I am interested in our relationship to each other, to other species and to our environment and am drawn to the narrative behind a painting, one that I try to express through symbolism and loose associations that spark connections and allude to truths that lie just beneath the surface. Often dark or playful, but always beautiful because it is beauty that touches our soul and opens our hearts and minds.
Blooming Deadwood in on exhibit at Iwasawa Oriental Art, 75 University Ave, Los Gatos, California in conjunction with Kachou-Fugetsu (wonders of nature – flower bird, wind and moon).
NUMU is holding an Artist Walk and Talk along the Los Gatos Creek Trail January 9, 11am −1pm (rain date January 11) in conjunction with their Waterlines exhibition. Artists Marie Cameron, Linda Simmel, Christel Dillbohner, Theodora Varnay Jones and Danae Mattes will join curator Marianne McGrath to speak about the influence of water in their work and how immersion in nature can aid the creative process. Bring hiking shoes and sticks! Tickets at NUMU, $10 General and free for members!
How exciting…. the book launch for the national edition of the Red Wheelbarrow is this Tuesday, December 12 from 7-9 pm at Works/San José, 365 Market Street, San Jose, California! Doors open at 6:30pm and performance begins at 7:00pm.
Free appetizers and affordable wine, beer and soda. Suggested admission $2 – but no one will be turned away. Books will be available for purchase with my painting Magnolia Tea II smack-dab on the cover! This volume of art, poetry and prose was compiled by Ken Weisner who invited Sara Cole to curate the art!
Bailing Out is one of a number “container” painted especially for Repository, an exhibition of Bay Area women upcoming in September of 2018 at Works San José curated by Sara Cole! Artists include Pilar Agüero-Esparza, Jhina Alvarado-Morse, Natalya Burd, Marie Cameron, Sara Cole,Susan Drews Watkins, Kim Frohsin, Karen Gutfreund, Julia E Jacobson,Mila Libman Starbird, Kristin Lindseth-Rivera, Amy Street, Margaret Wherry.
I am pleased to announce that Stilla Maris and California Water Rites will be included in Waterlines at NUMU in Los Gatos, California October, 6 2017 – March 18, 2018! This group exhibition will explore diverse interpretations of what water means to us in the Bay Area and our relationship to it. Both my pieces are based on the notion that all water is sacred. Artists include, Judith Belzer, Barbara Boissevain, Marie Cameron, Matthew Chase-Daniel, Christel Dillbohner, Linda Gass, Nancy Genn, Liz Hickok, Theodora Varnay Jones, Pantea Karimi, Cheryl E. Leonard, Danae Mattes, Marsha McDonald, Klea McKenna, Ryan M. Reynolds and Linda Simmel. I be giving an artist talk at Saturday, November 4 at 1pm.
In the Pink has also been included in the Idiosyncratic Monochromes June issue of PoetsArtists – Issue 85. 37 international artists are featured in this literary art journal curated by Lorena Kloosterboer and published by Didi Menendez.
Blue Corset was juried into the exhibition, Honoring the Legacy of David Park at Santa Clara University which will ran April 3−28. Here’s the link to the exhibition catalogue.
Shelagh Rogers interviewed author Christy Ann Conlin on her program The Next Chapter, June 4 in anational broadcast on CBC! Checkout my cover art on her book The Memento! Podcast available.
The Art Docents of Los Gatos held an absolutely delightful High Tea at my studio last May. This fancy, catered event was sold out, raising funds to bring art to the students of our community. We were treated to tiers of gourmet treats while drinking tea from my antique teacups. I shared the process behind my Birds & Teacups.
I am proud to announce that my painting End of Spring has been licensed by Doubleday Canada to grace the cover of The Memento, a stunning new novel by acclaimed author Christy Ann Conlin. Orders can be placed at Amazon.ca or through your local bookstore.
Talk Art – YouTube “Marie Cameron’s Florilegia” Sally Rayn interviews me about my work and process as I demonstrate how I assemble my Florilegia pieces.