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
121cm x 60cm x 4cm
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Back in High Country Victoria. This time the painting is abstract impressions of the areas heading towards Mount Buffalo. The sky is darkening as a storm approaches. There is a time when the last light is brightly channelled, highlighting the hills, valleys and trees. The painting is an impression of the area rather than an actual place and uses broad colourful brush strokes to give movement and definition.
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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. This painting now has the movement that represents the ever changing nature of the land.
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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 capturing that bright light that illuminates the shoreline as the sun is overtaken by a storm moving in. The tips of the leaves and foliage seem larger than life as they toss in the wind and reflect the last of the sun.
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Acrylic on canvas
101cm x 101cm x 4cm
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Transition came about as I thought through a huge change in my life. We all undergo feelings of hurt, anger, joy, laughter, and sometimes feelings we find hard to deal with. Being overwhelmed is when I turn to painting and abstractions. I hope you can connect with my view of transition.
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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
50cm x 50cm x 4cm
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This artwork was inspired by the combination of berries, flowers and greenery that came in a beautiful bunch of flowers. The flowers, once in a white vase, made the little white bird seem right at home. A little semi abstract whimsical piece.
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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
121cm x 61cm x 4cm
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Our land, our country from sea to mountains. This painting, A Slice of Heaven, comes from a desire to interpret how very lucky we are. Abstracting the land in harmonious, pastel colours represents a little slice of heaven.
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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