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About the Artist
Artist Statement / Biography
Marie enjoys filling her paintings with powerful and often feminine subjects. Her florals, landscapes and nautical paintings are lush and deeply colored. Her style is eclectic and varies from painting to painting. But in each painting she tries to capture one reflective moment, punctuated with symbolic elements that portray powerful messages, where viewers can find a connecting emotional bond.
Recently Marie’s paintings have been inspired by the subjects she encountered while working in the port industry. Ships, water, boats, wind turbines, docks and skies were scenes she encountered every day, and which have surfaced onto her canvases.
Marie always knew she would become an artist. While other girls played house, her artistic French mother taught her to paint. As a teenager her best friends were always paint and canvas. Although she is mostly self-taught, she studied fine arts, design, and art history at Montana State University, the University of Montana, and Gonzaga University.
Marie has been involved in numerous group and featured artist exhibitions, and has won many awards. Her work is displayed in local restaurants, gift shops, banks, galleries and businesses. Over the years her paintings have been acquired by friends, family, local collectors, businesses and corporate offices. She paints in her studio in Kalama, Washington, overlooking the scenic Columbia River.
Marie’s love for art carries over into her daily life. She reads about artists, studies techniques of the Old Masters, photographs subjects for future paintings, participates in artist groups, and visits art galleries and art museums whenever she travels. Recently she visited major art galleries in New York City, and hopes someday to do the same in Europe.
Vita / Resume
Exhibition History
Solo
2009 Nora’s Table, Hood River, Oregon - selected Wind Energy paintings
2009 Lower Columbia College Art Gallery, Longview, Washington - Power of the Wind exhibit
2008 Benjamin Benjamin Gallery/Naked Winery, Hood River, Oregon - Eve series of paintings
2008 Cowlitz Bank, Kalama, Washington - selected florals
2007 Rake Gallery, Portland, Oregon - Metamorphosis exhibit
2007 Viola Cafe, Portland, Oregon - selected Rhododendron and floral paintings
2007 The Broadway Gallery, Longview, Washington – selected Rhododendron paintings
2006 Cowlitz Bank, Kalama, Washington - selected paintings
2006 Koth Art Gallery, Longview Public Library, Longview, Washington - retrospective paintings
Group
2010 Celebrating Spring, a juried show of works with a floral theme, Teagues Gallery, Longview, Washington - selected paintings*
2010 Columbian Artist Annual Juried Spring Show, Longview, Washington – selected paintings*
2009 Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership, Portland, Oregon - Celebrating Art and Artists of the Lower Columbia River - selected paintings*
2009 Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, Washington - Broken exhibit*
2009 Columbian Artists Annual Juried Spring Show, Longview, Washington - selected paintings*
2009 Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, Washington - Love/Eros exhibit*
2009 Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, Washington - Flora & Fauna exhibit*
2008 LCC Art Gallery, Longview, Washington - Connecting Waters exhibit*
2008 Columbian Artists Annual Juried Spring Show, Longview, Washington - selected paintings*
2007 Satsang Yoga, Vancouver, Washington - selected paintings
2007 Kalama Artwalk, Kalama, Washington - selected paintings
2006 The Art Connection, Longview, Washington - selected paintings
2006 Wind Energy Exhibit at Windpower 2006, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - selected Wind Energy paintings
2006 LCC Art Gallery, Longview, Washington - Local Color Part II exhibit*
2006 Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, Washington - Mosaic Arts Alliance exhibit
2005 Camas Wine & Art Festival, Camas, Washington - selected florals
2005 Koth Art Gallery, Longview Public Library, Longview, Washington - Columbia River exhibit*
2005 Portland Home & Garden Show, Portland, Oregon - Garden Gallery exhibit*
2002 Northwest Pastel Society International Exhibit, Gig Harbor, Washington - selected pastel paintings*
2001 Northwest Pastel Society International Exhibit, Seattle, Washington - selected pastel paintings*
2000 Oregon Society of Artists Colored Pencil Exhibition, Portland, Oregon - selected colored pencil*
2000 Lower Columbia College Art Gallery, Longview, Washington, Connecting Waters exhibit*
1988 Hance Brady Art Studio, Longview, Washington - selected artwork
*juried
Awards
2010 Sponsor Award, Columbian Artists Association, Still Life with Pitcher
2008 Honorable Mention, ADG Printing Fall Art Competition, Green Wind
2008 Second Place, ADG Printing Summer Art Competition, Orchid
2008 Honorable Mention, Columbian Artists Association
2006 Honorable Mention, Columbian Artists Association
2005 Honorable Mention, Columbian Artists Association
2001 Honorable Mention, People's Choice, Sponsor Award, Columbian Artists Association
Honors
2010 The Salal Review, Literary Magazine of Lower Columbia College, interior artwork, Decay
2009 The Salal Review, Literary Magazine of Lower Columbia College, cover artwork, Rhody
2008 The Salal Review, Literary Magazine of Lower Columbia College, cover artwork, Water Reflections #7
2002 The Pastel Journal, Third Annual Pastel 100, March /April issue, honorable mention, Quilt Prayer
Publications
2010 Reinventing Beauty magazine, second quarter 2010 issue, contributing artist, Hollyhocks
Art Education and Training
2010 Still Life Plein Air Painting Workshop, Vancouver, Washington, Eric Jacobsen
2009 Golden Open Acrylics Workshop, Portland, Oregon - Corinne Loomis Dietz
2009 Plein-Air Painting Workshop, Sauvie Island, Oregon - Mitch Baird
2008 Long Term Figure Pose, Hipbone Studio, Portland, Oregon
2007 Painting the Figure in Oil, Hipbone Studio, Portland, Oregon - Gage Mace
2006 Classical Oil Painting Techniques, Lake Oswego, Oregon - mentored under artist Pamela Green
1981 - present Self Study
1976 - 1981 Fine Arts major - emphasis in Painting, Montana State University, University of Montana, Gonzaga University, Lower Columbia College Video Workshops, Oil Painting, Daniel Green
Representation
140Hours of Fame Online Gallery, incorporated Nevada, www.140Hours.com
The Broadway Gallery, Longview, Washington
Benjamin Benjamin Gallery, Hood River, Oregon
Rake Gallery, Portland, Oregon (2002 - 2008)
REimaginations Online Gallery, Plainfield, Vermont
Charitable Contributions
2009 Portland Chamber Orchestra 62nd Annual Fundraising Auction
2007 Longview Rotary Auction
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