Maria Ozog - Dlutek (known to her friends as Maryla), native from Poland, was pleased to immigrate to Canada in 1983. Since then Nova Scotia - Halifax, has been her home with exception of years she spent in South Korea and Spain (1997-2002).

Maryla was fascinated by Korean paintings of natural beauty of coastlines, villages, temples and people that she took painting lessons from Mr. N.Y. Park - Korean artist in brush painting. The Spain with all art works in museums and galleries has been a place of inspiration for her and intensified her attention to art.

In Poland she graduated with MSc degree in Electronics and became Information Technology Specialist working at Dalhousie University Computing Information Services.

On top of her enjoyable technical responsibility at work, she truly value and take pleasure in water color and brush painting. She is mostly self-taught with some private instructions from Nova Scotia watercolor artists to improve her technique in best of two Eastern and Western painting styles and traditions. Inspired by her passion to nature and travel she continues painting a variety of subjects as landscapes, floral and still life.

Maryla donated a few of her paintings to charitable fund raising auctions in Halifax Metro Area.