AUSSTELLER 2009

Marinella-Art

Flucht aus dem Alltagsstress und Rückkehr zu einer einfacheren Zeit
In ihren traditionell gestalteten Blumengemälden und Griechischen Ikonen drückt Marinella den Frieden, die Entspannung und die Spiritualität aus, die sie mit dem Akt des Malens verbindet. Obwohl die Farbtöne ihrer Öl auf Leinwand Blumenthemen an die Renaissance Tradition erinnern, beherrscht sie meisterhaft den Einsatz von Negativräumen und Bildwinkeln, um graphische Bilder von entschieden moderner Sensibilität zu schaffen. Dem Anschein nach teilen sich Marinellas Werke in zwei gänzlich verschiedene Kategorien ein. Sie sind jedoch untrennbar miteinander verbunden durch ihre persönliche Symbolik, die von ihrem tiefen Glauben und ihrer Lebensgeschichte beeinflusst ist.
Anstatt zu Malen, um dem Kummer ihrer Vergangenheit Ausdruck zu verleihen, malt Mariella um dem Betrachter zu helfen, dem Alltagsstress zu entfliehen und zu einer einfacheren Zeit zurückzufinden, in der vergessene Werte freudig angenommen werden.
Marinella hat in einem Kloster auf der Insel Kreta die griechische Ikonenmalerei wissenschaftlich studiert und entwickelt unabhängig davon weiterhin ihre eigenen Techniken, wobei sie sowohl das traditionelle Material Eitempera auf Holz als auch Öl auf Leinwand verwendet. Heute lebt sie mit ihrem englischen Mann und ihren beiden Kindern in Ascona, in der Südschweiz.

Marinella-Art
Marinella Owens
Via Muraccio 94
CH-6612 Ascona
Switzerland

Tel. +41 91 791 68 20
www.marinella-art.ch

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Marinella-Art: LEALIA PURPURATA

LEALIA PURPURATA 2005
I began this painting on the 10th of November, 2005 and finished it on the 20th of December, 2005. It is an oil on canvas and consists of two pieces both 100cm x 100cm making the overall size 100cm x 200cm. The year 2005 was the year I painted only orchids, and this is the last of that 2005 series. Although it is the last of one series it is also the first painting in which there is a definite change in my style and where movement becomes a defining aspect of my technique. The dominant colour is white because it was snowing outside most of the time I was working on this painting.

Marinella-Art: CALLAS No.4 (2007)

CALLAS No.4 (2007)
I started this painting on the 5th of October, 2007 and finished it on the 30th of October, 2007. It is an oil on canvas and measures 70cm x 100cm. This is the fourth time I have painted the Callas and the difference between this one and the others is that the lines here are now cleaner and the colours are stronger. Thanks to subjects like this my art is often compared to that of Georgia O'Keeffe. I take this as a compliment because she was truly a great artist and I suppose that in some way I am inspired by her. However, since I consider myself a Byzantine artist I concentrate more on the spiritual aspects and less on the sensual as she did. There is an obvious erotic element in the Callas, but I compare my painting of it to another of my paintings which is a Byzantine Icon called “Mother-Love” in which two spirits are clearly represented, and for me so does this Callas.

Marinella-Art: GANDAVENIS HYBRID No.2

GANDAVENIS HYBRID No.2 (2007)
I started to paint Gandavenis Hybrid No.2 on the 16th of July, 2007 and finished it on the 29th of August, 2007. It is an oil on canvas and measures 80cm x 120cm. This is similar to the Crinum Bulbispermum series which I also began in 2004. This is the second time painted this flower and the most obvious difference between 2004 and 2007 is how the colours have become much stronger and more powerful, which actually reflects the changes I have gone through as an artist. This is one of the first paintings where I use acrylic paint as a coloured base over the first pencilled sketch before applying the oil paint. This technique gives the undiluted oil paint that stronger and more powerful effect.

Marinella-Art: CRINUM BULBISPERMUM

CRINUM BULBISPERMUM No.4 (2008)
I started this painting on the 1st of June, 2008 and finished it on the 23rd of June, 2008. It is an oil painting which measures 100cm x 70cm. This is the fourth in a series of paintings of the crinum bulbispermum. In this painting the first colouring, after an initial rough pencil sketch on the canvas, is done with acrylic paint. This is a technique I have developed which helps the final oil paint to have an even stronger and deeper effect. The oil paint is undiluted and is applied to the canvas using a small brush with many, many brush strokes. In this way the final result is that it is possibile to really see the flowing movements of the flower. This painting was shown in an art gallery in Leipzig in Germany, where a little girl said to her mother, “ mummy but this flower is still blossoming”.