Marion Wood

Earth and Sky

2019

Artist Comments
This abstract landscape represents themes of nature and abundance. The painting has many layers and lots of texture. The paint was applied using methods of spreading, pressing, spaying and dripping so that there are no brushstrokes, giving the work a very organic feeling. Streams of paint meander lazily down the canvas adhering to the natural force of gravity.

About the Artist
Because Marion Wood does not paint in a literal form, she refers to memory, feelings, and personal experience for inspiration. She is inspired by the stillness and silence of winter, the excitement of a city, and the flowing of a river. The feelings associated with these locations are captured through abstraction, movement, and color. In her current paintings, she does not use paintbrushes; instead, she spreads, scrapes, transfers or throws paint on to the canvas. There is a dynamic energy in the way that the shapes intersect and collide; you can imagine the physicality that it requires to create each piece. Although Marion does not plan her pieces before she begins, the final result feels balanced and deliberate. Marion’s contemporary expression conveys the rich and stimulating world around her through a mix of geometric and organic forms.

Earth and Sky
Marion Wood
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2019
48 in. h x 60 in. w x 1.75 in. d
7 lbs. 1 oz.