Onelio Marrero

Critics and Jurors, Oil Painting

2022

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero shows three people observing a grand ornate painting in a museum. The mostly fictitious scene displays his professional experiences of watching in anticipation as collectors, critics, and art jurors move from one painting to the next, taking and comparing notes. He conveys what it is like for an artist to stand at a slight distance trying to read these professionals' body language and gestures. "The figures and the interior are loosely rendered to balance the nearly abstract central painting they are considering," says Onelio.

About the Artist
Artist Onelio Marrero paints impressionist city scenes of everyday life. He captures the romanticism of New York City, from the picturesque fountains in Central Park to a glistening city street on a rainy afternoon. He creates a sense of nostalgia and intimacy with his work, offering the feeling that you have visited this particular scene before. “Each play of light, each texture, and each movement of a figure can have a captivating effect on me,” says Onelio. He studied at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art where he mastered discerning color and values, giving his work a more spontaneous appearance. Onelio’s work is an appreciation for beauty in all of its greatest forms; nature, art, and people.

Words that describe this painting: gallery, museum, framed artwork, impressionism, figure, interior, figurative, people, back, oilpaint, travel, impressionism, people, travel, oil painting, beige

Critics and Jurors
Onelio Marrero
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2022
16 in. h x 20 in. w x 1.25 in. d
1 lbs. 8 oz.