This information is provided by The Meadowlark Gallery of Billings, Montana:

Artist and Certified Picture Framer, Marylee M. Moreland, owns and operates The Meadowlark Gallery in Billings, Montana. She was an illustrator for the United States Air Force Art Program and her works are part of its permanent art collection. Her paintings and sculpture have been juried into the C. M. Russell Art Auction several years since 1975.

Her primary medium is watercolor, but when combined with her avid knowledge of matting and framing, the two "artists" combine to produce a work that is recognizable as her signature alone. Her work in bronze has included acceptance by jury in the prestigious C. M. Russell Art Auction and as well being so noted for her high auction sales prices by Southwest Art Magazine. Recently her sculpture and the limited edition of bronzes entitled, "Loose Cinch" was selected by the Western and English Sales Association to be the Dennis D. High Award to honor their past officers and associates who have been beneficial to their organization.

Born and raised in the Birney area of Montana, afforded her the lifestyle of the working ranch which no one else can hope to capture. As one of four daughters, her parents expected and received competent working ranch hands in the form of the female gender. Marylee has often recounted the story of her mother and oldest sister, heading and heeling one of their herd bulls so that they could doctor it. There would not be any male horseman out there that would not have to push back his hat and pay homage to their skill and experience. Although today, she prefers to watch the working ranch from a distance, that vivid knowledge of how a horse is muscled, how that cow moves and runs is evident in her works.

Her education included high school in Sheridan, Wyoming; and then graduating from college at Montana State University with a Bachelors of Science in Art with extended studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. A strong military background as the spouse of a pilot in the U. S. Air Force lead to her broadening her art career as an illustrator with the honorary rank of Colonel. Marylee's western, military, and creative backgrounds have produced an artist, framer, and sculptor whose ethics and abilities far exceed so many in the profession today.