MendocinoArts - Mendocino Art Center

in combining collage with
you really want to do art.
watercolor, a whole new
Even if some days you feel
world of texture opened up
uninspired, just go to your
for Marion. She then took a
workspace, doodle if nothing
comes to you; clean your
course in acrylic paint and
collage which “helped to free
brushes, etc. Some ideas will
me from my more traditional
and realistic approach. I
Marion regularly shows
start to generate.”
Dominique, 15” x 22”, mixed media collage.
love the flow that results,
at the Mendocino Art Center
allowing for a more textural dimension.”
in Mendocino, CA, and the Spiral Gallery in Estacada, OR.
How does she begin a work? “Generally the concept In November, she’s been asked to show some of her work
comes first, then the pose or body language, then the at the Edgewater Gallery in Fort Bragg.
composition or design. I’m very interested in design. After “Ever since I became serious about my art I’ve been
that it’s all about the colors. It is not always cut and dried involved with an art center both here at MAC and on the
and can change during the process. The collage paper often east coast. There have been many opportunities for me as a
will tell me what to do. I’ll find some odd scrap buried in beginner to show in an art center.” Entering competitions
my mess of papers that says, ‘use me.’”
has been another avenue for Marion to show her work.
Formal training has helped Marion enormously. “It “I’ve been part of the co-op gallery in Mendocino in the
energizes me and inspires new ideas even if they are not past. Right now I’m able to show my work at a co-op gallery
in Oregon.”
just like the instructor’s ideas. I love taking classes, and
then afterwards going home and practicing new techniques
or ways of thinking. Even if I never do another Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Johannes (Jan) Vermeer,
Other artists that Marion most admires are John
painting remotely like the instructor does, something and Gustav Klimt.
helpful always sticks.”
What does Marion want the viewer to see when he/she
For the beginning artist, Marion believes the desire to looks at her work? “A recognition of something personal,
create something is key. “You really have to want to put in hopefully something beautiful that makes them smile.”
the time and stick to it. Have a schedule if at all possible, I asked Marion where she thought art “fits in” in our
a place to work no matter how small. This can be difficult ever-changing, turmoiled world. “Art is the reflection of
as we all keep pretty busy. This is a test of how much our personal world and the world in general through the
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