Visiting East Austin Studio Tour, 2009 – Day One

"Happy Together" Encaustic and rice paper on Baltic birch 10" x 10" x 1.75" deep © 2009 Marilyn FennEast Austin Studio Tour, a.k.a. E.A.S.T., was started in 2003 by Shea Little, Jana Swec, and Joseph Phillips of Big Medium studio (then called Bolm Studios) to highlight artist’s studios and galleries in east Austin where — once upon a time — rent was cheaper.

I attended E.A.S.T. in 2004 and 2005 and really enjoyed meeting the artists and seeing their artwork and studio spaces.

Then from 2006-2008, I opened my east Austin home and studio (such as it is) to the touring public. It was great to have folks come to my space and talk about my art, to make some friends, and sell a few paintings.   But it is a lot of work to prepare for such an event, and having just had my first solo show (which was also a huge amount of work), I decided not to open my studio this year.

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Reminder: Art Opening Tonight at Bay6 Gallery

"Julia's Garden" Oil on canvas 16" x 20" © 2009 Marilyn Fenn
“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.

The E Word: Recent Works by Marilyn Fenn

"Yellowstone" Oil on canvas 16" x 12" © 2009 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.

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