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Marilyn Fenn
 
 
About the Artist

My paintings are paint first, and images second.

Color and form are the two primary concerns of my work.

My paintings may be purely abstract or may use imagery drawn from science and nature, or from the social and political realms. Much of my work deals with images of energy unleashed; however, I am in fact challenging the viewer to look beyond their potential first response at the subjects being referenced to the beauty that's right before their eyes -- the colors and shapes of paint.

 
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Soaring

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. gallery wrap canvas with painted edges; 91.44 x 91.44 cm (36 x 36")

Primordial Landscape

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. gallery wrap canvas with painted edges; 91.44 x 91.44 cm (36 x 36")

Heading Out

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. gallery wrap canvas with painted edges; 91.44 x 91.44 cm (36 x 36")

Asia

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. gallery wrap canvas with painted edges; 91.44 x 91.44 cm (36 x 36")

Knot

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. gallery wrap canvas with painted edges; 91.44 x 91.44 cm (36 x 36")

Loop

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. gallery wrap canvas with painted edges; 91.44 x 91.44 cm (36 x 36")

Arterial

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. gallery wrap canvas with painted edges; 91.44 x 91.44 cm (36 x 36")

Frilly

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. gallery wrap canvas with painted edges; 91.44 x 91.44 cm (36 x 36")

Peeping Out from This Crazy Cave

2008
Acrylic on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. gallery wrap canvas with painted edges; 91.44 x 91.44 cm (36 x 36")

California Burning

2007
Encaustic on Baltic Birch
30.48 x 30.48 cm

ready to hang on cradled panel, 30.48 x 30.48 cm (12 x 12")

Firefly

2008
Encaustic on Baltic Birch
30.48 x 30.48 cm

ready to hang on cradled panel, 30.48 x 30.48 cm (12 x 12")

Crossing Over

2008
Encaustic on Baltic Birch
30.48 x 30.48 cm

ready to hang on cradled panel, 30.48 x 30.48 cm (12 x 12")

Succession Series -

2008
Oil on 20 Canvases
121.92 x 152.4 cm

This work is made up of twenty 12"x12" (30.48cm x 30.48cm) panels. The process of creating each new work evolved from the previous work. The first panel was the seed for the whole series, with each new panel unfolding from an edge of the previous panel, yet with the freedom for each new panel to go in a different direction than the one before. Many of the individual panels in this series were inspired by patterns of different scales in the natural world – from molecules to ice sheets to nebulae. The 20 panels are mounted on a barced piece of plywood, the total size is 121.92 x 152.4 cm (4 x 5 feet)

Painting on the Train...in Vain

2008
Acrylic on Canvas Paper, Mounted on Masonite
15.24 x 15.24 cm

15.24 x 15.24 cm (6 x 6")

My Alien Friend

2009
Oil on Canvas
15.24 x 15.24 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. Gallery Wrap Canvas with painted edges, 15.24 x 15.24 cm (6 x 6")

Green Day

2007
Oil on Canvas
25.4 x 25.4 cm

ready to hang on gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides, 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10")

Burning Ice

2006
Oil on Canvas
25.4 x 25.4 cm

ready to hang on gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides, 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10")

Planet Edge

2008
Acrylic on canvas paper
15.24 x 15.24 (6

mounted on masonite, 15.24 x 15.24 cm (6 x 6")

The Devil's Wishbone

2007
Encaustic, Beeswax and Oil
30.48 x 30.48

on Baltic Birch, ready to hang on 2" deep cradled panel, 30.48 x 30.48 cm (12"x12")

Behind the Wall

2007
Encaustic and Beeswax on Plywood Panel
30.48 x 30.48 cm

ready to hang on 2" deep cradled panel, 30.48 x 30.48 (12"x12")

Steamy Spring

2006
25.4 x 25.4

ready to hang on 1.5 in. Gallery Wrap Canvas with painted edges, 25.4 x 25.4 (10"x10")

Grandma was a Stromatolite

2007
Encaustic on Paper,
30.48 x 30.48 cm

ready to hang on 1.5 in. Gallery Wrap Canvas with painted edges, 30.48 x 30.48 (12"x12")

Nebulous Nebula

2007
Encaustic on Paper
30.48 x 30.48 cm

ready to hang on 2" deep cradled panel, 30.48 x 30.48 (12"x12")

Number One Campfire

2007
Encaustic and Beeswax on Paper
30.48 x 30.48 cm

ready to hang on 2" deep cradled panel, 30.48 x 30.48 cm (12"x12")

Impression of Poppies

2007
Encaustic on Paper
30.48 x 30.48 cm

mounted on Baltic Birch, ready to hang on 2" deep cradled panel, 30.48 x 30.48 cm (12"x12")
 
Education and biography
EDUCATION
1992 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA, Painting: Studied with Tony Phillips, Dan Gustin, Theodore Halkin, Philip Hanson, Jim Lutes, Barbara Rossi, Elizabeth Rupprecht, Ray Yoshida
1989 Austin Community College, AA, Fine Art: Studied with Katherine Brimberry, Ishmael Soto, Minnie Miles

Solo and Two-Person Shows:
2006 Abstract Paintings and Prints of Marilyn Fenn, Quack's Maplewood Bakery, Austin, TX
2005-2006 Artwork of Marilyn Fenn, Austin Regional Clinic, Far West Clinic, Austin, TX
2004 Prints and Paintings of Marilyn Fenn, Austin Java Co., Barton Creek Mall, Austin, TX
2003 Art Without a Safety Net, solo virtual art exhibit sponsored by Salem Design
2003 Artwork of Marilyn Fenn, AVAA Exhibit at Carr America Building, Austin,TX
2003 Art in the Country, with Kelly Borsheim, Borsheim Arts Studio, Cedar Creek, TX
1990 Marilyn Fenn, Paintings and Drawings, Execucom Systems Corporation, Austin, TX

Group Shows:
2008 7th Annual East Austin Studio Tour, Marilyn Fenn Studio, Austin, TX
2008 Fused Expressions, Bay6 Gallery and Studios, Austin TX
2008-2009 AVAA 2D Works at ABIA, East Gallery, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin TX
2008 Real and Imagined, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX
2008 Texas Kaos/Netroots Nation After Party and Art Exhibit, Bay6 Gallery and Studios, Austin TX
2008 5 x 7 Art Splurge & Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
2007 Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Monarch Events Center, Austin, TX
2007 3rd Annual 12 Buy 12 Show, Artspoken Gallery & Studios, Austin, TX
2007 6th Annual East Austin Studio Tour, Marilyn Fenn Studio, Austin, TX
2007 WAR-Artists Respond, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2007 AVAA's 30th Anniversary Exhibit and Reunion, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2006 5th Annual East Austin Studio Tour, Marilyn Fenn Studio, Austin, TX
2004 VU Austin Exhibit “Charisma,” AVAA Gallery and Studios, Austin, TX
2003 AVAA Member Show, AVAA Gallery and Studios, Austin, TX
2003 36th Annual Artists' Harvest, Crockett Center, Austin, TX
2003 Topographies, Studio2 Gallery, Austin, TX
1993 BFA Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1993 Death: Born in the U.S.A., Lithuanian Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
1992 Sampling of Art from S.A.I.C., MWMWM Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 New Horizons in Art, Old Orchard Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 Arts and the Community Show, Southwestern Bell, Austin, TX
 
Future shows
TexasWax Group Show: M2 Gallery in Houston opening on May 11, 2009

Solo Exhibition: Bay6 Gallery, Austin, TX, October 2009
 
Website:  www.marilynfenn.com
 
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