radio in 2009.

Awards 1989 - Saskatchewan Writers Guild first prize for poetry; 1989 - The League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest first prize; 2006 - the Saskatchewan Book Award for Nonfiction.