Marilyn Fenn Studio

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.

Hex
Oil on Canvas
16″ x 12″
© 2009 Marilyn Fenn
I recently read an article by a representational painter on another blog, in which the writer said that one should very carefully and thoroughly plan one’s paintings.  My first thought was, “No waaaaay!”  That would take all the fun out the process of discovery that, for me at [...]

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.

Coming Right at Ya
Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
9″ x 12″
Ta-da!!!  More rocks. 
The ~65th small work of 2009.

Rocks and Flowers
Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
12″ x 9″
Every now and then, a landscape sneaks out, even though my aim is non-representational work. Whaddya gonna do?

Circuits
Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
12″ x 9″

Red Stripe
Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
12″ x 9″

Emerging Convergence – Fushia
Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
9″ x 12″

Emerging Convergence – Blue
Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
9″ x 12″

Magnetic
Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
9″ x 12″

Lines and Wires
Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
9″ x 12″

6/15/09 – I was in a class several years ago in which another student complained about painting abstractly, because she didn’t know where to stop. She said when she worked representationally, at least she knew when she was done — for her, it was when the painting looked like the thing she was representing. Of course, it’s not as simple as that for many representational painters…

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 [...]