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.
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Acrylic on canvas
101cm x 101cm x 4cm
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This painting is the next in The Field of Flowers series. I’ve used the bushland of north eastern Tasmania as the inspiration. The field is set amongst the rolling hills, the sky full of clouds. The flowers are intertwined amongst the grasses and leafy foliage, making a splendid statement about the colours of spring.
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Mixed media on canvas
60cm x 60cm x 3.5cm
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Birds and butterflies in the garden.
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Acrylic on canvas
76cm x 76cm x 4cm
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The painting is another in the whimsical still life series. Watching the birds in the garden fossicking for food and just loving the fruits was the inspiration for this painting. The painting is impressionism in style, with a little abstraction. The colours are bright and this piece is the perfect size for any room in the home.
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Acrylic on canvas
76cm x 76cm x 4cm
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This painting is an impression rather than an actual place, although many areas around Beechworth are just like this.
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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
91cm x 91cm x 4cm
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This painting, like much of my semi abstract paintings, was inspired by the bushland in north east of Victoria. This time there is a glimpse of the Ovens River, as the walk takes you up to the river before you realise it is there. It is often the sound of the water and the call of the kookaburras that alerts you to the river long before you see it. The river and far river bank with glimpses of the misty hills, are unobtrusive and seem to settle into the rhythm of the painting. The tree and rock formations are the life force of this work. The colours are peaceful and the painting has an overall peaceful feel.
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Acrylic on canvas
150cm x 90cm x 4cm
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The Peninsula ocean beaches provide the most stunning array of sea and sky vistas. This semi abstract painting depicts a rare time of tranquility after the passing of the storm. The sky gradually clears, the light returns, and there are reflections on the sea and pools that seem to signal that calm has returned.
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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
121cm x 91cm x 4cm
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The love of our diverse, resilient country inspired this abstract landscape. Contemplating the way in which cities grow and seem to dominate the landscape, but knowing that their time is fleeting and they will be returned to the earthly, robust natural environment. The focus in creating this painting was working with the reds and ochres to create a landscape that seemingly dwarfed the shapes of the city. Having returned to this painting after a number of months I have added in those ghostly shapes which to me represent the past in our landscape.
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Acrylic on canvas
121cm x 60cm x 4cm
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Abstract landscapes are the paintings I love to work with because of the amazing depth and breadth of our beautiful land. Storm Moving In arose from a collection of photos taken years ago in High Country Victoria. I’ve pulled together the stormy sky, undulating hills and ravines with aspects of the bushland to give an abstract expression of our country. There is a little texture but the overall finish is smooth.
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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
152cm x 101cm x 4cm
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Living and walking by the bay means many opportunities to capture the ever changing sky and sea. This painting is an impression of the bay as a storm drifts across, bringing a darkening to the bright sky and clouds. The water starts to churn and there appears to be a little calm before the storm.
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Acrylic on canvas
76cm x 60cm x 4cm
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When a bush walk becomes a wandering between hills, there are many smaller beautiful scenes that emerge. This painting is one such view wandering near Bright in the High Country. The thick dense crop of trees seems to frame the multi coloured hills, as the foreground trees reach for the sky. The painting is an impression with a little abstract in the foliage.
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Acrylic on canvas
120cm x 90cm x 4cm
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The Mornington Peninsula ocean beaches provide the most stunning array of sea and sky vistas. This semi abstract painting depicts a rare time of calm as the passing of the storm sees the water, finds its level and the colours brighten. The sky gradually clears, the light returns, and there are reflections on the sea and pools that seem to signal that peace is restored.
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Acrylic on canvas
100cm x 76cm x 4cm
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Walking the High Country hills around Mount Buffalo provides a plethora of amazing views. This painting is a semi abstract impression of the area where water runs over rocks and hillsides, and where the hills and mountains disappear into the mist.
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