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  • Friday Faves: It’s Like High School Without the Bad Hair

    Friday Faves: It’s Like High School Without the Bad Hair

    ‘Tis a new year and with that comes all sorts of lists documenting the good, the bad and the ugly from the past 12 months.  While there’s certainly no bad or ugly here at Artsy Forager, I thought it would be a kick to award our featured art some high schoolish superlatives.  Put your mittens on your kittens and away we go!

    BEST DRESSED:  Kelly Reemsten

    Holding Your Attention by Kelly Reemsten, oil on panel, 36×36 ( via Skidmore Contemporary )

    CUTEST COUPLE:  Maggie Taylor

    Ever After by Maggie Taylor, pigmented digital print, 15×15

    BEST HAIR:  Robin Williams

    Tired Prince by Robin Williams

    MOST THOUGHTFUL:  Susan Hall

    Peace by Susan Hall, oil on panel, 27×27

    LIFE OF THE PARTY:  Sarah Ashley Longshore

    Last Call by Sarah Ashley Longshore, acrylic on canvas with high gloss resin 48×60 ( via Gallery Orange )

    MOST ATHLETIC: Eric Zener

    Love by Eric Zener, oil on canvas, 14×11

    BIGGEST FLIRT:  Deborah Scott

    The Girl Would Believe Anything by Deborah Scott, oil and mixed media on canvas

    BEST SMILE:  Ann Marshall

    Ba. by Ann Marshall, graphite on paper, 20×14

    MOST LIKELY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD:  Steve Williams

    Taxicab Situation with Counterfeit Results, mixed media, 48×48

    Were you awarded a superlative in high school?  Let me guess, Most Creative? 🙂  Have a great weekend, Artsies!

    Featured image is Books by Holly Farrell, acrylic and oil on masonite.  All images are via the artist’s websites, unless otherwise stated.

  • Portrait Of My Dreams: Ann Marshall

    Portrait Of My Dreams: Ann Marshall

    Confession:  I kind of have a list of artists who I would love to have paint my portrait.  These are artists through whose eyes I want to see myself.  Is that weird?  Wait, on second thought, don’t answer that.  Anyhoo… right now, near the top of the list is Ann Marshall, only behind Deborah Scott, who was the one to introduce me to Ann’s work in the first place.  This is an artist who is able to capture the essence of her sitter’s soul and bare it onto the canvas in a strong yet soft way.

    Sunshine and Molasses, pastel and paper collage on paper, 39×55

    Her detailed surfaces and the way the figures are incorporated into their surroundings give her work an ethereal, haunting quality, yet they still feel fresh and modern.

    Katherine, oil and collage on canvas, 30×40

    I definitely see a contemporary take on art nouveau and some fabulous Gustav Klimt-ish layering of pattern.

    Garden, pastel and paper collage on paper, 39×55 and 19×55

    Then there’s the Pre-Raphaelitish influence of some of the compositions and poses, which give the work a wonderfully romantic, Brontesque quality.

    I Used to be a Southern Belle, pastel and paper collage on paper, 55×39

    Her figures are rendered with stunningly quiet power and vulnerability.  Which, I think, as women is exactly how we might like to see ourselves.

    To see more of Ann Marshall’s work, please visit her website and Facebook page.

    Featured image is Wait by Ann Marshall.  All images are via the artist’s website.

    Ann Marshall’s feature was written to music by She & Him.