Some Comments, Pics and Afterthoughts on My Solo Show
I have touched with a sense of art some people – they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to that joy for an artist? — Mary Cassatt
It was such a great experience to spend so much of this year preparing for my first solo show, and then all too soon and before I felt ready, to have the work get hung, to party with friends old and new at the fantastic opening, to have more people stop by throughout the month to look at my body of work, and finally to reach the closing day with my artist talk, at which so many people I know well and really respect came to listen to me talk about my work. Actually, that was a little intimidating for someone who’s a bit of an introvert. 
My Artist Talk Went Well!
Thanks to everyone who came out for my artist talk yesterday. We had a great little crowd, and a wonderful discussion. I sold another painting and a print yesterday, too! But mostly, I really enjoyed talking to and with all those who came!
Thanks again to all for spending a gorgeous Sunday afternoon with me!
Photo courtesy of Clay Leben.
Artist Talk at Bay6 Gallery on Sunday Nov. 1st
Come join me while I talk about my work and my process, how I got to this point, and what I think will be interesting to explore in the future.
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2pm.
Bay6 Gallery and Studios
5305 Bolm Rd.
Austin, TX
“The E Word,” continues at Bay6 Gallery until November 1st. Bay6 is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm – 5pm, or by appointment.
Opening Reception for the The E Word
Many thanks to everyone who made it out to the opening reception for my first solo show! It was a great opening!
People started to arrive right on the dot, and before long, friends and art fans were arriving so quickly that I did not get to meet at least a couple of dozen guests (sorry!), nor talk to quite a few of my friends! The good advice I got from another artist was indeed accurate: “Think of it like a wedding, you won’t be able to have a complete conversation with anybody, but they won’t mind.” At least I hope no one minded!
Reminder: Art Opening Tonight at Bay6 Gallery
Julia’s Garden
Oil on canvas
16″ x 20″
© 2009 Marilyn Fenn
Solo show of over 40 of my recent paintings!
I hope to see you at my opening reception tonight – Saturday, October 10th, 7:00 – 10:00pm.
Food and drink will be provided, with music by The Treachery of Others.
Bay6 Gallery is located at:
5305 Bolm Rd., Unit 6
Austin TX
78721
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The show continues on weekends through November 1st.
Getting Excited About My Solo Exhibit!
Floating Islands
Oil on canvas
Triptych, 36″ x 12″
© 2009 Marilyn Fenn
In eight days, I will be greeting friends and fans at my solo show at Bay6 Gallery in East Austin. I am really looking forward to that moment!
Getting ready for this has been an amazing process. Doing all the necessary organizational stuff besides trying to paint every moment that I can for weeks and weeks and weeks, that is.
I sent out email invitations to most of the people I know; and Bay6 has also invited a large number of folks. We’ve notified people via email, Facebook, Twitter, EventBrite, Eventful and word-of-mouth, and we may be expecting a great turnout! I picked up my beautifully printed postcards today from Tom at ipgprint.com; I will be mailing those tomorrow. Plans are set for music, food and drink, and we will start to hang the show next week. I owe some responses to emails and blog commenters, which I will try to get to as soon as my mental energy rolls in that direction.
The E Word: Recent Works by Marilyn Fenn
Yellowstone
Oil on canvas
16″ x 12″
© 2009 Marilyn Fenn
Solo show this October at Bay6 Gallery & Studios, Austin
My new exhibition, “The E Word,” explores life at different scales: from the elements of evolution to the essentials of our environment, and on to the endless reaches of space. Through the interplay and juxtaposition of the micro with the macro, I try to depict on canvas what nature could do in the world, but hasn’t gotten around to yet. There are always new combinations, and with them, new opportunities for capturing the kind of emergent qualities that animate the world; new ways of discovering parts whose sum creates a greater whole.
This wealth of possibilites lies in the inescapable fractal nature of the physical world: tiny crystals under a microscope resemble mountain ranges; neurons mirror nebulae; zoosphores echo supernovae.
Marilyn Fenn Newsletter – 7/16/2008
Blogging from the Right Side of the Brain Exhibition:
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
Bay6 Gallery and Studios
5305 Bolm Rd.
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 and 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 directions see www.texaskaos.com, www.bay6studios.com
Hope to see you there!
Marilyn
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