Artist Spotlite – Marie Merritt

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Artist: Marie Merritt

Location: Rutledge, TN

Title: Serenity of Spring

Dimensions: 28×22

Medium: Oil on Linen

Website: http://www.mariemerritt.com

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31 Comments on "Artist Spotlite – Marie Merritt"

Adele Gregory on Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 10:51 pm

Charming! Beautifully executed.

Joy McKenzie on Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 11:12 pm

This is a brilliant painting…I love your use of subtle colour…..you get top marks from me…awesome….thanks for sharing
Joy in Australia

Joseph Sobel on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 1:37 am

I don’t know much about painting but what I do know is that this is a great piece of work. It’s impressionistic, no? Who is this lady?

karen Jones on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 2:10 am

I like the whole of your painting, but the shapes making the nose, bothers me a little. You have used good skills in this painting. Continued sucess.

Valerie Sasaki on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 2:16 am

This is lovely, you colors are really beautiful. Your subject is very serene. I would hang this in my home, nice work

James on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 2:17 am

I am humbled. This is beautiful. Did you you a model? The hand, face and hair are to my eye perfect.

Annette on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 2:32 am

Marie, This is BEAUTIFUL!

Kay on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 3:20 am

Great and gentle painting. I love it.

Ingrid on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 3:46 am

Hi Marie,
This painting has a true feeling of serenity to it and is nicely painted! Lovely work! Thanks for sharing with us.

Ingrid

Juma on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 4:44 am

Marie, this is absolutely superb. I love your uses of mutted colors for the surrounding which make the figure stands out. Great job and thank you for sharing with us.

Dorothy on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 6:09 am

i love the tone of this painting top marke’s and thank you for submiting.

Pat on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 12:12 pm

Beautiful work.

John on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 2:21 pm

Great work. I like it alot.

Soroya on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 6:23 pm

This is beautiful painting I love the subtle pastels that you used. It reminds me a lot of the beautiful English countryside.

Marie Merritt on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 7:19 pm

Thanks to each of you for taking time to view and comment on my painting. LeAnne, my 29 year old daughter, served as the model. She doesn’t charge a modeling fee. ;-o) I took several photos of her posing in our yard and used a couple of them as guides. My technique on this paining is looser and more impressionistic style than usual. It is far from being an exact duplicate of the photos, as my own flowers were rather sparse. I tried to balance warm and cool colors to create the mood of gentle spring day.
Again, thanks for the feedback!!

Jayne Cummins on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 7:38 pm

Just delightful – you have beautifully depicted a gentle lady in her garden – absolutely lovely.
Jayne (New Zealand)

Mike Nelson on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 10:15 pm

Your use of composition principles was very good. Using the hem on the dress along with the rock wall and the flowers in the background to form a “S” composition worked very well. It kept the viewer in the painting. I like the way you reflected colors in several areas of the painting, such as the blue hat ban reflected back on to the hat brim and the flower colors repeated in the dress. Hands, as you well know, are very difficult to do correctly. You did a fine job on them. The nose does give me a little problem but without seeing your reference material, it’s hard to say if it correct or not. I did review your website. Very impressive. Keep up the good work.

Gill on Mon, 25th Aug 2008 8:43 am

My mouth dropped when I saw your painting. It really is beautiful and the best I have seen on this site so far. The colours are gorgeous. My type of art…something I would love to hang on my wall. You are very talented and I hope you are persueing you talent.

Gill on Mon, 25th Aug 2008 8:59 am

I have just had a look at your web site. You are a fantastic artist. Each painting has such meaning. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Mary on Mon, 25th Aug 2008 12:09 pm

Beautiful painting!! Could it be that impressionism is coming back? The soft strokes and colors are so soothing (for lack of a better word). Maybe a slight bit of yellow ochre in the flowers to add contrast. . . but, oh, such a wonderful painting!!

Christy McGuire on Mon, 25th Aug 2008 4:19 pm

This is a fantastic painting. I love the colors you used.

Bud Sutton on Mon, 25th Aug 2008 6:05 pm

Magnificent!!….I am humbled by Your perfect work! Thanks for sharing and please keep painting.

Linda on Mon, 25th Aug 2008 6:06 pm

how beautiful and peaceful….your painting is wonderful, calms the soul.

Lynn Marlowe on Mon, 25th Aug 2008 10:50 pm

Marie, very nice. Reminds me of days yonder.

Amanda on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 6:39 am

Beautiful! Fabulous detail and I think your website shows just what a talented artist you are. Thank you for showing us these lovely paintings. Sensitive, gentle work.

Francisco Salvado on Sat, 30th Aug 2008 1:47 pm

This shows a lot of skill and technique. Fabulous!

Marie Merritt on Sat, 30th Aug 2008 5:03 pm

I am truly honored and humbled by your comments. Thank you all for taking time to view and remark on this painting, and for each of you who additionally visited my web site. Your encouragement is a blessing. I started painting 17 years ago at the age of 40 and have been fortunate to study under some wonderful teachers. I benefited from many excellent books and videos and I learned from each. Often, the lesson learned, was ….there is so much more to learn!!
Again, thanks to each of you!

Cathy Coleman on Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 12:47 pm