Marilyn Fenn » AVAA http://marilynfenn.com Recent Paintings and News of Marilyn Fenn Thu, 17 May 2012 05:58:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 AVAA Member Show Continues http://marilynfenn.com/avaa-member-show-continues/ http://marilynfenn.com/avaa-member-show-continues/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:59:04 +0000 Marilyn http://marilynfenn.com/?p=6375 33rd_AVAA_Member_Show-03

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.

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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.

]]> http://marilynfenn.com/avaa-member-show-continues/feed/ 0 AVAA Members Show This Saturday Night http://marilynfenn.com/avaa-members-show-this-saturday-night/ http://marilynfenn.com/avaa-members-show-this-saturday-night/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:06:32 +0000 Marilyn http://marilynfenn.com/?p=6355 Yellowstone-e1283941361264

"Yellowstone"
Oil on canvas
16" x 12"
© Marilyn Fenn

I just returned from helping hang the new AVAA members show.  It is going to be great!  There are so many wonderful pieces in this show, and the space—Studio2—is one of my favorites in Austin.  There are many very nice representational works, a wide variety of beautiful abstract pieces, and quite a few sculptures.

I'm showing one of my favorite recent paintings, and I love where they have it hung!

The opening is this Saturday, July 17th, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.  The location is 1700 S. Lamar, Suite 318, in the South Lamar Business Park.  The show runs through August 7th.

Check the Studio2 website or the AVAA website for more information.

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"Yellowstone"
Oil on canvas
16" x 12"
© Marilyn Fenn

I just returned from helping hang the new AVAA members show.  It is going to be great!  There are so many wonderful pieces in this show, and the space—Studio2—is one of my favorites in Austin.  There are many very nice representational works, a wide variety of beautiful abstract pieces, and quite a few sculptures.

I'm showing one of my favorite recent paintings, and I love where they have it hung!

The opening is this Saturday, July 17th, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.  The location is 1700 S. Lamar, Suite 318, in the South Lamar Business Park.  The show runs through August 7th.

Check the Studio2 website or the AVAA website for more information.

]]> http://marilynfenn.com/avaa-members-show-this-saturday-night/feed/ 0 New and Belated News http://marilynfenn.com/new-and-belated-news/ http://marilynfenn.com/new-and-belated-news/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:37:43 +0000 Marilyn http://marilynfenn.com/?p=6309 the_devils_wishbone

The Devil's Wishbone Encaustic on panel 12" x 12" x 1.75" © 2007 Marilyn Fenn [clear] It's been a very long time since I posted anything here, so a few updates to catch you up on all my news: The most recent news is that I had another painting chosen for an ETSY Treasury for the holiday weekend; check it out (great stuff, beautiful colors!): Etsy Treasury: firecracker-firecracker-boom-boom-boom.  Many thanks to AB Graham Arts for including my work!

2010 AVAA Member Show

Also, coming up week after next: I had a painting chosen to be in the 2010 AVAA Member Show, which will open on July 17th at Studio 2 Gallery at 1700 South Lamar.  The opening reception is from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, July 17th, and the show runs through August 7th.  The AVAA members show always showcases a lot of great artwork from very talented local artists, so I hope you can make it! I'll be there. :)

Backtracking:

Dedicated studioWe had a bunch of remodeling projects going on at our house, beginning last November and ending we-don't-when-exactly, so the upheavals of remodeling have interrupted my studio life (on the minus side), while giving me a space to move my office into, thus relieving my studio space of the burden of hosting two rooms' worth of activities, furniture and stuff!  In other words, I now ALSO have a room dedicated solely to a studio. Woo-hoo! Also, on the plus side, I had more paying digital work in May than I have had in perhaps two years, so that kept me pretty much out of the studio and in my new (still unfinished) attic office, working day and night and weekends, too.  In addition to my regular website maintenance for existing clients, I created two new WordPress websites for artists and another for a building contractor, drew over 70 construction illustrations for the Carpenter's Union, and helped one of my interior decor clients with some more home decorating. Exhausting, but great to have a few bucks in my pocket (which I then spent on basics and more house improvements). House with new paint jobAlso in May, we finally had our great old house painted for the first time since we bought it eight years ago.  Woo-hoo!   It looks spectacular, many thanks to the wonderful painters at Good Neighbors Painting, of Austin.  They really did a gorgeous job; very professional, nice guys, and reasonable, too. New deck and pergolaOne of the house projects had me working outside in the heat for over a month, painting the garage, fixing siding, installing doors, cleaning up the yard, installing stepping stones and such, and decorating our new deck and pergola.  I finished just last Sunday, the day before it officially hit 99 degrees outside, and two days before the rains started with a vengeance!  Yes! I am reaching the end of my major distractions and can begin again to spend more time in my studio. I will have more new work soon, and I'll be sure to post it here, so please stay tuned!]]> the_devils_wishbone

The Devil's Wishbone Encaustic on panel 12" x 12" x 1.75" © 2007 Marilyn Fenn [clear] It's been a very long time since I posted anything here, so a few updates to catch you up on all my news: The most recent news is that I had another painting chosen for an ETSY Treasury for the holiday weekend; check it out (great stuff, beautiful colors!): Etsy Treasury: firecracker-firecracker-boom-boom-boom.  Many thanks to AB Graham Arts for including my work!

2010 AVAA Member Show

Also, coming up week after next: I had a painting chosen to be in the 2010 AVAA Member Show, which will open on July 17th at Studio 2 Gallery at 1700 South Lamar.  The opening reception is from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, July 17th, and the show runs through August 7th.  The AVAA members show always showcases a lot of great artwork from very talented local artists, so I hope you can make it! I'll be there. :)

Backtracking:

Dedicated studioWe had a bunch of remodeling projects going on at our house, beginning last November and ending we-don't-when-exactly, so the upheavals of remodeling have interrupted my studio life (on the minus side), while giving me a space to move my office into, thus relieving my studio space of the burden of hosting two rooms' worth of activities, furniture and stuff!  In other words, I now ALSO have a room dedicated solely to a studio. Woo-hoo! Also, on the plus side, I had more paying digital work in May than I have had in perhaps two years, so that kept me pretty much out of the studio and in my new (still unfinished) attic office, working day and night and weekends, too.  In addition to my regular website maintenance for existing clients, I created two new WordPress websites for artists and another for a building contractor, drew over 70 construction illustrations for the Carpenter's Union, and helped one of my interior decor clients with some more home decorating. Exhausting, but great to have a few bucks in my pocket (which I then spent on basics and more house improvements). House with new paint jobAlso in May, we finally had our great old house painted for the first time since we bought it eight years ago.  Woo-hoo!   It looks spectacular, many thanks to the wonderful painters at Good Neighbors Painting, of Austin.  They really did a gorgeous job; very professional, nice guys, and reasonable, too. New deck and pergolaOne of the house projects had me working outside in the heat for over a month, painting the garage, fixing siding, installing doors, cleaning up the yard, installing stepping stones and such, and decorating our new deck and pergola.  I finished just last Sunday, the day before it officially hit 99 degrees outside, and two days before the rains started with a vengeance!  Yes! I am reaching the end of my major distractions and can begin again to spend more time in my studio. I will have more new work soon, and I'll be sure to post it here, so please stay tuned!]]> http://marilynfenn.com/new-and-belated-news/feed/ 0