Windows

Artist Statement

 

I see beauty in ordinary and everyday objects and scenes. As I look out the window I see a solitary view of the world. The window is a portal to the outside but is a separation from it. I use oil paint on canvas to portray these images. I am particularly drawn to those images in which the light inside offers a unique quality that contrasts with the atmosphere outside. Items placed on the window sill are random and not arranged as in a traditional still life. I hope these works give the feeling of a captured moment.

 

 

Bio 

Marianne McCraney is a Bay Area studio painter who works in watercolor as well as oil. Her subjects include ordinary observations including still life, windows, elder portraits and everyday workers. 

Marianne McCraney received her BFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and her MFA from John F Kennedy University in Berkeley, CA. 

Her work has shown at Wilder Art Gallery, Orinda, CA, Firefly Artists, Northport, NY, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Las Lagunas Art Gallery (online), Laguna, CA, Walnut Creek Library, Walnut Creek, CA, Piedmont Gardens, Oakland, CA, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA, Tubac Center for the Arts,Tubac, AZ, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, Ore, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, O’Hanlon Cultural Center in Mill Valley, CA, Sonoma Art Center, Sonoma, CA, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA