American oil painter, colorist, capturing moments of exceptional beauty
Marion Kahn
EVENTS
NOW SHOWING!
Solo Show Rumor Designs January 2023
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Opening January 6, 5-8p
912 Lincoln Avenue
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
PACE Center with Cherry Creek Art Gallery
"Heart of Winter, The Shortest Days"
Curated by Rose Fredrick
January 2023 in Parker, Colorado
Reception: Thursday, January 12
6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Pace Center
20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, Colorado 80138
Marion selected as cover artist!
Read the interview here:
https://yampavalleyarts.com/stories-spotlights/post/1052806/the-space-in-between
Marion's cover art for
Yampa Valley Arts & Culture Guide
Links to recent newsletters
January 2023. Fresh Freedom
https://mailchi.mp/766e0ac477bc/from-the-desert-back-to-creativity-6266129 https://mailchi.mp/766e0ac477bc/from-the-desert-back-to-creativity-6266129
November. 2022. From the Desert Back to Creativity
https://us13.campaign-archive.com/?u=6ac136c04410723b09f51d47c&id=1828
August 2022 All Artists Paint Waterlilies
https://us13.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/show?id=6109283
November 2021 Art and Connectivity
https://us13.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/show?i
July 2021 Show Time in the Art World
https://us13.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/show?id=5087833
Classes and Studio Visits
To schedule a private lesson or to join an upcoming class, please contact Marion on the form below.
Also, if you would like to schedule a personal or
Zoom studio visit, please contact Marion by email through the form below.
Events and
About Marion Kahn
Marion Kahn is an American artist with deep roots in Colorado and Arkansas. An oil painter, she's best described as a contemporary colorist. Her paintings share the unceasing beauty of the world around her.
As an artist, Marion confidently captures surprising details that draw in the viewer. Her palettes can be soft or bold. She uses color to carry the message of the painting, whether expressing a quiet meditation or exuberant joy. Marion's work is found in the homes of collectors around the country.
"My desire to paint exploded in Sicily when I saw two young artists atop a scaffolding as they restored a 400-year-old fresco," says Marion. "I watched, mesmerized and full of questions."
Up to that point Marion's work combined marketing communications consulting for companies like Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Delta Air Lines. She modeled and acted in the U.S. and Paris. She also designed jewelry for custom clients.
Through these fields of interpretation, Marion was engaged in the creation of form, design and color that cause a desired response from the target audience. Painting, on the other hand, requires the artist to be true to herself without regard to the after-effect.
Good painters create a series of problems that they must solve. As Sir Winston Churchill wrote, "...painting a picture is like fighting a battle... It is, if anything, more exciting than fighting it successfully."
Marion has studied with established artists including: renowned photorealist painter, Robert Cottingham; abstract painter, Lauren Mantecon, American Impressionists, Kim English and Barry Thomas; abstract colorist, Casey Klahn, and plein air painters, Jean Perry and Joan Hoffmann.
Marion instructs private students who want to grow their art practice.
In Colorado she comments locally on the arts, juries regional shows, and has reviewed grants for Colorado Creative Industries. She served on the board of Arts for Colorado for 14 years.
For more information about buying an existing piece or commissioning a painting, please contact Marion.
Representation
5066 East Hampden Avenue
Denver, CO 80222 map
912 Lincoln Avenue
Steamboat Springs, CO
Denver, Colorado
In the news
Steamboat Pilot Public Art
Cover Artist, Yampa Valley Arts & Culture Guide https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2021/08/25/366165/equine-assisted-grief-therapy-healing-with-horses-at-humble-ranch
Steamboat Pilot Abstract Art
Steamboat Pilot, July 16, 2021
Steamboat Magazine
Front page artist, Steamboat Pilot, December 28, 2019
Cover artist, 1st Friday Artwalk, February 2018
Featured Artist, Steamboat Springs 1st Friday Artwalk, July 2016
Recognition
Artist of the New Decade 2020
by Windfall Fine Art Gallery
Solo Shows
Rumor. Designs. 2023
Vail Health Hospital 2022
Rumor Designs 2021
Chief Theater
Alpine Bank
Harwig's
Riverwalk Collective
Center for Visual Arts
Featured Artist, Riverwalk Collective, 2021, 2020, 2019
Juried Shows
PACE Center, Parker, Colorado 2023
Colorado State Capitol, Art of Colorado 2022
Embodying Spirit, Santa Fe, NM 2022
The Healing Power of Color, NY 2022
Cover Artist, Yampa Valley Art & Culture Guide 2021
Western Heritage, 2021, 2019
Framed Image 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
Collections
Shaw Cancer Center, Vail Colorado
Parker Adventist Cancer Center, Parker, Colorado
CARTI (Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute), Little Rock, Arkansas
Group Shows
Embodying Spirit, 2022, Nocturne 818, Santa Fe, NM
Colorado State Capitol, 2022
The Healing Power of Color, NY 2022
Cherry Creek Art Gallery, 2022
Riverwalk Collective, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Center for Visual Arts, 2012-2018
Private Collections
Naples, Florida
San Clemente, California
Denver, Colorado
Cincinnati, Ohio
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Washington, DC
Boulder, Colorado
Holland, Michigan
Kensington, New Hampshire
Fairfax, Virginia
Little Rock, Arkansas
Illinois
and others
Public Art
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Photo by Brooke Baumgarner, courtesy of the Steamboat Pilot