Marion Rispin
Frequently nourished and enlightened by the pictures she created in her youth, Melbourne artist Marion Rispin considered paper, pencils and paints her childhood toys. Deviating to train as an educator in science and home economics, just prior to the commencement of motherhood, she taught in the secondary schooling system for more than three decades. When the college where she was appointed at announced its intentions to provide graphic communication as a mode of study, she volunteered to undertake the relevant graduate diploma in order to initiate the program. This venture inevitably facilitated her to come full circle, reigniting her initial passion and purpose for art, whilst enabling her to acquire an entirely new subset of skills and creative processes. After teaching the subject over a ten-year period, she retired from the profession entirely, in order to create and educate from inside her own studio.
Working within a primarily contemporary impressionistic execution, in an effort to artistically yield the beauty and fragility of the organic environment, Marion’s work seizes its inspiration from open air spaces. High country backdrops, clifftop perspectives and parkland sceneries and foliage bear great influence over the subjects and scapes she depicts. When commencing at the canvas she typically begins with a series of reference sources, such as photographic imagery or written materials whose linguistic descriptions align with her conceptual ideas. After sketching a sequence of images and determining precisely which genre the work will lean into, she experiments with a number of colour combinations and earnestly generates the work across a multitude of layers. Broad in scope yet refined in subject, Marion amalgamates expressionism, with bouts of abstract and realism, to portray scenes of affluence, contrast and inquiry.
To find out more about Marion and her work, go to: https://www.instagram.com/marionclarearts/
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Acrylic on canvas
76cm x 60cm x 3.8cm
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The brilliance of a summer sunset has inspired this painting, as well as a passion for the landscape. The painting moves from bright sky to deep shadowy foreground. There is loads of texture, giving the painting more shadow and light.
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Acrylic on canvas
76cm x 76cm x 4cm
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High country walking in the autumn. There are glimpses of colour change as the cooler weather approaches. The painting is an abstract interpretation of the layers of hills and mountains, their colours and detail in the foreground. It is a bright painting that would suit any room in the home.
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Mixed media on canvas
40cm x 50cm x 2cm
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Working with textures to create an abstract view of life has developed from my love of all things living and, of course, the trees being my go to connection to life. This painting is abstract and has several layers depicting life, past and present.
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Acrylic on canvas
121cm x 90cm x 4cm
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The Daintree River and forest are places to walk and wonder. The river, the hills and valleys are alive with the beauty and energy of an environment that we are in danger of losing. This painting is a textured abstract view of my impressions of the beautiful, clear, ever moving waters and monolithic rocks, forming the ebb and flow of the river. It is also an expression of how I feel about this amazing country.
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Acrylic on canvas
100cm x 75cm x 3.8cm
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Bayside Melbourne has many great walks. One favourite is the stretch from Sandy to Black Rock, taking in the cliffs of Half Moon Bay. This is the next in this series of Clifftop paintings, this time inspired by a calm crisp autumn morning walk. A beautiful calm day with even light and glistening sea reflecting the sky.
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Acrylic on canvas
101cm x 101cm x 3.8cm
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The trips inland towards the high country provide snippets of colours that seem to have been painted into the landscape. The inspiration for this painting is the coming of journeys along the Hume Highway at this time at night - when the fields recede into the dark, but the foliage and flowers appear bright in the moonlight.
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Acrylic on canvas
76cm x 60cm x 3.8cm
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This is a painting is in a series of semi abstracts involving the shapes of flowers and plants and are intended to be calming and comfortable to live with. The colours are fairly neutral and the flowers are shapes with a touch of detail, allowing the imagination to fill in the gaps.
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Acrylic on canvas
100cm x 50cm x 4cm
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The flourish of summer flowers that seem to burst forth with the hotter days have been the inspiration for this abstract piece. The colour pallet of ochre, orange and turquoise with blacks and whites provides highlights and line work. A bright and lively abstract.
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Acrylic on canvas
90cm x 60cm x 3.8cm
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The love of our land and its many amazing natural forms has been my inspiration once again. The rocks have loads of texture and there are never ending shapes in that texture. The red rocks and surrounds contain the past pathways and fossils that tell a unique story. This painting represents the heart of life. Although not large, the painting packs a punch of colour.
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Acrylic on canvas
76cm x 76cm x 4cm
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Walking at St Andrews beach requires meandering through hills of sand dunes, covered in luscious seaside plants and grasses. This painting is an abstract depiction of a storm moving in over the beaches and dunes and is full of movement.
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Acrylic on canvas
40cm x 50cm x 2cm
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The last of the autumn flowers, and the ever presence of birds looking for the berries and seeds, led to this whimsical painting. It is a small painting that packs a punch of colour and brings a little joy into the room.
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Acrylic on canvas
40cm x 50cm x 2cm
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The last of the autumn flowers, and the ever presence of birds looking for the berries and seeds, led to this whimsical painting. It is a small painting that packs a punch of colour and brings a little joy into the room.
Purchasing from Marion Rispin:
Shipping within Australia varies between AUD$45 - AUD$100.
International shipping varies between AUD$120 - AUD$280, depending again on the destination.
I typically ship a painting as soon as I receive payment for it.
I do not currently offer framing.
If you purchase a work and it has been damaged by the time you receive it, please repack and return it and, upon its return to me, your payment can be refunded. For more information, contact marionrispin2@gmail.com