About the Artist
Marjorie Wood Hamlin international fine artist
Creative Imagination and Messages for the World
Marjorie’s semi abstract landscapes burst forth in brilliant colors and rich textures as paint splashes directly from the jar to the canvas. She calls them fictitious landscapes because they are not of specific places, but figments of her imagination. It is her philosophy that true creativity makes something new rather than follows a historical school or tries to copy nature. For example, Vista from Above is one of a series inspired by the patchwork shapes of cultivated fields; the crops side by side become unintentional abstract works of art.
Most importantly, she believes in using her art for messages for the world. She was at Stola Gallery in Chicago for the Democracy in Danger show with her painting, Keep Democracy Strong, a timely message, for the world as Ukraine stands up against the unprovoked attack of Russia and China’s rattles sabers in the Taiwan Straits.
Previously her video of paintings interpreting environmental issues was shown at the United Nations in New York for the exhibit Women Artists Changing Our World. It was later in a traveling show in Italy and Spain. 2020 saw her in an international interview from her entry in the Borders Festival in Venice Italy. It emphasized how art can be a vehicle of understanding between nations and cultures.
She works in the abstract in both acrylic and a unique medium of copper and gold foil on canvas. The latter she developed playing with adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces. This technique, that graces many homes and offices, is hers exclusively. Always finding new ways of expression, she currently has works in acrylics, mono prints collage and various mixed media.
As a teacher she created an after-school arts and crafts program for migrant farm laborers’ children in the San Joaquin valley in Tracy, California. Locally she teaches private painting lessons with emphasis not only on technique, but also design and composition.
Marjorie has had a long journey in the art world beginning when she was twelve. She later received a BA degree with a major in Applied Art and Art History and post graduate work at the Academy of Art in San Francisco for advertising and design. After a 25 year career in advertising and communication in the San Francisco Bay area she a retired as the Packaging Program Manager for Dynabook Technologies in Silicon Valley to commit full time to painting and travel. She has made her home in Bend since 2002 where she loves the creative and “go for it” attitude of the people. Her work is in many locations from Hawaii to Washington D.C.
She is represented by Las Lagunas Gallery in Lagua Beach, CA. and can always be seen at marjorieart.com or (831) 372-5273 for studio visit or for consultations, purchases and commissions. Or just to chat.
