Annette Marcuson
‘How long does it take to paint a painting?’
I’m not sure because I’ve never counted the minutes and hours that I study my work and not actually touch it. The time I spend studying is as important as putting paint on the canvas.
’When did you start painting?’
I was eight years old when my mother saw that I was interested and took me with her to art classes. I feel that I prepared to paint many years before I actually produced any art by observing, studying and appreciating nature in its many forms.
‘Have you had any formal training?’
Commercial Art curriculum at Central Virginia Community College. I worked in the watercolor medium for about 10 years. In 2004-14, I worked in soft and oil pastels with teacher Christine Rooney. In 2014-present I study with teacher Ron Boehmer in pastels and oils. I
appreciate the techniques of my teachers and other artists including Hopper, Daubigny, Renoir and Corot.
“In art you are the creator of the question, and ultimately, the one who has to answer it to your satisfaction. Of course you learn from others on the journey but in the end, your finished work has to answer YOUR question.” Degas said, "Painting is easy if you don't know how, but very difficult if you do."
AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, Lynchburg Art Club
-Members Gallery Chair
-Sign and Sculpture Committee Chair
-Past Financial Secretary
Board of Directors, Seven Hills Art Club, Lynchburg, VA
-Trips Chair
-Past Secretary
Past Member, The League of Roanoke Artists
Past Board of Directors, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
Past Board of Directors, Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum, Lynchburg, VA
Past Member, Buckingham Artists Guild
EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS
Exhibition Show, Westminster-Canterbury, pending 2021
Second Place - ‘Rue de Paris,’ oil, Bower Center’s Inspired by Hollywood 2019
Second Place - ‘Mingling Light,‘ oil, Lynchburg Art Club’s Chill Out 2019
Exhibition Show, The Electric Company, October, 2018
Exhibition Show, Academy Center of the Arts, Magnolia’s Restaurant, September, 2018
Honorable Mention – ‘Yellow Wood,’ soft pastel, Lynchburg Art Club 2018
Exhibition Show with George Dawson and M.C. Sutter, Lynchburg Art Club, October 2017
Exhibition Show with the Bernards, Scott Kitt’s Salon, Roanoke, VA, July 2017
First Place – ‘Downtown from a Northern Hill,’ soft pastel, Amherst Art Show 2016
Honorable Mention – ‘Morning in Blue Ridge,’ soft pastel, Lynchburg Art Club 2016
Gallery Exhibit at New Vistas School 2015
Mother and Daughter Exhibition Show, Academy Center of the Arts, Magnolia’s Restaurant 2011
Honorable Mention – ‘Blue Ridge Mountain Mama,’ soft pastel, Bath County Art Show 2010
Second Place – ‘Late Summer in Blue Ridge,’ soft pastel, Buckingham Artists Guild 2009
Honorable Mention – ‘pastel’ Art Show, Buckingham, VA 2008
‘We Remember’ Mother and Daughter Exhibition Show, Buckingham Artists Guild 2006
Lynchburg Art Club Student Show 2004
First Place – ‘Tara,’ watercolor, Art Show, Farmville, VA 1975
COMMISSIONS
‘Home at the Heart Place,’ oil 2020
‘Ammo and His Master,’ oil 2019
‘The Wedding Place,’ oil 2018
‘Sunset at Lynchburg Regional Airport,’ oil 2017
‘A Spiritual Experience,’ oil 2015
‘Downtown, My Manhattan #2,’ soft pastel 2013
‘Mustang in Sierra Nevada,’ soft pastel 2012
‘Downtown Historic Lynchburg,’ soft pastel 2010
‘Mountains beyond Sweet Briar,’ soft pastel 2007
Annette Marcuson
[email protected]
1316 Englewood St., Lynchburg, VA 24501
(434) 849-2552
I’m not sure because I’ve never counted the minutes and hours that I study my work and not actually touch it. The time I spend studying is as important as putting paint on the canvas.
’When did you start painting?’
I was eight years old when my mother saw that I was interested and took me with her to art classes. I feel that I prepared to paint many years before I actually produced any art by observing, studying and appreciating nature in its many forms.
‘Have you had any formal training?’
Commercial Art curriculum at Central Virginia Community College. I worked in the watercolor medium for about 10 years. In 2004-14, I worked in soft and oil pastels with teacher Christine Rooney. In 2014-present I study with teacher Ron Boehmer in pastels and oils. I
appreciate the techniques of my teachers and other artists including Hopper, Daubigny, Renoir and Corot.
“In art you are the creator of the question, and ultimately, the one who has to answer it to your satisfaction. Of course you learn from others on the journey but in the end, your finished work has to answer YOUR question.” Degas said, "Painting is easy if you don't know how, but very difficult if you do."
AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, Lynchburg Art Club
-Members Gallery Chair
-Sign and Sculpture Committee Chair
-Past Financial Secretary
Board of Directors, Seven Hills Art Club, Lynchburg, VA
-Trips Chair
-Past Secretary
Past Member, The League of Roanoke Artists
Past Board of Directors, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
Past Board of Directors, Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum, Lynchburg, VA
Past Member, Buckingham Artists Guild
EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS
Exhibition Show, Westminster-Canterbury, pending 2021
Second Place - ‘Rue de Paris,’ oil, Bower Center’s Inspired by Hollywood 2019
Second Place - ‘Mingling Light,‘ oil, Lynchburg Art Club’s Chill Out 2019
Exhibition Show, The Electric Company, October, 2018
Exhibition Show, Academy Center of the Arts, Magnolia’s Restaurant, September, 2018
Honorable Mention – ‘Yellow Wood,’ soft pastel, Lynchburg Art Club 2018
Exhibition Show with George Dawson and M.C. Sutter, Lynchburg Art Club, October 2017
Exhibition Show with the Bernards, Scott Kitt’s Salon, Roanoke, VA, July 2017
First Place – ‘Downtown from a Northern Hill,’ soft pastel, Amherst Art Show 2016
Honorable Mention – ‘Morning in Blue Ridge,’ soft pastel, Lynchburg Art Club 2016
Gallery Exhibit at New Vistas School 2015
Mother and Daughter Exhibition Show, Academy Center of the Arts, Magnolia’s Restaurant 2011
Honorable Mention – ‘Blue Ridge Mountain Mama,’ soft pastel, Bath County Art Show 2010
Second Place – ‘Late Summer in Blue Ridge,’ soft pastel, Buckingham Artists Guild 2009
Honorable Mention – ‘pastel’ Art Show, Buckingham, VA 2008
‘We Remember’ Mother and Daughter Exhibition Show, Buckingham Artists Guild 2006
Lynchburg Art Club Student Show 2004
First Place – ‘Tara,’ watercolor, Art Show, Farmville, VA 1975
COMMISSIONS
‘Home at the Heart Place,’ oil 2020
‘Ammo and His Master,’ oil 2019
‘The Wedding Place,’ oil 2018
‘Sunset at Lynchburg Regional Airport,’ oil 2017
‘A Spiritual Experience,’ oil 2015
‘Downtown, My Manhattan #2,’ soft pastel 2013
‘Mustang in Sierra Nevada,’ soft pastel 2012
‘Downtown Historic Lynchburg,’ soft pastel 2010
‘Mountains beyond Sweet Briar,’ soft pastel 2007
Annette Marcuson
[email protected]
1316 Englewood St., Lynchburg, VA 24501
(434) 849-2552
