about the artist
The paintings and oil pastels of nationally recognized artist Marianne Mitchell offer visual sustenance for the soul. At once familiar but unrecognizable, these abstractions capture the essence of an emotional and physical sense of place in their integration of natural and architectural form. Harmony is held in visual poetic balance with light and dark passages, transparent and opaque color, and varied surface texture. Through luminous layers of color woven together in all of her work, Marianne gives the gift of resonant beauty to the viewer.
Celebrating 15 years of representation
at Rosenfeld Gallery
From Richard Rosenfeld, owner of one of Philadelphia's
premiere galleries…
Marianne Mitchell has a rare and precious talent: She is a true colorist. When she puts down one color next to another an emergent quality arises, transforming them both in this dynamic relationship.
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Marianne Mitchell, Ice and Fire
“Marianne Mitchell is showing a wonderful group of abstract paintings and oil pastels at the Rosenfeld Gallery. This show is evocative of vast space and landscape motifs, and Mitchell's title for it, ‘Cosmos Reflected’, seems quite on target.” - John Thornton, Filmmaker
C3: Create. Connect. Collect
A Commission project produced by the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, PA, where Marianne was honored to be one of the artists chosen to create a commission for C3.
“Panoramic Refuge” Acrylic on Panel, 40" x 57", 2011
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“We‘ve been admirers of Marianne‘s work for a long time and have wanted to buy a painting. When C3 came along it was the perfect opportunity to make it happen. We really enjoyed our conversation about what we wanted in a painting and felt Marianne heard what we were saying. We gave her a little bit of guidance but let her do her own thing, because we knew that in the end it would be what we wanted and that‘s exactly what happened” - Martha and John Lubell
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