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Marilyn Fairman has been a plein air landscape artist for over 25
years. Her renderings of the meadows, creeks and rolling Hudson Valley hills
invite one to enter the world of color and changing light.
"Natural light and its play on the day has always
drawn me outside. Through each painting, I search for unexpected light and
the unusual color combinations that occur in nature. Before I begin
painting a scene, I reflect on what has drawn me to that particular scene.
What it is that made me stop my car, step outside
and sent up my easel. This focus helps me through the painting process as
the scene subtly changes. I find I am invigorated by this challenge of
ever-changing light and I cannot image painting in any other way than in the
open air."
Marilyn has a Master's of Art Degree in Art
Studio (Painting) from the State University of New York, New Paltz, NY. She has
worked as a graphic artist and a landscape artist, painting plein air landscapes
since the early 1970's. She teaches at the Middletown Art Group and the Barrett
Art Center and has been a landscape instructor for several years, conducting
private plein air classes.
She has also been a visiting artist at the
Dutchess Land Conservancy, Millbrook, NY for a one-year project of painting
their lands to raise funds to preserve and protect these irreplaceable natural
and wildlife resources. And she was selected to be a visiting artist at the Weir
Farm Heritage Trust in Wilton, Connecticut, home of American Impressionist
Painter, J. Alden Weir. |
