Artist Statement

I paint on larger canvases, enlarging my subjects – getting in very close and
blowing up details. I feel this way that the work has more impact, that it
commands a more intimate connection with the viewer. It has taken me years to
go back to making work in the same manner in which I first started working, in
the way that made me love being an artist to begin with. I learned to paint with oil
paint in high school and was hooked. Painting is the best way for me to connect
to and honor people.
My decision making is mainly intuitive. I choose photographs that draw me in,
these images are generally personal. I stick with the theme of people because
they have always been my favorite subjects. Many of the people that I paint are
people that I deeply care for, miss, or mourn. When I paint someone, I feel
connected to them, as if we are sharing something. Sometimes my subject
matter is just poetic, moving or beautiful images that I am inspired to portray in
paint. The greatest challenge within my work is to capture the essence of my
subject. I hope the viewer will gain greater insight into the subjects I paint, to
have their own emotional connections and impressions of the work.
I feel blessed to have led an interesting life and want to express that in my work.
Everything from spending time in a drug house in San Francisco, eating dinner
with Italian royalty in New York, to working in a shoe factory in China. My
upbringing in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970ʼs and 80ʼs was also a
unique experience that plays a huge role in my art now. As the daughter and
granddaughter of music and art business people, I was exposed to amazing
people and situations that really formed me as an adult. It is my desire that some
of these life experiences are conveyed in the work.

Website

https://www.photoshop.com/user/trilbymarlin

Gender

Female

Birthday

05/03/1900

Inspiration

Education

College / University

New York University

Graduation Year

1996

My Location

State

Oregon

City / Town

Portland

Country

United States