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Marilyn Rose - Artist Information
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History and Training
I paint many subjects including architecture, gardens, still life and portraiture, but my subject of choice is the landscape. I paint most often en plein air (on location), often alla prima (finished in one session) or sometimes doing some fine-tuning back in the studio; for larger pieces I paint in the studio from plein air work done in oils or soft pastels. I rarely refer to photos, preferring to rely on my color sketch, my memory of the scene, and my sense of composition and balance to produce a painting that may be more refined than my plein air work, yet retains the original freshness and vitality brought from the outdoors. I work in many media, but my greatest joy is to capture a fleeting impression of a scene in oil, resulting in a small gem that is expressive in color and texture.
I have studied painting, drawing and design since 1992, primarily with Susan Sarback at the School of Light and Color in Fair oaks, California, since 1999. Sarback was astudent of the master colorist Henry Hensche, of the Cape Cod School of Art. I have studied portraiture and landscape with Juan Pena in Auburn, Ca, and I continue my art education in workshops and virtual classes with various master artists, including Barry John Raybould, Silvio Silvestri and Camille Przewodek. On my own, I study design and composition extensively, and I refer constantly to my many books on masters from various periods. My silent mentors include Constable, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Sorolla, Sargent, the French and California Impressionists.
I teach various painting workshops at the School of Light and Color in Fair Oaks, as well as plein air workshops and classes in Placer and Nevada Counties.
My goal is to become the best painter that I can be, and to produce quality work that reflects the natural harmony that I see.
Gallery Representation:
Chroma Gallery, 10030 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, Ca; Every Second Saturday Reception, 6 – 9 PM
(916)966-7517
Avenue 9 Gallery
180 East 9th Avenue, Suite 3
Chico, Ca
(530)879-1821
Selected Recent Exhibitions:
2008: The 50-50-50 Show, 20th Street Gallery
Sacramento, Ca Opening April 12
2008: First Place Lincoln Hill Art Assoc. Annual Show Feb. 22, 23
2008: Aesthetic Crossroads Gallery, Sacramento, Ca
2008: New Beginnings; Lincoln Arts & Cultural Center, Lincoln, Ca
2007 - 2008: Chico Icons; Avenue 9 Gallery, Chico, Ca
2007: American Impressionist Society Salon Invitational Show, Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL, August 10 Opening
2007: “A Picture Safari”, plein air painting project presented by Avenue 9 Gallery, Chico, Ca
2007: Second Place in the quick-draw competition, First Annual Plein Air Weekend at the Horton Farm and Iris Garden, Loomis, Ca
2007 Published in “Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Soft Pastels” by Susan Sarback (North Light Books)
2007: American Impressionist Society 8th Annual National Exhibit, May 4 – May 25 at Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, Il
2006-2007: LPAPA juried miniature show, “Less is More”, The Studio, Laguna Beach, Ca
2006-2007: “Flowering Beauty: Cherries in 4 Seasons” Plein Air Painting project
(2006) and exhibit (2007) at the Knowlton
Gallery, Lodi, Ca. Published in book.
2006:” Paint Lod!i” Plein Air Painting Festival and Exhibit, Aug. 25-27, Opening Sept. 1, hosted by the Knowlton Gallery, 115 S. School St., Lodi, Ca (209)368-5123
2006: American Impressionist Society 7th Annual National Exhibit, April 5 – May 6, at the Rockport Center for the Arts, 902 Navigation Cir., Rockport, TX
2005: American Impressionist Society’s 6th Annual National Exhibit at the Nichols Taos Fine Art GalleryTaos, NM
2005: “Small Landscapes”; 20th St. Art Gallery, Sacramento, Ca
2005: “Plein Air Passages”, a 3-artist exhibit at the Doiron Gallery, Sacramento
2005: “Sierra Scapes”, Grass Valley Center for the Arts; annual by the Nevada County Plein Air Painters
2004-2005: California Art Club’s “Cityscapes” exhibition at the Women’s City Club, Pasadena
2005: Juried Participant in “Plein Air Painting in Sherwood Forest”, 4-day plein air festival in Bidwell Park, Chico, Ca, July 20 – 23. Published in book.
2004: “Sierra Scapes”, annual exhibit of plein air work by the Nevada County Plein Air Painters, Artisan Gallery, Sacramento.
2004: Northern California Arts’ 49th Annual Open Exhibition, “Bold Expressions”,
Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael
2004: “Artvitae Unplugged” Invitational Exhibit, The Narrow Space Gallery, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.
2004: Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc. Annual Membership Exhibit.
2003: Northern California Arts’ 48th Annual Open Exhibition, “Bold Expressions”, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael
2003: KVIE Art auction to benefit Sacramento public television.
2003: Oil Painters of America’s Western Regional Exhibit in Santa Barbara.
2002-2004: Gallery II, 419 Broad St., Nevada City, Ca
2002: One Artist Show, Northern Mines Goldworks, Grass Valley, Ca.
2000: “Magnum Opus” annual exhibition, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael
Organizations
American Impressionist Society,
signature member
Oil Painters of America, juried artist member
Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc., juried
artist member
Portrait Society of America
Roseville Arts!, artist member
Lincoln Arts, artist member
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WORK PUBLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:
Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Soft Pastels
by Susan Sarback (North Light Books, 2007)
Flowering Beauty: Cherries in Four Seasons
Knowlton Gallery (Short Run Publishing, 2007)
Sherwood Forest Plein Air Painting Competition
Avenue 9 Gallery(One Book Publishing; Short Run Publishing, 2005
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Robert Frost wrote, "Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor." Substituting the word "art" for "life", helps me make sense of my constant quest for those truths. I hope never to be thought of as a particular type of artist who practiced a specific mannerism, but one who constantly searched for the underlying principles of fine art and grew in understanding and expression of those principles.
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