Featuring Marion Kahn
Friday, August 6th | 5pm-8pm
Rumor Designs 912 Lincoln Ave.Marion Kahn is a contemporary colorist based in Steamboat Springs, CO.
We love her use of bright, bold, color that compliments our interior design style so well.
Marion will premiere “The Twins”, two 48” x 60” linear abstract paintings.
We look forward to showcasing her new work at our First Friday Artwalk Show this August and have you "Dreaming in Color".
Marion Kahn is a Colorado oil painter best described as a contemporary colorist. Her paintings share the unceasing beauty of the world around her.
As an artist, Marion confidently captures surprising details that draw in the viewer. Her palettes can be soft or bold. She uses color to carry the message of the painting, whether expressing a quiet meditation or exuberant joy. Marion's work is found in the homes of collectors around the country.
"My desire to paint exploded in Sicily when I saw two young artists atop a scaffolding as they restored a 400-year-old fresco," says Marion. "I watched, mesmerized and full of questions."
Up to that point Marion's work combined marketing communications consulting for companies like Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Delta Air Lines. She modeled and acted in the U.S. and Paris. She also designed jewelry for custom clients.
Through these fields of interpretation, Marion was engaged in the creation of form, design and color that cause a desired response from the target audience. Painting, on the other hand, requires the artist to be true to herself without regard to the after-effect.
Good painters create a series of problems that they must solve. As Sir Winston Churchill wrote, "...painting a picture is like fighting a battle... It is, if anything, more exciting than fighting it successfully."
Ever growing, Marion has studied with a number of top artists. She comments locally on the arts, juries regional shows, and has reviewed grants for Colorado Creative Industries. She served on the board of Arts for Colorado for 14 years.
Currently, Marion is spearheading a personal mission, The Gratitude Project. Through this, she is donating 12 giclee prints of large paintings to cancer treatment centers around the country. The purpose is to both brighten the spaces where patients await treatment and to give thanks for support her family has received during difficult times.
Marion is very excited to show at Rumor Designs and to hang in their sophisticated showroom.