Female
Age: 46
Hometown: Taipa
Accepts Commissions: Yes
Logged in: No
Number of Visits: 1800
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Background and Lifestyle
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Married |
| Smoker |
No |
| Drinker |
Yes |
| Education |
Self Taught |
| Children |
Proud parent |
Interests and Personality
| Biography | I am a New Zealand Artist of Maori and Celtic descent, residing in the Doubtless Bay area of Northland, NZ. I paint a wide variety of subjects, mostly with oil or acrylic on canvas.
I began making marks with colour from age 3 or 4 onwards, usually with wax crayon or pastel on paper provided by my mother who mostly encouraged me to explore abstract - colour and shapes non figuratively.
Through out my school years I found art to be more of a lesson in frustration and preferred painting at home in my own time and space.
I first got aquainted and quickly 'hooked' on oil colours at age 12, when my sister 5 yrs older than me returned home from Summer Art School full of ideas and enthusiasm to impart to me. I chose not to pursue any formal education in fine art in the ensuing years as I always knew I would be 'driven' to paint whether I like it or not - so am to this day essentially a self taught Artist, influenced by my surroundings and life experiences. |
| Interests | horse riding, cats, painting, gardening. |
| Music | I love all types of music - Sinatra, Sam Cooke, Joe Cocker, Van Morrison, Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff are just a few of my favorite singers from the old school. |
| Films | Bella Mafia, anything with Keanu Reeves (such a smoothie) or Ben Stiller (a real funny guy) in it. Stephen King movies keep me on the edge of my seat too which I thoroughly enjoy. |
| Television | Animal Planet and National Geographic documentary programmes on Sky TV. Desperate Housewives for a good ol giggle and NZ made 'Outrageous Fortunes'. |
| Books | non fiction - anything to do with health, gardening and art. Fiction - Stephen King thrillers, Daphne du Maurier, John Steinbeck and Bryce Courtney novels. |
| Heroes | German painter Franz Marc(1880-1916)for his expressive, colourful tributes to animals in Art, Suzanne Valedon a french female painter, femminist Germaine Greer, Mother Theresa and heaps more, but on a day to day basis my long suffering, darling husband and father to my 2 youngest kids. |
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miradimi
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Posted on: 12th May 2008 1:47
Great work! Very impressive color palatte and composition.
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Cathy
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Posted on: 18th Mar 2008 10:47
Love your work, you know how to use colour in a very pleasing way!
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CreateReality
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Posted on: 2nd Mar 2008 12:58
Hope your trip is going well!
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NV
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Posted on: 29th Jan 2008 4:06
your work make me smile and feels good to my eyes!!!!!
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dakini
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Posted on: 28th Jan 2008 8:35
Good luck and success!
Krisztina
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YSRios
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Posted on: 28th Jan 2008 2:13
Hello, I hope it's not to cold for you here this time of year...You can go to the public library here for free if you really want to check your messages on their computers... enjoy your trip, would love to visit your country too one day....best wishes, yulonda
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CreateReality
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Posted on: 28th Jan 2008 1:29
Hey Dianne, thanks for the note. I hope you have a great trip! Check in when you can. I'll be looking forward to hearing about it when you return. Keep creating! ~Marianne
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abitofanartist
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Posted on: 28th Jan 2008 1:07
A note to all my friends. I'm heading to the US, first week in February to work up and around Utah, Idaho and Wyoming for 3 mths so I'll most likely be away from here unless I can get online. It's pretty exciting and I hope to gather loads of new material and inspiration for future artwork. Cheers to all for your encouraging comments on my paintings, past, present and future. See yall soon. Dianne
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CreateReality
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Posted on: 1st Dec 2007 14:43
Hi Dianne, Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate your comment. Good to hear you are getting back to work. I need to get into my studio as well. I was away for a couple of weeks celebrating our Thanksgiving Holiday with family up north. I could only paint in my head, but now I just need to get my ideas onto the canvas. Keep me posted on your new work. ~Marianne
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NV
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Posted on: 29th Nov 2007 19:56
Relaxing - Girl, Cat and Horse I like this one very much !!!You are very talented!!
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Artistatwork
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Posted on: 23rd Nov 2007 20:17
So colourful and yet so deep and so feel of meaning. Strong stuff. Margaret, Artist at Work, http://artist-at-work.co.uk
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Tox
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Posted on: 17th Nov 2007 18:57
Susuie, one of the friends listed at your site, is ill. A get well letter would do her heart good and cheer her up a bit. We live in a world that does not apriciate art. We must care for eachother. So leave a post on her board if you have time. L John TOX
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blazewarrender
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Posted on: 14th Nov 2007 10:28
Hi again..had to revisit your work...so refreshing and full of positive energy..quite a lift, thanx..xxx
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YSRios
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Posted on: 14th Nov 2007 3:54
BTW i love your work, yulonda
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YSRios
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Posted on: 14th Nov 2007 3:53
hello abitofanartist--your horses head reminds me of my 1st horse, Santana he was 17 1/2 hands tall. very mellow...so beautiful!!yu
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blazewarrender
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Posted on: 13th Nov 2007 10:48
oh yeh..I used to devour franz marc too....great to see a New Zealander...xxxb
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blazewarrender
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Posted on: 13th Nov 2007 10:46
I love horses and animals...your work has me 'beaming' .such wit and energetic colour...thanx for brightening my day...have added you to my friends if OK?..will be back to explore more...have fun..b.
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abitofanartist
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Posted on: 7th Nov 2007 2:07
I took a photo today of one of my horses, (Tia) a beautiful dark mare I bought about 5 mths back and put on my profile pic.
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Ted
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Posted on: 4th Nov 2007 21:53
what a beautiful explosion of color...makes my heart smile...thanx,ted
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Kobi
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Posted on: 21st Oct 2007 15:41
Hi "abitofanartist".Thanks for your comment. Probably there are quite wide differences regarding the dimensions of the "iced world" inside different people - however it's a quantitative difference only; Therefore Kafka - as in most cases - is right...Kobi
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