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Marian's everyday world stimulates her to share her views through her art. Her long career as a teacher and principal -working with children and adults, her family and her love of travel have provided her with constant sources of inspiration. She has studied drawing and painting in formal classes and workshops with artists she admires and now strives to capture the humor and beauty of the world as she interprets it. Marian retired in 2007 to raise her grandson and to continue to expanding her range of painting and drawing skills.
Some of her favorite new paintings have recently received awards and one was critiqued in The Artists' Magazine June online issue.
Currently Marian is working on several paintings celebrating the places she's visited and people she's interacted with during her recent travels.
Awards & Honors
- "Harbinger" -- First Place -- Modern/Experimental, "For The Love Of Art" Exhibition, SFVAC, VIVA Gallery (2008)
- "Laundry Day" -- Honorable Mention -- Scenic, "For The Love Of Art" Exhibition, SFVAC, VIVA Gallery (2008)
- "Las Virgenes Barn" - Merchants' Award, VAG Fall Exhibition, - VIVA Gallery (2007)
- " Sunny Day In The Neighborhood" - First Place - Scenic, "Summer Heat" Exhibition, SFVAC, - LC * Left Coast Gallery (2007)
- "Irises and Mums" - Third Place - Still Life, SFVAC - Finegood Gallery (2007)
- "Mother's Morning" - Third Place - Portrait, San Fernando Valley Art Club Spring Exhibition - A StuART Gallery, (2006)
- "Morning Glory On The 101" - Honorable Mention -Scenic, San Fernando Valley Art Club Spring Exhibition - A StuART Gallery, (2006)
- "Beautiful Bride" - Honorable Mention, San Fernando Valley Art Club March Mini Contest, (2006)
- "Venezia" - First Place Prize, Masterpiece Artists' Interpretations Contest, (2004)
Galleries and Museum Shows
· 2008
- Canoga Park Youth Art Center, VAG "Hidden Places of Los Angeles", (July-August, 2008)
- California Art Club "Natural Beauty" Exhibition - Women's City Club Pasadena, (June-November 2008)
- VIVA Gallery, VAG 60th Annual 2008 Gold Medal Exhibition, (March 2008)
- VIVA Gallery, SFVAC "For the Love of Art" Exhibition, (February 2008)
- Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Thousand Oaks Art Association 2008 Open Juried Show, (February 2008)
· 2007
- VIVA Gallery, Southern California Open Regional Exhibition (SCORE VI), (October-November 2007)
- VIVA Gallery, VAG Fall Exhibition, (September-October 2007)
- VIVA Gallery, (All Members' Show) "A Taste of Summer" (August, 2007)
- Left Coast Gallery, SFVAC (August, 2007)
- Canoga Park Youth Center, VAG (July, 2007)
- Finegood Gallery, SFVAC (July, 2007)
- Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (Barnsdall Park), Open Call 2007, (July-August 2007)
- Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Westlake Village Art Guild Annual Open Juried Show (March -April 2007)
- VIVA Gallery - VAG 2007 Gold Medal Exhibition, Valley Artists Guild (February 2007)
- Palm Springs Art Museum - Artists Council 38th Annual National Juried Exhibition - (January - March 2007)
- 2006
- A StuART Gallery Spring Exhibition, San Fernando Valley Art Club
(May, 2006)
Displays & Festivals:
- "Sunny Day In The Neighborhood" Juried in to Learning & Product Expo: ART! sponsored by The Artist's Magazine, Pasadena, CA (October, 2007)
- 14 paintings displayed at Lulu's Beehive Restaurant - Studio City, CA (October-December, 2007)
- Woodland Hills Art Affaire - June, 2007
- "The Explorers" Juried in to Learning & Product Expo: ART! sponsored by The Artist's Magazine, Burbank, CA (October, 2006)
- 4 paintings displayed at Something's Fishy Restaurant - 21812 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA - (October, 2006)
- 5 paintings displayed at Emilio's Trattoria Restaurant - 16234 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA - (September, 2006)
- "The River" - Juried in to Learning & Product Expo: ART! sponsored by The Artist's Magazine, Burbank, CA (October, 2005)
Education:
BA in Zoology
MS in Education
Teaching and Administrative Credentials
Art Instruction
Mission Renaissance
California Art Institute
Workshops and classes from:
Scott Burdick
Karl Dempwolf
Anita Hampton
Calvin Liang
Jeremy Lipking
Camille Przewodik
Johanna Spinks
John Paul Thornton
Ryan Wurmser
Pictured below are Marian and her husband, Gastone, at the opening of the Palm Springs Art Museum National Open Juried Show.
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