AVAA Member Show Continues
Partially showing, center, behind the guy’s head — my painting:
Yellowstone
Oil on canvas
16″ x 12″
© 2009 Marilyn Fenn
The opening for the 33rd Annual AVAA Members Show had an great turnout tonight! It was crowded by the time we arrived, shortly after 7pm, and just kept getting more crowded while we were there. Hard to see the art, though, with so many people there. 
The show continues through August 7th at Studio2 Gallery, 1700 S. Lamar, Suite 318, in the South Lamar Business Park. Hope you can get by before it closes. There’s lots of wonderful work there.
It’s a Great Day!
It’s my birthday!
And it’s a perfect spring day here in Austin. It’s sunny and warm, and the trees are all leafing out in a lovely shade of fresh green. My bougainvillea, lantana, and various other flowering plants are in spectacular bloom. My garden presented me today with the 4 beautiful calla lilies you see here.
Looking Back at 2008
This is that time of year when I think it’s natural for us to look back and see what we accomplished (so we’ll know what to focus on next year, and what to pat ourselves on the back for).
This has been a really good year for me, artwise, and I think–even with this sucky economy–it’s only going to get better. Call it faith, call it hope, call it what you will. It’s a great feeling that has eluded me for far too long, so I hope to hang on to this feeling.
PAINTINGS
This year I painted about 50 paintings — which for me is a lot, as I also freelance as a designer/illustrator, and my clients have kept me very busy for the past few years!
“Real and Imagined” Opening at Fort Worth Community Art Center
Five Austin Painters Show in Fort Worth
Jill Alo, Kathleen Claps, Linda Anderson, Bill Wahlgren and I had a big show at the Fort Worth Community Art Center on October 3rd (the day the Dow fell 777 points!). A lot of people came for the opening, though perhaps not as many as we had expected. But the place was pretty active all evening, and we had many great conversations with quite a few art lovers. View a few pictures below that I was able to snap during the few slow times.
Real and Imagined at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2008
Contact: Marilyn Fenn
AUSTIN ROAD SHOW
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Five Austin artists take their show on the road, proposing five distinctive views of the weirdness of both life and the imagination. “Real and Imagined” will appear at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center from October 3rd, through October 29th, with an evening reception on Friday, October 3rd, 6:00 – 9:00 pm.
Netroots Nation Art Exhibit Saturday, July 19th
Blogging from the Right Side of the Brain Art Exhibit
Texas Kaos Presents Netroots Nation After Party and Art Exhibit
Hosted by Bay6 Gallery and Studios
Reception:
Saturday July 19th
7:00PM to 10:00PM
5305 Bolm Rd Bay6 Austin TX.
As the Netroots Nation conference winds to a close Saturday evening, we invite you to join us and Bloggers from across the nation at Bay6 Studios to ‘Kick Back and Kick it Up before We Kick ‘Em Out!’
Sponsored and hosted by Texas Kaos and Bay6 Gallery and located five minutes from the Austin Convention Center in East Austin, the event will feature music, food, drink and present a group art exhibition “Blogging from the Right Side of the Brain” featuring work by Texas artists Marilyn Fenn, Daphne Holland, Jack Howe, Darvin Jones, Mindy Kober, Sharon Kyle-Kuhn and Brooke Wilton.
For more information and direction see www.texaskaos.com, www.bay6studios.com
5×7 Art Splurge at the Arthouse 2008
Artists’ Preview
Every year, the Arthouse at the Jones Center holds a 5×7 Show, in which hundreds of 5″x7″ paintings donated by local artists are for sale for $100.00 each. The paintings are displayed anonymously – the artist’s name is revealed only after the work is purchased.
View some of the pictures I took at the opening in the thumbnail gallery below – some are shots of some of my favorite paintings from other artists (should any of these be your paintings, I’d love to hear from you and give proper attribution, and should you want a copy of my pic of your art, I’ll be happy to send you one):
Arthouse 5×7 Show
This week’s paintings are 2 5×7′s that were donated to the Arthouse at the Jones Center.
The Art Splurge and Exhibition begins on May 17th, with an opening from 7:30 – 10pm.
Marilyn Fenn Newsletter – 6/14/2007
In this issue:
- Austin Visual Arts Association 30th Anniversary Show – Opening June 28th
- Latest Artwork
- New Fine Art Website
- Smaller Editions for Prints
- New Design Website
Thoughts Three Years After Art School
“Abstract #12″
oil on canvas
46″ x 56″
© 1994 Marilyn Fenn
(written in 1996)
It’s been 3 years since I left art school. I’ve been painting and drawing nightly for awhile — it’s amazing how I’m starting to really ‘get’ some of the things I heard in art school, but somehow didn’t make it all the way through from my ears and eyes to my brain to my hands and brushes.
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