About Marion Kahn

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Marion Kahn is a contemporary painter with deep roots in Colorado and Arkansas. Her paintings share the unceasing beauty of the world around her.  

 

Versatile and experimental, 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 sophisticated 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."
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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

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Zandee Gallery

703 Lincoln Avenue

Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 map

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Rumor Designs

912 Lincoln Avenue

Steamboat Springs, CO

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Cherry Creek Art Gallery

Denver, Colorado

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Artful Home

Madison, WI

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Marion Kahn Fine Art

Little Rock, AR and

Steamboat Springs, CO

 

In the news

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Denver Post

https://yourhub.denverpost.com/blog/2023/04/bitfactory-gallery-spring-awakening/303944/

 

Steamboat Pilot Public Art

https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/public-art-collaboration-downtown-brings-hope-ahead-of-holiday-season-with-interactive-map/

 

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

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Steamboat Magazine

https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2021/08/25/366165/equine-assisted-grief-therapy-healing-with-horses-at-humble-ranch

 

Front page artist, Steamboat Pilot, December 28, 2019

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Cover artist, 1st Friday Artwalk, February 2018

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Featured Artist, Steamboat Springs 1st Friday Artwalk, July 2016

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Recognition

Purple Bear, Finalist, Camelback Gallery's Amazing Animals, 2023

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Finalist, Best Artist in Steamboat Springs, 2022

Finalist, Best Artist in Steamboat. Springs, 2021

 

Artist of the New Decade 2020

by Windfall Fine Art Gallery

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Solo Shows

Rumor Designs. 2023, 2022, 2021

Vail Health Hospital 2022, 2021

Rumor Designs 2021

Chief Theater

Alpine Bank

Harwig's

Riverwalk Collective

Center for Visual Arts

Featured Artist, Riverwalk Collective, 2021, 2020, 2019

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Juried Shows

HMVC Gallery, New York, Summer Feels show, July 2023 online and on Times Square Jumbotron, https://www.hmvcgallery.com/exhibitions-group/

HMVC Gallery, New York, Online Abstract Show May 2023 https://www.hmvcgallery.com/exhibitions-group/

PACE Center, Parker, Colorado 2023

Healing Power of Color, NY, 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

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Collections

Cancer Center at Porter Care, Denver, Colorado

Shaw Cancer Center, Vail Colorado

Parker Adventist Cancer Center, Parker, Colorado

CARTI (Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute), Little Rock, Arkansas

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Group Shows

BitFactory Gallery, Denver, 2023

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

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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

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Public Art

Steamboat Springs, Colorado